Happy Friday--unless you're a Vikes fan. Good lord. Mike Tice is just an idiot. Just plain dumb. You know about Randy Moss walking off the field in DC before the game was over last week. You know it just adds to his bad reputation. You know he's been "Randy just being Randy" for his whole life. You know he doesn't need motivation from fans or the media to play well (think what you will of him, but on national tv games, when healthy, he just flat-out dominates). According to Daunte and Matt Birk, the players and Moss hashed things out and have moved on from the incident in DC. Your fan base, although more pissed off and frustrated than ever, were shifting focus from another selfish Moss act to focusing on the inevitable heartbreaking loss to the Pack this Sunday (not that I'm not confident in the Vikes right now--lost 7 of 10, 2-15 outdoors under Tice, oh and we're playing the team that always gets the better of us when it matters. ALWAYS. But other than that I love their chances) So what does Tice do? He tells Moss to call into Tice's weekly radio show last night "to defend himself", hoping Moss would clear the air on his actions last week (despite evidence to the contrary that it wouldn't happen!!!) The show's host, Dan Barrero, is one of the most negative, sarcastic, smartasses ever to hit the airwaves (which means I love him). He's not about to ask Moss cupcake questions. To quote Swingers, he's not going to talk about "puppy dogs and ice cream". Of course Moss says he's not sorry for walking off the field, and of course Moss says he could very well do it again. Barrero asks the tough questions, and Moss either brushes them off or gives answers that you don't want to hear from a guy you're paying $80 million.
Tice defended his star player the entire interview. Now all of Viking-dom is irrate at Moss. But here's why I think Tice is an idiot: Um, Mike? WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT RANDY TO SAY?!?!?!? A lot of people hate Randy because he's selfish and cocky and admits freely he plays when he wants to play. Fine. But Randy is who Randy is. He's been the same guy for the 7 seasons he's been in Minnesota. He's not going to change. He didn't put a gun to Red McCombs head to pay him $80 mill with a $20 mill signing bonus (a contract extension I was against, might I add). Randy is going to do what's best for Randy, and as Vikings fans we have to hope that means dominating on the field most of the time, and we are at his mercy because of that contract. But again-WE KNOW THIS.
Tice has been in Minnesota, as either head coach or a coordinator, for most of Moss' 7 seasons. If anybody should know Randy, it'd be Tice. If anybody should know that Randy wasn't about to come on the radio, 3 days before the team's biggest game of the year, and kiss ass and apologize. He's never done it--HE NEVER WILL!!! He said as much in the interview!!! My question is what on God's green earth did Tice think he would accomplish by bringing Randy on the radio, knowing he'd get grilled for the Redskins shennanigans and everything else?!?! Your fans were focusing on the game at hand, your players had made their peace with him, and Moss hates talking to the media anyways. Why bring this up again? WHAT WAS THIS SUPPOSED TO DO?!?!?
I've tried to be a positive Vikings fan. Am trying to find the silver lining. Everything is stacked against this team right now, and they have noone to blame for it but themselves. I hope the impossible happens, and the Vikes pull out a miraculous win. But I'm counting on that about as much as hearing Moss apologize for his actions, or Mike Tice getting fired after this season for driving this team into the ground 2 straight years. Have I mentioned how much I love this team?
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