So...Mike Tice

tim_uwrf · 12-25-2005, 11:58 PM

Vikings are done; but if you watched the game, you would have heard that Mike Tice has the potential to win Coach of the Year. In their defense, they did say that he doesn't have much of a chance because he lost tonight and the team didn't make the playoffs - but he had a chance before tonight!

Discuss.

Jonzard · 12-26-2005, 12:09 AM

He's gone. It wouldnt kill me to see him back one more year but the coach of the year talk is utter nonsense and always has.

Even when we recovered, remember.....we were supposed to be at least that good.

Skipaway · 12-26-2005, 12:58 AM

I support the idea that the Vikings played better with Brad Johnson at quarterback simply because Johnson refused to follow Tice's instructions!!!

tim_uwrf · 12-26-2005, 01:03 AM

HAHA. Anyone see that Brad called for the FG with 15 seconds left down by 10? Tice never would have thought of it...

Jonzard · 12-26-2005, 01:04 AM

Well Brad couldn't throw a pass 40 yards in the air. He obviously knew his own limitations.

Skipaway · 12-26-2005, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonzard

Well Brad couldn't throw a pass 40 yards in the air. He obviously knew his own limitations.

And that was the thing. Tice complained about Johnson playing like it's west coast offense and not Vikings style, opting for short passes. Johnson was smart enough to see through the nonsense and ignored Tice's complaints.

twins15 · 12-26-2005, 02:07 AM

Fire Tice!!

Jonzard · 12-26-2005, 02:10 AM

Before the last game? I mean his contract is up. He doesnt have to go out like that.

twins15 · 12-26-2005, 02:17 AM

Ok, let him coach the last game, then fire him!

tim_uwrf · 12-26-2005, 02:18 AM

I don't care when it happens...as long as it happens before this coming July.

Jonzard · 12-26-2005, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by twins15

Ok, let him coach the last game, then fire him!

Cant have it both ways

JWay · 12-26-2005, 04:16 AM

i love it when i'm right

Cooleyvol · 12-26-2005, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by twins15

Ok, let him coach the last game, then fire him!

If his contract is up, technically he has no job after the season is over.

tim_uwrf · 12-26-2005, 02:36 PM

I'd rather see him fired than to see him remain unsigned to a contract.

abailey3313 · 12-26-2005, 02:51 PM

Coach of the Year will probably go to Dungy, especially considering everything that's happened in the past week or so. The three most deserving coaches who don't lead Indianapolis are Lovie Smith, Mike Holmgren, and Marvin Lewis (not necessarily in that order).

molarmite · 12-27-2005, 02:51 PM

I can't believe Tice was even considered for coach of the year. The only reason he was even considered was because he got off to a bad start which should've taken him out of the running right away.

Sublimity · 12-27-2005, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

I can't believe Tice was even considered for coach of the year. The only reason he was even considered was because he got off to a bad start which should've taken him out of the running right away.

Yeah, when I first heard people talking about it, I started chuckling. Then when I realized something like that could actually happen, I started crying.

With Mike Martz in the hospital, he is the worst coach in the league by far. Martz at least put up some competition.

tim_uwrf · 12-27-2005, 03:10 PM

I hadn't heard Tice being called coach of the year until the announcers said it. BTW, those announcers (Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire) suck horribly.

Sublimity · 12-27-2005, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tim_uwrf

I hadn't heard Tice being called coach of the year until the announcers said it. BTW, those announcers (Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire) suck horribly.

Worst.Announcing Group.Ever.

Art99 · 12-28-2005, 07:54 PM

I think tice is gone no matter what happens this sunday simply because most of our fans want him gone. Next week if the Bears beat us and mostly play their subs and we play our starters and lose he's definely gone. From a draft pick perspective and since we have nothing to gain by winning I hope they lose since many teams will finish at 9-7 and we could jump up 3 to 5 slots in the draft by losing. Back to Tice - before firing him the question needs to be asked who out there is availble and significantly better for a coach? If there is a good choice at least we have an owner now who will pay the freight for a top notch coach.

Happy New year all

12-25-2005, 11:58 PM	#1
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	So...Mike Tice Vikings are done; but if you watched the game, you would have heard that Mike Tice has the potential to win Coach of the Year. In their defense, they did say that he doesn't have much of a chance because he lost tonight and the team didn't make the playoffs - but he had a chance before tonight! Discuss.

12-26-2005, 12:09 AM	#2
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	He's gone. It wouldnt kill me to see him back one more year but the coach of the year talk is utter nonsense and always has. Even when we recovered, remember.....we were supposed to be at least that good. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB Last edited by Jonzard; 12-26-2005 at 12:17 AM.

12-26-2005, 12:58 AM	#3
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	I support the idea that the Vikings played better with Brad Johnson at quarterback simply because Johnson refused to follow Tice's instructions!!! __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

12-26-2005, 01:04 AM	#5
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Well Brad couldn't throw a pass 40 yards in the air. He obviously knew his own limitations. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

12-26-2005, 02:07 AM	#7
twins15 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Area 51 Posts: 4,792	Fire Tice!! __________________ "Ah man we're just hungry man" - Dovonte Edwards Bismarck Boy Scouts of the OTBL - league yes-man Ross Gload at baseball-reference.com Book Quotes and Book Lists

12-26-2005, 01:03 AM	#4
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	HAHA. Anyone see that Brad called for the FG with 15 seconds left down by 10? Tice never would have thought of it...

12-26-2005, 02:10 AM	#8
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Before the last game? I mean his contract is up. He doesnt have to go out like that. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

12-26-2005, 02:17 AM	#9
twins15 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Area 51 Posts: 4,792	Ok, let him coach the last game, then fire him! __________________ "Ah man we're just hungry man" - Dovonte Edwards Bismarck Boy Scouts of the OTBL - league yes-man Ross Gload at baseball-reference.com Book Quotes and Book Lists

12-26-2005, 02:18 AM	#10
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	I don't care when it happens...as long as it happens before this coming July.

12-26-2005, 04:16 AM	#12
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	i love it when i'm right

12-26-2005, 02:36 PM	#14
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	I'd rather see him fired than to see him remain unsigned to a contract.

12-26-2005, 02:51 PM	#15
abailey3313 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,718	Coach of the Year will probably go to Dungy, especially considering everything that's happened in the past week or so. The three most deserving coaches who don't lead Indianapolis are Lovie Smith, Mike Holmgren, and Marvin Lewis (not necessarily in that order). __________________

12-27-2005, 02:51 PM	#16
molarmite Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,927	I can't believe Tice was even considered for coach of the year. The only reason he was even considered was because he got off to a bad start which should've taken him out of the running right away. __________________ From the wise mind of Davey Eckstein "Now all you need is a signature. A quote or initial, perhaps." [

12-27-2005, 03:10 PM	#18
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	I hadn't heard Tice being called coach of the year until the announcers said it. BTW, those announcers (Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire) suck horribly.

12-28-2005, 07:54 PM	#20
Art99 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 242	I think tice is gone no matter what happens this sunday simply because most of our fans want him gone. Next week if the Bears beat us and mostly play their subs and we play our starters and lose he's definely gone. From a draft pick perspective and since we have nothing to gain by winning I hope they lose since many teams will finish at 9-7 and we could jump up 3 to 5 slots in the draft by losing. Back to Tice - before firing him the question needs to be asked who out there is availble and significantly better for a coach? If there is a good choice at least we have an owner now who will pay the freight for a top notch coach. Happy New year all