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Fire Donatell NOW

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This defense is the worst I have ever seen. Simply pathetic.

#1 · Jan 15, 3:22 PM
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@"mgobluevikes" said: "Fans are going to like what they see on Sunday"-Ed Donatell
If we could see Ed being escorted out of the building at halftime that would be a true statement.
#22 · Jan 15, 4:13 PM
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@"IDVikingfan" said:
@"Bullazin" said: what i would do at halftime:

demote donatell
bench irv smith permanently 
put in asamoah on D 
bench chandler 


Agree with your list for most part.  Why bench Chandler, I must have missed a big error



Does demoting Donatell include: immediate removal from the stadium, taking his credentials, keys/code to the facility, erasing any mention of him in any press/marketing materials, the return of all Vikings property including, but not limited to, computers, tablets, phones, game day apparel? 

#23 · Jan 15, 4:16 PM
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So much for adjustments, pathetic. Can't think of any word that better describes this piece of shit display.

#24 · Jan 15, 4:27 PM
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wide open.   wide open.   hearing this a LOT today when the Giants are on offense

#25 · Jan 15, 4:28 PM
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Embarrassing. 

#26 · Jan 15, 4:30 PM
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@"1VikesFan" said:
@"IDVikingfan" said:
@"Bullazin" said: what i would do at halftime:

demote donatell
bench irv smith permanently 
put in asamoah on D 
bench chandler 


Agree with your list for most part.  Why bench Chandler, I must have missed a big error



Chandler is awful. Also 45 seconds is a long time for this defense to hold before halftime.


Chandler is a RB.  Did you mean Chandon Sullivan, DB?

#27 · Jan 15, 4:34 PM
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@"IDVikingfan" said:
@"1VikesFan" said:
@"IDVikingfan" said:
@"Bullazin" said: what i would do at halftime:

demote donatell
bench irv smith permanently 
put in asamoah on D 
bench chandler 


Agree with your list for most part.  Why bench Chandler, I must have missed a big error



Chandler is awful. Also 45 seconds is a long time for this defense to hold before halftime.


Chandler is a RB.  Did you mean Chandon Sullivan, DB?


right ! my bad

#28 · Jan 15, 4:38 PM
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this is the thing with Donafail:  we have had a lot of success and its hard to make radical changes when overall the team is doing well. 

#29 · Jan 15, 4:40 PM
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@"IDVikingfan" said:
@"1VikesFan" said:
@"IDVikingfan" said:
@"Bullazin" said: what i would do at halftime:

demote donatell
bench irv smith permanently 
put in asamoah on D 
bench chandler 


Agree with your list for most part.  Why bench Chandler, I must have missed a big error



Chandler is awful. Also 45 seconds is a long time for this defense to hold before halftime.


Chandler is a RB.  Did you mean Chandon Sullivan, DB?



@"IDVikingfan" said:

@"1VikesFan" said:

@"IDVikingfan" said:

@"Bullazin" said:
what i would do at halftime:

demote donatell
bench irv smith permanently 
put in asamoah on D 
bench chandler 


Agree with your list for most part.  Why bench Chandler, I must have missed a big error



Chandler is awful. Also 45 seconds is a long time for this defense to hold before halftime.


Chandler is a RB.  Did you mean Chandon Sullivan, DB?


Good catch I missed that one

#30 · Jan 15, 4:40 PM
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rumor is we may get the Rams D coordinator if thier HC actually steps away from coaching. unless he gets a HC job somewhere 

#31 · Jan 15, 4:41 PM
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@"NorthernCalVike" said: rumor is we may get the Rams D coordinator if thier HC actually steps away from coaching. unless he gets a HC job somewhere 
McVay already announced he's coming back
#32 · Jan 15, 4:43 PM
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@"1VikesFan" said:
@"NorthernCalVike" said: rumor is we may get the Rams D coordinator if thier HC actually steps away from coaching. unless he gets a HC job somewhere 
McVay already announced he's coming back
damn! 
#33 · Jan 15, 4:59 PM
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payton going to denver no way Fangio goes with him. make  him the highest paid coordinator and bring him here 

#34 · Jan 15, 5:06 PM
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@"Bullazin" said: this is the thing with Donafail:  we have had a lot of success and its hard to make radical changes when overall the team is doing well. 
The success doesn’t have to end, you can build on it with a radical change at DC. There are personnel in house that can play defense in a 3-4 or a 4-3.
@"NorthernCalVike" said: rumor is we may get the Rams D coordinator if thier HC actually steps away from coaching. unless he gets a HC job somewhere 
I would be good with this, but he needs to bring Aaron Donald on the cheap. Haha
#35 · Jan 15, 5:06 PM
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More brilliant defense, sucking would be an improvement.

#36 · Jan 15, 5:21 PM
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That bastard doesn’t deserve the Ds

E Onatell

Dude needs to go. 

#37 · Jan 15, 5:54 PM
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@"NorthernCalVike" said: rumor is we may get the Rams D coordinator if thier HC actually steps away from coaching. unless he gets a HC job somewhere 
McVay is staying.
#38 · Jan 15, 6:03 PM
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We dont have the personnel for the 34,  that is not in donatel,  but for fucks sake he knew that when he took the job and almost a year later he still hadn't figured out how to use what he had.... he needs to go for lack of creativity. 

I'm also done with about half our defensive starters for lack of awareness to what the O is doing over and over again against them.  

This roster is ready for a blow up, unfortunately we don't have the cap space or the draft picks to even make a good start at one.

FUCK!!!!

#39 · Jan 15, 6:09 PM
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Is it me, or did Kendricks seem 3 steps behind and constantly chasing in coverage today? He seems to have fallen off a very high cliff. 

#40 · Jan 15, 6:11 PM
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@"Clanzomaelan" said: Is it me, or did Kendricks seem 3 steps behind and constantly chasing in coverage today? He seems to have fallen off a very high cliff. 
He was a shit show today and barely a contributor all season.  He needs to be an offseason discussion for sure.
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