Mike Zimmer Airs ALL the Grievances Against the Minnesota Vikings in the Star Tribune 🔥🔥🔥

Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer decided to unleash ALL of his grievances against his former team and some former players.
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[@tinamdobson]

Zim should never be a head coach, only a DC. As someone said, he was like the evil step-father

[@joeschmoe233]

Brian Flores and Mike Tomlin are the same kind of guys. Same with Belichick.

[@michaelwipf5795]

@@joeschmoe233tomlin.😂😂. That dudes a players coach. Way too soft is his problem.

[@jrolladarksine8551]

He was good for a while, turned toxic though for sure. Do agree, he's still a good dc. The fact he just threw everyone but himself under the bus though is pitiful...

[@JosephArmeni-ct3fc]

Some are good at certain things.Buddy Ryan:, same thing! I hope Dallas has shutbdown D!

[@joeschmoe233]

@@michaelwipf5795 So you're saying the players need an old school guy like Zimmer?

[@Oldbull1974]

Great defensive intelligence, not so much emotional intelligence. And zero accountability.

[@jeteye97]

He’s the kind of guy that can instill some discipline and get a team on track. But he’s not the kind of guy who can be flexible enough to get the most out of elite talent. That inflexibility wears thin and the team tunes out the ranting and banter.

[@themcandrews5862]

Definitely not H.C. material, KOC is much more suited for the position, And doesn't act like a baby, Glad he's with the Cowboys.

[@wildwillie5408]

the lack of flexibility also applied to his game planning. his half time adjustment, if there even were any, were also worthless. it didn't matter if the game plan worked or not he just kept at it. almost to the point of punishing his team with it when it didn't work. zimmer liked trying to drive square pegs in to round holes, "hit again harder it'll fit" mentality. then after the game he'd throw his players under the bus. the guy just doesn't have the people skills to be head coach.

[@blargy7283]

Zimmer was the coach they needed when he was hired. The team needed a kick in the pants. When time came to evolve, he didn't and the locker room atmosphere plummeted.

[@HOV4N]

Zim will hold grudges on Dallas too once they fire him 🔥🔥🔥😂

[@robertnelson3018]

McCarthy may get fired during the season and Zimmer WILL be the coach there? Jerry Jones and Zimmer deserve each other. The only person with a bigger ego is Donald Trump. Lol

[@hamwallet7069]

I had a lot of respect for Zim up until yesterday. I now have none. Dudes toxic af, the Newman one was complete nail in coffin. That’s only section I needed to see.

[@stevec5671]

Just couldn't let it go. Hey there Mike. This type of stuff can kill You, negative brings negative effecting health.

[@kellerlaging4858]

Zimmer carried Newman for years…..

[@sammartens7295]

It's the Minneapolis miracle comments that get me. Acts like he threw and caught the game winner on his own and then feels sorry for himself and doesn't give a damn about it being a once in a lifetime moment for his players and the fans. I'd been somewhat rooting for him despite disliking the Cowboys but now I'm happy to say I'll be able to truly enjoy watching in the perpetual dumpster fire that is Dallas football. Wish he would've just left instead of burning the bridge for himself and Spielman

[@mackii7063]

@@sammartens7295 the Vikings were dominating the Saints in the first half, and then his defense and offense decided to take the second half off

[@sammartens7295]

@@mackii7063 I recall, they took all of the next game off as well but obviously Zim doesn't want to take the credit for that one.

[@beardofnursing8602]

I think Zim was a great head coach, but after their 2017 season, it seems like that was when something in him snapped and his ego blew up. Everyone was calling him a defensive guru, and he believed it. I think because he had very little insight on the offensive side of the ball, he cared more about building the best defense than building the best team -- he wanted to go down as one of the most brilliant defensive minds in the game. Bringing in Cousins obviously angered him because he couldn't spend that money on his defense, and part of me thinks that he was worried he wouldn't get all the glory if they did well. Unlike the previous season where he could say he almost took them to the Super Bowl with Case Keenum. I can understand being upset with Spielman and not really wanting to develop that relationship with Cousins, but at the end of the day, you're getting paid millions of dollars to be a big man and a leader. Swallow your pride. It wasn't Cousins's fault your management was willing to pay all that money to bring him in. I also wonder if he ever intentionally sabotaged the Vikings just to "prove" that management made the wrong decision. After all this, I certainly wouldn't put it past him.

[@mikeblasterock3841]

ZIMMER didn't give a damm about the offense.He will never be a head coach again! Stick to being DC ZIMMER.

[@MrRocky27271]

Zimmer; " I hold grudges, that's just who I am. I can't figure out why people think the atmosphere around me is toxic". What a moron.

[@nunchuckken4343]

Misery likes company unless he is holding a grudge against said company. Just a terrible human being

[@XRPriest777]

Will we have feats of strength after the airing of grievances?

[@TMAPatriot]

A real mature individual. So very glad he and Spielman are both gone.

[@A_n_d_r_e_w_]

He should have been fired right after the plane landed back in Minneapolis after the eagles game.

[@jamesmerritt3267]

Yup. That showed how great of a defensive mind he was. Nick Foles? His D also gave up a 17 point half time lead the week before.

[@konradsavory898]

For me it was when he released the rookie kicker Carlson after the kid's third NFL game. Give the kid a chance to get acclimated, hello ? Amazing that Carlson was able to recover psychologically and become as good as he has.

[@VangPd]

How? It seemed rigged. It seemed like they told the players didn't even wanna play in the NFC Championship. Go back and watch. We should have went to the SB that year. Imo

[@JaxonSmithers]

Comes across as a narcissist where it's always someone else's fault. I don't have anything against him personally, as stated, he did bring us some good football. No reason to lash out at the Vikings at this point though.

[@e-wookie5085]

We need a Pretty Ricky interview / article in the Trib now lolol

[@wildwillie5408]

i'd like to hear his take. RS built a roster that should have done more than it did and i blame zimmer. people bust on RS but we had one of the best defenses the league has seen in recent years. zimmer squandered it with total lack of offensive ability, horrible game planning and horrible in game adjustments. they definately had bad luck at QB but i think there are more than a few head coaches who could've rode that defense to the SB

[@konradsavory898]

​@@wildwillie5408 Agree with you 100. RS couldn't pick a QB to save his life/job lol, but overall, he did a very good job in most of the other positions. Didn't he pick Adrian Peterson ?

[@everlastinglife5978]

You learn a lot when people have no filter

[@stuartanderson6785]

Zim was on the right track in keeping his mouth shut and with this outburst completely went off the rails. He's just a mean, grumpy, old man who thinks his ish doesn't stink. Blaming the players for not being a very good coach is pretty low brow, man; Hey, Zim, if you had been a better coach you wouldn't have to blame anyone at all!!

[@justincase3108]

Nailed it 🎯

[@lynnogard5420]

Well said, 100%

[@mossmoonslambeau9332]

A leader is someone people WANT to follow.

[@konradsavory898]

Yeah, but its a damn tough job. Have you ever tried leading a large, diverse group of folks? Remember that old saying? YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME ? Its true. There will always be a few that pull in the opposite direction, just because they can. I believe its hard-wired into humans' DNA, to promote the species' survival. lol

[@marcjohn9404]

It seems easy for him to get his feelings hurt, that's what I make of this.

[@timoclark]

1) Zimmer had 5x CBs from Rds 1 and 2 and they were mostly below average. Flores' staff got more out of treads and rookies, and helped Metellus become a star S. 2) Zimmer is just like his hero Diaper Don, zero personal accountability. 3) Zimmer is big mad that Flores is thriving with less talent. I call bullsh!t on him not watching Vikings' games. Zimmer, like Tua, is acting like a child. I take that back, there are children who are less petty, with more maturity and self-awareness than these two.

[@Dukedevils320]

TDS, never fails 😂

[@timoclark]

@@Dukedevils320 The only TDS is of people that are deranged enough to still believe that fraudulent weirdo.

[@wildwillie5408]

yeah the old "CB whisper" struck out repeatedly tried to draft high to get the shutdown CB his D needed to thrive. the only shutdown CB he had in Minn. was Rhodes, and he was here before zimmer.

[@iamwhoiam7482]

@@Dukedevils320never fails! This is football and this dude finds a way to disrespect his next president! Pitiful!SKOL

[@konradsavory898]

I think its called ACTIVE DENIAL. Just acknowledge your mistakes, try to learn from them, and MOVE ON. Stop stirring up water under the bridge.

[@bridgeboys4593]

Yeah, this backfired. I used to like him, now I like him less and have a reason to not like him now that he's back with Dallas. I think Kirk didn't like him either and started throwing shade Zim's way starting with that shove.

[@CamberRockerCamber]

I don't think Zimmer liked any of the qbs in Minnesota. Even during that 2017 season, Zimmer had a hard time giving Keenum any sort of compliment. The only qb he seemed to like was Teddy.

[@MidnightSpecial777]

Zimmer's daily motto: 1) Be a miserable a-hole 2) Be a miserable a-hole 3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 4) Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 5) Coach football

[@manveergill7539]

LMAO😈🔥💭🤣🥂🙌🏻💜💛

[@melo7591]

As a cowboys fan THANK YOU FOR RETURNING ZIMM!! We love him down here in Dallas ❤ screw Minnesota front office

[@Boobear83]

Zim was a HORRIBLE head coach. Ive never screamed at my tv more in my life than when he was in Minnesota. And what he did to JJ when leaving in his final game was worthy of being banned from coaching. What an a$$

[@PlayingProbabilities]

What’d he do to JJ

[@wolfwang8464]

Brad Childress, leslie Frazier would like a word.

[@ByronRodriguez87]

​@@wolfwang8464Brad Childress was way better than Mike Zimmer.

[@butteryflakycrust4864]

@@PlayingProbabilitiesJJ was 16 yards away from breaking a record in a meaningless game and Zim didn’t give him a chance to do so.

[@BigGriff-bg9et]

He’s a top 3 coach in Vikings history. Made the nfc championship and turned around a terrible Vikings team in 2014. This whole “zimmer evil” thing has gotten out of hand

[@bobslenker27]

Zim should stop calling Parcells. Parcells couldn’t have coached in the last twenty years due to his outdated style.

[@ethangriffith6856]

Zimmer is the definition of hubris

[@boogiek3]

Zim is the definition of keeping receipts

[@Tim21189]

The biggest problem with Zimmer, was his complete inability to compromise, collaborate and communicate. He was never on the same page as Spielman, and their relationship was so toxic at the end, they literally weren’t speaking with each other. He was never supportive of Cousins, and their relationship was nonexistent for Kirk’s entire tenure. He was a much better coordinator than a HC. He definitely understands the game very well and was a very tough, hard nose coach. Some of his guys loved him. He just lacked the ability to manage the entire team, and deal with all the BS which came from that.

[@indiansack5524]

He completely blew it with Daniel Carlson, too! We spent a draft pick on a fucking kicker and then Zimmer promptly cut him after 2 games!!! 👎👎,

[@tybhighlights7337]

Ngl he kinda roasted tf outta Kris Boyd though 😂😂😂 all jokes aside he was absolutely a problem as a coach.

[@rogersullivan5351]

They won 13 games the next season with the same team, I used to respect Zimmer but no longer and the bad thing is he'll be head coach of dallas before the end of the season

[@wildwillie5408]

we can only hope he does end up head coach in Dallas, zim and Jerry jones, a perfect match. that would keep the cowboys out of contention for awhile

[@Christianpaul71]

Father time heals wounds. Ask him in 20 years and he will say he was in a different place. I too would be angry if I lost my wife and son.

[@samexoldx]

All I can say is...good luck Dallas

[@iBEEnHEREtoo]

Eye for an eye

[@masongilbertson1652]

Zimmer could have and should have taken the high road. He did not even take one step toward the high road. This is wild stuff to hear from a former Head Coach in the NFL.

[@evanmadson]

“It’s Frustrating” -my favorite KFAN shirt 😂😂

[@ethangriffith6856]

Definitely comes off as a bitter old man here. Also, they are still hiring defensive, head coaches. Raheem Morris, Jonathan Gannon, Todd Bowles, and Demico Ryan just got coaching jobs in the past two years as defensive guys.

[@FalconerJP]

Spielman was arguably the worst GM in Vikings history besides whoever did the Herschel Walker deal. Listen to your head coach or fire him.

[@richarddean3154]

Mike Zimmer after 2 seasons - 18-14 and a first round loss in the playoffs. Kevin O'Connell after 2 seasons - 20-14 and a first round loss in the playoffs. While KOC's playoff loss was much worse than Zimmer's, the two coaches are essentially the same in terms of head coaching success. KOC may be nicer to the players but it will be interesting to see who ends up with the better winning percentage with the Vikings.

[@ryannewazada2102]

He needs to let it go. Zimmer needs to get on with his life.

[@davidking6554]

Worst clock manager ever and let me know when you make your first half time adjustment Zim! 🤮

[@tribree5]

O'Connell is awful too

[@smoothoperator7023]

It's all Blair Walsh's fault.

[@matthewmooney8167]

He's a great coach, sounds like sour grapes. i would take the high road. Go purple.

[@joeschmoe233]

Zimmer was a good coach with the Vikes, but he was a defensive minded guy, so the offense was always going to be back of the bus.

[@robsorenson68]

First and foremost, this is seriously unprofessional behavior. I would compare him to the Ryans, but Buddy intentionally threw himself under the bus to protect Cris Carter when CC needed it the most. Zim wouldn’t do that for anyone in a million years.

[@chadmyron2552]

So much hate coming from the exes!! Geez.. Tua and Zim need a struggle session together..

[@maxeckerson2706]

Now it’s clear why if took so long for Zimmer to get a head coach job. People around the league knew much more than us! I wish him all the best! I just hope he gets some help! It must be exhausting to be so angry and being so bitter towards others!

[@tahrendt1]

Andy, as usual, you nailed it, Zim is petty and small. The best leadership is servant based leadership!! The thing for me was in a QB driven league, Zim took 4 YEARS to meet with and Coach his QB?? He always came across as a miserable SOB…😔

[@CJK-bt4ll]

Zimmer is a guy who is still dealing with immense grief and health issues, obviously bitter. I get it. No one can blame him for that. But coaches constantly preach loyalty and accountably, yet don't seem to practice what they preach. We've already seen examples of this with some of the college coaches this year.

[@b.braker2145]

In his book, Case Keenum talks about his lack of a relationship with Zimmer too. Keenum didn’t know week to week if he’d be QB1

[@Nathan-qz3mg]

Let's get ready to Rumble versus the Cowboys and the Falcons

[@SincerelyJnC]

Add Dolphins to that list too of teams with people talking smack

[@Gogg_TM]

I thought he was some kind of funny grumpy dude, kind of Grinch from the movies It seems he's more like Grinch from the lore

[@rajab6695]

Zimmer was always blaming somebody else for his failure as a coach. In eight seasons he never admitted to being wrong or making a mistake. A person who never accepts responsibility for his failures is not tough, he is cowardly. Zim can never man up and admit he is wrong about anything.

[@cortekay6663]

Nailed it. I know some people may have liked his pressers, but I hated them (especially his last season) where basically he took ZERO responsibility after every loss and had no problem shitting on players. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion, and in the end you just knew that he was never going to get that team back behind him.

[@andrewthompson3977]

Andy is the man

[@joeydevorak2923]

Sounds like the guy would rather have people bring their problems to him rather than hear it on a podcast. Seems reasonable, he’s a straight up guy who values discipline.

[@R00sterf1sh]

Loved Zim. But dude drop the past. Come on dude. The Vikings are the only org ever to give you a HC job. Don’t trash your legacy. I’ll find a way to forget this, but you need to move on and cheer on the org that supported you for years

[@brett6314]

Same. Him dumping on Newman was the final evidence to me. Hate that he left the way.

[@CamberRockerCamber]

I was a huge Zimmer fan, but i always saw that 6 offensive coordinators in his 8 years here was a major red flag and very telling of what kind of guy Zimmer was. He even got Norv Turner to quit in the middle of the season. Sounded like Zimmer was incredibly hard to deal with. 60 year old man, but the maturity of a 12 year old. Disappointing as you learn more about what kind of guy he is. Not sure if he thought this interview would gain him sympathy from the fan base. It actually made him look real bad

[@clintonreisig]

No weekly meeting with the starting QB and I knew he had to go

[@komsadehvie2227]

To quote a soccer coach from the local league here.. "you are nothing from what you did the past season.. you are judged from what you show right now and you are not better than your last game..if the players fail then i as the coach havnt done my job good enough.. things can change fast.. you cant live on passed success.. if a coach dont deliver then he can be shown the way out without a warning..you never know..thats sports and we all know that..if the result aint coming then you are not safe.. That was the thing about Zimmer he was building up a strong team.. it all looked promising the for a couple of season that Zimmer defense started to lack a bit.. defense was his strength so when it started to fall apart then you just have to try something new..Zimmer should know thats a part of being a HC.. if the players dont deliver then it falls back to the coach.. when the coach then starts to blame the players then he just looks pathetic and yeah.. it makes him look bad.. just like what this does to him..

[@anthonyleydens]

Kirko almost stepped over the line on zim. He's lucky Kurt calmed down. I wanna hear more stories from sirles and boone about the crazy shit he did.

[@Im__Your__Huckleberry]

When Zim first got hired we also had Norv Turner as OC and he ended up quitting cause Zimmer would try to tell him how to run the offense. Trying to just have the offense not lose the game instead of going out there and trying to win the game.

[@nickaudette3738]

I wasn't a fan of spielman towards the end. But after all this, I respect him a lot more than Zimmer because he has taken the high road and not thrown others under the bus for his own gain. Zimmer has shown who he is, and what Spielman had to try to deal with.

[@accreditedcardcollective1587]

I don't miss the Run, Run, Pass days of Zimmer's offense. He could never utilize young talent to their strengths. JJ took a major leap in production instantly under coach KO.

[@RJM182]

Makes me appreciate the current set up the vikings have now. I am excited for the future.

[@jamesmerritt3267]

Missing on an entire draft class in 2022 is ok? Hoping to avoid last place in the division is ok? Having nothing at QB is ok? Of course JJ Mac might be good or he could be horrible. If horrible who will be the next bum QB. Wouldn't be the first QB missed. That 3-0 win was an embarrassing effort.

[@RJM182]

@@jamesmerritt3267 They seem to be heading in the right direction, give them a chance. Can't help players dying and getting injured.

[@willjones812]

It was Spielman's fault too

[@tsukongyomiyang715]

Zimmer was just a DC that was given the HC position. You could tell he wasn't fit for the position when he neglected half the team.

[@marceline8488]

Accountability must not be part of his vocabulary

[@dammad8584]

Zimmer was old school, you could predict play after play, and he seemed to be losing confidence and ground every season.

[@danb6838]

Hard to argue with his take on Kellon Mond ! 😆

[@discgolf2479]

zimmer: Long memory Short temper

[@AndyWilkin.]

Man what’s with all the Vikings hate?

[@albertcato5943]

Bottom Line, Zimmer's down fall. His lack of communication fortified with diplomacy.

[@ryanoconnell2894]

Zimmer shows his true colors in this interview. Says all you need to know about him

[@drewsmith4452]

If Zimmer could play an entire game without the offense, and just win with defense and special teams, he would. What a stubborn dude.

[@WallaceSnow-h1e]

Love Zim. Kirk Cousins deal was the beginning of the end .

[@edwarddapra7674]

Zimmer took it personal.

[@patrickstrother]

What does the phrase ‘success with the Vikings’ mean. I haven’t ever seen anything like that.

[@konradsavory898]

Apparently you haven't been alive that long. The Vikings did go to 4 Super Bowls. Yeah it was a long time ago, but that's still more times than some other teams have been there.

[@jlunde35]

Older, tough-guy, defensive minded coaches like Zimmer find it hard to mentor quarterbacks and keep Head Coaching jobs. At least he admitted it. Will be interesting to see how Dallas's defense performs this year.

[@nathanstorrs6741]

Zimmer got out-coached in every big game and the players didn’t respect him anymore

[@VikingsCouch]

Zimmer was right about Kirk.

[@gavinsells2745]

We never should have hired him as HC if we hired him as DC from the start I believe the results would have been much better

[@andysheepleton]

The nepotism at the end was just too much.

[@lennyjohnson9331]

Him and spielman clashed and he didn't want to pick up cousins & his large contract due to now not having resources to keep drafting the higher caliber defense players & so the defense went from 1# to the bottom of the barrel , & cousins got tons of garbage yrds

[@mikepivero3133]

It was the Blair Walsh missed kick he never recovered and was just an angry old man after that

[@mattt8889]

He was trash at the end, should have been fired the season before.

[@kenbagwell8551]

Classic stuff here.

[@KB-xd5wq]

Kind of sounds like Jerry Kill when he left the Gophers.

[@michaelmoua4238]

This is dumbest comment on here, nothing comes close to Hersall Walker

[@cutepbpie6]

Bet he wouldn’t be talking all that trash if we played this year. I hope we see them in the playoffs we all know what the Cowgirls do in the playoffs.

[@BAKukuk]

Decision that exposed all of Zimm's character flaws was his terrible decision to cut K Daniel Carlson after the infamous OT game vs the 🧀 heads in 2018. Rookie K, in an intense game against the Vikings arch enemy. Pressure got to Carlson and he missed three FGs. Instead of reassuring a very young rookie, saying that game turned into a pressure cooker for any K, he just fired the kid. Minnesota guy. Vikes never recovered at K and Carlson went to Da Raiderzz and had barely missed a kick since then. Mean, quick tempered, held grudges, and blamed players for coaching deficiencies. Good luck CBoys. You're going to need it with him scowling around looking for scapegoats

[@Brinelious]

Trying to refute a toxic atmosphere by putting out a toxic piece like this? 1000 IQ move, Zim.

[@michaelehlert9]

I was happy to get him but also happy he’s out as head coach. He has an old man, stubborn mentality

[@mnplumberman]

I can understand being upset about how things went and people airing some dirty laundry about you. The fact that he told 2 people he was close with they are "Done" after they said some mild criticism about him says a lot though. No introspective on how things could have been done better, just grudges and complaints.

[@PrxneAOT]

cowboys vs falcons is gonna be a spectacle

[@BlackjackCZ]

Zim seems like a guy who would hold grudges.

[@showdown7512]

I still question if he was playing soft against the Cowboys and letting them beat us

[@konradsavory898]

Well, at least we have something else to talk about besides whether Jaren Hall (urp) will return to the Practice Squad, until our first game next Sunday (FINALLY !)

[@gatienlaurol5793]

What’s wild is Terence Newman’s comments and they hold a lot of water. Newman and Zimmer have been tight since 03 (Newman was drafted 5th overall to the Cowboys in 2003, Zimm was the DC) and has basically followed him to Cincinnati and Minnesota. Sucks that Zimm burned that bridge because he got his feelings hurt.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Not even trying to hold a goodbye meeting with the players (after the team gave you the opportunity) is just brutal and selfish. The management tried to give him some grace and he just wanted to pout and go home. He also had the most conservative approach to offense while holding a lead compared to other coaches of that time. He squandered so much offensive talent with his timid offensive philosophy, and kept alienating his offiensive coordinators.

[@nickk8416]

Good job. Zimmer obviously doesn't care about his Mn legacy. He should have kept his mouth shut.

[@IndieAuthorX]

He had a chance to prove that he could be the HC and not just the DC, he was not all bad and I like him. I also am mindful that he probably has a lot of pent of hurt and anger from just life. He lost his wife and son tragically and I wonder if half of this is him just taking all that negativity out in a way that some people will listen to. Negative drama can seem to dull the pain of real life hurt. Lost loved ones, life's disappointments and unfairness. I wish him the best, even if he hasn't embodied the stoic and mature figure that I thought he was.

[@IndieAuthorX]

At the end of the day professional sports is just entertainment. Doesn't matter and I don't care.

[@mikeherr7679]

15 minutes to explain how your personality and Zimmer's don't fit well together. You are not alone from what you present. Bottom line, he proved not to be suited to be a HC. He could not handle the GM he was dealing with and it just blew up. The Cousins deal was the clincher. HE WAS RIGHT and Spielman blew him off. Just a matter of time after that.

[@oldenoughtowatchify]

is there a reason he keeps calling him Curt Cousins? am I missing a joke?