The Coach Who Said The Vikings Stunk... And Then Proceeded to Blow Them Out

[@christiansorensen5611]

A rare case where trash talking actually goes well

[@mgb4692]

Click the card in the upper right hand corner for JG's vid on Walt Michaels from a few weeks before this, which went somewhat less than well

[@jacklavoie7417]

Only vs the Vikings

[@ropeblaster420]

​@@mgb4692Been watching this channel since the XFL history videos at the very beginning. I have never clicked the card in the upper right corner. JG9 hasn't figured out this is the worst way to promote your content.

[@ropeblaster420]

No one in the history of KZbin has ever clicked the card in the upper right corner lol.

[@Steelilbies]

​@@ropeblaster420 I have before

[@Metfan722]

This seems like a real-life version of the "The haters said I couldn't do it. They were right. Honestly good call by the haters".

[@mgb4692]

Mick Foley had it right: "I never believed in calling my opponent a piece of garbage. Cause if I won, all I've done is beat a piece of garbage. If I lost, then I certainly can't be that good since I just lost to a piece of garbage" Which is also why three greatest ever at trash-talking (Larry, MJ, and Ric Flair) knew that you elevate first, then do whatever the hell you want with them.

[@ropeblaster420]

He had a stupid name though.

[@Fender178]

The good news is that Fran Tarkenton wound up in a winning team's locker room at the SuperBowl when the Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowyboys as an analyst that got to interview Terry Bradshaw after the game.

[@jmb01550]

The Rams would go on the next year and beat Dallas on their way to the Super Bowl which would be Roger Staubach's final game in 1979

[@ericvesthedt4866]

1978 was the end of the Vikings era of dominance. From 1973-1978 they were arguably the best team in the NFC, winning 6 straight division titles and going to 3 super bowls. This was Fran's last game and many other Vikings legends left either that year or the following. They knew they were an older team and their window was closing. They had beat up on the Rams in the playoffs in the years prior, this game was a of passing of the torch in some ways

[@Scottshodgepodge]

And than the Tommy Kramer era begins! (And middle of the road mediocrity!)

[@michaelleroy9281]

That aging team won another division title in 1980

[@Jason_Maier]

I remember in 1978 George Allen was rehired by the Rams; then fired after 2 pre season games.

[@mgb4692]

Well to their credit it went a bit better than the Bills (with TO) sacking Turk Schonert as their OC in the 2009 preseason, and then proceeding to..............be a bottom third offense

[@KevinT7274]

Not a big deal, but I remember his name sounding like Malavaaasi, long A. Maybe he should have talked trash about the Cowboys.🤣

[@DolFan316]

Only two playoff teams in NFL history had a negative point differential before 1978, and one of them was the '69 Oilers whose AFL stats were grandfathered in. In '78 alone there were three. Even weirder, the Vikings were the only team of the three NOT to win a playoff game.

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

Interesting stats, but what's weird about the Vikings NOT winning a playoff game? Seems like the same-old, same-old me. 😁

[@rockstermaniac]

@@MarkMay-cr6bv the weird part about the 78 Vikings is that the Vikings might be chokers...but back then they generally were LATE round chokers. Between 1969 and 1977 the Vikings had made the playoffs 8 times and made the superbowl in 4 of 8, the conference championship in 5/8 and 4 of the last 5. The loss to the Rams was, at that time, the biggest blowout the Vikings had ever suffered in a Division Championship. In fact it was the biggest blowout they'd suffered in ANY playoff game.

[@DolFan316]

@ You think that way now, but as rockstermaniac said, this was a time when the Vikings almost always won at least one playoff game every postseason, and one time they didn't involved the first ever Hail Mary play.

[@Jason_Maier]

@@DolFan316 I find it amazing that teams can have winning records and make the playoffs with a ➖️ point differential.

[@markbrian7179]

Well, he wasn't wrong. Chuck Foreman and Carl Eller weren't the same, and they traded Alan Page to the Chicago Bears in mid-season. Also, the Green Bay Packers gave the division to the Vikings in 1978 by starting off 6-1 and ending up going 2-6-1 the rest of the way.

[@MarkVrem]

Playing a sucky team has its own challenges. You got to be more aggressive attacking the weakpoints.

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

8-7-1 is not a good record for a division champion

[@michaelleroy9281]

They might as well have won the division at 8-8

[@Lettuce2.]

i found him! i found the jaguars fan! the only one!

[@ddwalker3744]

Lmao

[@anthony0358]

I feel this was Rams’ frustration after losing to Minnesota so many times in the playoffs. They lost to the Vikings in 1973, 74, 76, and 77. Also this was the first year of the 16 game schedule and expanded playoffs. I always said his name as “MalaVasey”. The Houston Texans example is not good. It would have been more appropriate to have the Cowboys say that about the Packers before the January 2024 wildcard game.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Rams lost more nfc titles either losing at the snow or the south

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Don’t forget the original meeting between them in the 1969 playoffs. The Rams were actually in control of the game until the 4th quarter, but the Vikings mounted a comeback and won 23-20.

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Interesting companion piece to the SB nation history of the Vikings series (which I just finished rewatching again). The Vikings and Rams had a bit of rivalry going on in the 70s which had been dominated by the Vikings, but by this point, Minnesota were just burnt out. Their team was aging and not the same as the one that dominated the early part of the decade.

[@orbyfan]

The Vikings wore black arm bands in memory of assistant coach Jocko Nelson, who died on November 20, 18 days after suffering a heart attack while playing handball with assistant coach Bob Hollway. I remember watching that playoff game, and enjoying the Rams finally beating the Vikings, who won the division mainly because the Packers collapsed after starting the season 6-1. Ray Malavasi was a defensive assistant coach with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1967 and '68, earning a Grey Cup ring in his first year, when the Tiger-Cats didn't allow a touchdown in their last 6 games, with just 4 points allowed in 3 post-season games. While coaching the Rams in 1981, he fell asleep while waiting on the line for his weekly phone interview with legendary KMPC morning man Robert W. Morgan, and could be heard snoring while Morgan unsuccessfully attempted to wake him up. You can find the hilarious audio online, which could be the subject for another video.

[@eddiejc1]

I think you're right about Rex Ryan and 15 beers, but if he had another two...

[@marcus813]

DeMeco Ryans claiming the 2024-25 Chiefs lost a step and Malavasi saying what he said aren't the same thing given that said Chiefs are the AFC's top seed and those Vikings barely finished above .500. Of course Malavasi didn't say similar stuff about the Cowboys because he knew they were vastly superior to the Vikings.

[@KazeShikamaru]

This isn't up there with how the Seahawks said after beating the Niners that was the Super Bowl. They straight up look past Denver when they smoke them.

[@ddwalker3744]

Whoa whoa whoa, 2011 broncos were a good team, they were a REAL GOOD team...a good team w no QB...that's why i said Manning should go to Denver, they were the best team in the NFL without a QB, then they went to 2 superbowls in the next 4 years...bottom line is the 2011 broncos were a good team man

[@ropeblaster420]

Tebow at QB invalidates everything you just said.

[@DIMP11]

Are you saying Tim Tebow was not a good quarterback ?

[@DolFan316]

10:53 I'd actually love it if Ryans said that. Bowing and kowtowing to the Chiefs doesn't do teams any good so what would he have to lose? If the Chiefs win, so what? They'd have won anyway even if Ryan had glazed them beforehand. At least show some semblence of defiance, I say!

[@KevinT7274]

Go full Joe Namath and guarantee the win. If you lose you were expected to anyway, if you win you're the talk of the league.

[@stfi7566]

13:19-That’s Incredible!

[@ropeblaster420]

4:20 -That's illegal at the federal level!

[@jrodlange8099]

The Vikings were pretty much done at this point. Even so, talking trash about Tarkenton when your sporting Pat Haden doesn't make sense. Or maybe it does? I'm sure he would do/say anything to break the Viking pkayoff curse.

[@thepurrrfectstorm5544]

Dang Texans out here catching strays… I think people forget they’re still a fairly new team.. regardless of how good CJ was in his rookie year

[@ropeblaster420]

Stroud Boys storm Kansas City today.

[@thepurrrfectstorm5544]

@@ropeblaster420 yeah, I think most of the world is pulling for the Strouds today! I wish they’d pull it off, but I just don’t see the scriptwriter letting that happen 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

[@Nickrj3]

The Vikings in ‘78 weren’t that great. They finished 8-7-1 and lose to the Bucs. Age was finally catching up with the team.😊

[@GiantsKnck]

This coach took the Rams to the super bowl and nearly beat the Steelers?

[@Fender178]

Yup. SuperBowl XIV.

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

He was just riding the coattails of the most Italian QB in NFL history…Vince Ferragaaamo (flips hair)

[@curtisjoseph]

Jeff Saturday did it better. Haha and at the Raiders expense

[@Boomhower89]

The Rams were a better team than the Vikings the year they played in the mud game. Coaching won that game. Minnesota threw early before the field turned to slush.

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made another video about the 1978 NFC Championship Game, and how the CBS affiliate in one Texas city almost couldn’t show the game.

[@ropeblaster420]

The broadcasting controversy videos are his most boring. You can get any game you want on any screen today.

[@thepurrrfectstorm5544]

Also, the 2014/2015 Panthers team went 15-1 and made it to the Super Bowl.. That’s not good?

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Wrong team. That’s the 2015-16 team The 2014 team had a losing record

[@thepurrrfectstorm5544]

@ yeah. I was thinking 2014/2015 but it was 2015/2016 team. A lot happened personally in those two years.. they kind of run together. Lost my mom and my big brother. In fact, my brother passed the night the panthers won against the cardinals (I think) to get to the SB. My apologies. You are right.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

@@thepurrrfectstorm5544 All good! So sorry to hear that

[@michaelleroy9281]

2015-16 Panthers were 15-1, 2014-15 they were 7-8-1

[@michaelleroy9281]

Most people here mistake the year of the season and the year the Super Bowl was played

[@Boomhower89]

🇺🇸👍

[@ropeblaster420]

JG9 saying "out of pocket" to his geriatric audience. How do you do fellow kids? Beyond the pale has always been the superior figure of speech. Stop acting woke.

[@classicrockbeagle]

Malavasi: the worst coach to make the NFL. Him, Sam Wyche, and Nick Sirianni, but yeah. The Rams were a train wreck in the early 80's. Oh, btw, at the time, his name was pronounce ma-la-VAY-see

[@KevinT7274]

Malavasi wasn't that terrible, he made the SB and gave the Steelers a tough game with Vince Ferragamo at QB.

[@ropeblaster420]

Urban Meyer? Bobby Petrino?

[@classicrockbeagle]

@@KevinT7274 distinctly remember them falling apart with dissention after their SB appearance. Reference: The Ferd Dryer Incident

[@shackdaddy7106]

A rare jag man mistake, and it continued throughout this video. JAGMAN, you pronounce Ray Malavasi‘s name wrong. His last name was pronounced.Mal-a-va-see not Mal-a-vass-see. I thought you were immune to the young KZbin creator sports people disease in mispronouncing names of sports figures who were famous before they were born.

[@bronsonbamnallen1633]

Never heard of this man, and now that I have, I hate him. SKOL FOR LIFE EVEN IF IT BREAKS MY HEART