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Championship Mindset Sept 12, 2019 19:47:49 GMT -6 Danchat, OdinHammer, and 1 more like this

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Sept 9, 2019 19:06:01 GMT -6 Reignman said:

Or, now stick with me here ... some of us want to win a championship and aren't satisfied when we see an obvious weakness that could bite us in the a$$ later? Some of us who remember this teams choking capability? Some of us might think there's always something to work on. Is that more inline with a championship mindset or is that more inline with the play it safe attitude? Some people just want to be content with 16th place, 8-8, and handing out participation trophies.

Some of us want to win a championship? Some of us?

Your rants have gotten pretty ridiculous, even for you. If you're looking for an objective measure of how much of a blowout the game was, the Vikings hit a 99% win probability less than two minutes into the second half. The Falcons’ first TD essentially increased their win percentage from like 0.4% to a whole 0.5%.

As so many others have pointed out, when you consider the game was already won, the injury risk, the running game was working, the pass protection wasn't great, not exposing any more of the playbook when we didn't have to, etc. etc. etc., the Vikings decision to play SMART football, eat clock, and come away with the win as healthy as possible was the right decision. Remember, it's Week 1. Get the win and move forward.

Oh, and cool it with your name-calling and fallacy nonsense all of the time. You use sarcasm and nonsense more than anyone, so let's not pretend you're all about sound logic. If logic was truly on your side, you wouldn't have to repeat yourself across several threads and try to make your points for 8 consecutive pages.

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Edit: When I have time, I'll sort through these "Championship Mindset" posts and add them to their own thread as opposed to keeping them all in this thread. We might want to discuss this throughout the year ... and beyond.

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Sept 12, 2019 19:47:49 GMT -6 Funkytown said:

Sept 9, 2019 19:06:01 GMT -6 Reignman said:

Or, now stick with me here ... some of us want to win a championship and aren't satisfied when we see an obvious weakness that could bite us in the a$$ later? Some of us who remember this teams choking capability? Some of us might think there's always something to work on. Is that more inline with a championship mindset or is that more inline with the play it safe attitude? Some people just want to be content with 16th place, 8-8, and handing out participation trophies.

Some of us want to win a championship? Some of us?

Your rants have gotten pretty ridiculous, even for you. If you're looking for an objective measure of how much of a blowout the game was, the Vikings hit a 99% win probability less than two minutes into the second half. The Falcons’ first TD essentially increased their win percentage from like 0.4% to a whole 0.5%.

As so many others have pointed out, when you consider the game was already won, the injury risk, the running game was working, the pass protection wasn't great, not exposing any more of the playbook when we didn't have to, etc. etc. etc., the Vikings decision to play SMART football, eat clock, and come away with the win as healthy as possible was the right decision. Remember, it's Week 1. Get the win and move forward.

Oh, and cool it with your name-calling and fallacy nonsense all of the time. You use sarcasm and nonsense more than anyone, so let's not pretend your all about sound logic. If logic was truly on your side, you wouldn't have to repeat yourself across several threads and try to make your points for 8 consecutive pages.

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Championship Mindset Sept 13, 2019 21:56:43 GMT -6

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Post by Reignman on Sept 13, 2019 21:56:43 GMT -6

Sept 12, 2019 19:47:49 GMT -6 Funkytown said:

Sept 9, 2019 19:06:01 GMT -6 Reignman said:

Or, now stick with me here ... some of us want to win a championship and aren't satisfied when we see an obvious weakness that could bite us in the a$$ later? Some of us who remember this teams choking capability? Some of us might think there's always something to work on. Is that more inline with a championship mindset or is that more inline with the play it safe attitude? Some people just want to be content with 16th place, 8-8, and handing out participation trophies.

Some of us want to win a championship? Some of us?

If you're looking for an objective measure of how much of a blowout the game was, the Vikings hit a 99% win probability less than two minutes into the second half. The Falcons’ first TD essentially increased their win percentage from like 0.4% to a whole 0.5%.

Lol talk about ridiculous. I can't believe I have to use this yet again. I'm growing concerned.

Sept 10, 2019 8:47:15 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

Sept 12, 2019 19:47:49 GMT -6 Funkytown said:

Your rants have gotten pretty ridiculous, even for you.

Well I can always return to the boring 16th place mentality like the rest of you who are so much better because you agree with the status quo of a loser head coach over the coach with a full trophy case lol. B-b-but excuses, and reasons, and I read it on a postcard once and it seemed like the right thing to say, and it was confirmed by the TV. I'm a good little sheep who just wants to fit in and not buck the status quo. It's so safe and cozy here with the rest of the herd and my mediocre mindset.

You guys want to win a championship but you're afraid to play like the Patriots because we're not the Patriots LMAO. That's so weak I don't even know where to begin. So you just want or expect this sorry sack of mediocrity to back into a championship like it typically backs into the playoffs? And you actually think that's going to work lol? Do you think you just become the Patriots over night? Is it impossible to become the Patriots? Don't you think attitude might have something to do with their success? Do you think the attitude of the coach rubs off on the players?

One team out of 32 wins the Lombardi. And yet the Patriots win it more often than most because they don't think or play like everyone else. It just might be an important part of the equation. But nah, doing it like everyone else must be the best way. The everyone else who isn't winning Lombardi's. Makes sense.

Your boy dvike27 was trying all offseason to get you pretenders in the right mindset and you've all failed lol. Meanwhile the guy who mocked him is now mocking all of you for apparently not getting the message. Same Vikings fans with their same play it safe mediocre Minnesota nice mindset. *sick*

Just curious, how many of you complained about how the Vikings finished the 1998 NFCCG after being aggressive all season? Yeah I thought so. Lets just play the whole season like the 2nd half of that 1998 NFCCG. I'm sure it'll work out well.

Please pretty please someone mention the freaking score one more time lol. B-b-but win probability, a-a-and we won, and that's all that matters. *suicide*

Aug 8, 2024 18:42:12 GMT -6 whoskmoon said:

if sitting and watching something versus actually doing it made a person great at it, Reignman would be the next Ron Jeremy.

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I understand concerns about getting top conservative, but Reigny's taking it a bit far.

Playing dumb football and being too aggressive when you dont need to be results in meltdowns all the time. All that matters are the W.

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Sept 14, 2019 12:28:54 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

I understand concerns about getting top conservative, but Reigny's taking it a bit far.

Playing dumb football and being too aggressive when you dont need to be results in meltdowns all the time. All that matters are the W.

Well, that's what football luminaries such as you, Funkytown , VikingsBoss , whoskmoon , @theleviathan HarryHits22 and vikeson3 (did I forget anyone) think but I'm going to have to side with the guy who has 8 Super Bowl wins since we won our last one. Oh yeah, wait, we don't have one. Well I'll bet anyone a hundred dollars right now that he'll have his 9th before we get our first. Any takers?

Bill Belichick explains why Patriots keep passing, go for the kill with big lead: No lead is ‘ever really safe’

“Look, we’ve seen Peyton Manning come down from 21 points in four minutes and win so it’s not over until it’s over in this league,” Belichick said. “I know I’m in the minority on that but until it’s over, you’re trying to score. You’re trying to find a way to win. There’s no lead – 28-point lead, 24-point lead, 21-point lead – I don’t think that’s ever really safe in this league."

www.masslive.com/patriots/2019/01/bill-belichick-explains-why-patriots-keep-passing-go-for-the-kill-with-big-lead-no-lead-is-ever-really-safe.html

The biggest comeback ever is 33 points....until the next, bigger comeback comes along. But until then, 33 is still bigger than 28.

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Championship Mindset Sept 14, 2019 20:11:14 GMT -6

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Sept 14, 2019 19:31:30 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

The biggest comeback ever is 33 points....until the next, bigger comeback comes along. But until then, 33 is still bigger than 28.

And Zim sometimes leaves me wondering if he's taken that fact as a challenge. The Vikings don't quite own every dubious record, but it almost seems like that's the goal sometimes.

Aug 8, 2024 18:42:12 GMT -6 whoskmoon said:

if sitting and watching something versus actually doing it made a person great at it, Reignman would be the next Ron Jeremy.

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Championship Mindset Sept 14, 2019 20:37:38 GMT -6

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Sept 14, 2019 12:28:54 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

I understand concerns about getting top conservative, but Reigny's taking it a bit far.

Playing dumb football and being too aggressive when you dont need to be results in meltdowns all the time.

You're right, asking for an occasional PA and a 3 yard pass on 3rd down when your 11 rushes for 22 yard strategy fails drive after drive to pick up a first down when you're trying to run the clock, put a team away, and avoid injury is the dumbest strategy imaginable .... for people in the mediocre mindset club who don't seem to comprehend how important attitude and learning how to finish a game is to a teams long term success and developing a culture of winning. Nah, can't see how not learning how to finish a game won't comeback to bite a coach and a team that has a history of blowing 4th quarter leads.

Sept 14, 2019 12:28:54 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

All that matters are the W.

Lol and there's the shortsighted problem of the mediocre mindset club. All that matters is the current W. Lets not do anything that might improve our chances for the next W or avoid future L's. We here in the Championship Mindset Club like to think long term because the championship wasn't clinched in the 3rd quarter of week 1 against an inferior opponent.

Sept 10, 2019 8:47:15 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

I just want to take this time to give a big thanks to Oracle Bone Diviner for finding this meme. It has probably saved me some carpal tunnel syndrome by saving me a tons of time having to repeat myself. Now lets make reading comprehension great again. *thumb_up*

Aug 8, 2024 18:42:12 GMT -6 whoskmoon said:

if sitting and watching something versus actually doing it made a person great at it, Reignman would be the next Ron Jeremy.

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Sept 14, 2019 19:31:30 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

Sept 14, 2019 12:28:54 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

I understand concerns about getting top conservative, but Reigny's taking it a bit far.

Playing dumb football and being too aggressive when you dont need to be results in meltdowns all the time. All that matters are the W.

Well, that's what football luminaries such as you, Funkytown , VikingsBoss , whoskmoon , @theleviathan HarryHits22 and vikeson3 (did I forget anyone) think but I'm going to have to side with the guy who has 8 Super Bowl wins since we won our last one. Oh yeah, wait, we don't have one. Well I'll bet anyone a hundred dollars right now that he'll have his 9th before we get our first. Any takers?

Bill Belichick explains why Patriots keep passing, go for the kill with big lead: No lead is ‘ever really safe’

“Look, we’ve seen Peyton Manning come down from 21 points in four minutes and win so it’s not over until it’s over in this league,” Belichick said. “I know I’m in the minority on that but until it’s over, you’re trying to score. You’re trying to find a way to win. There’s no lead – 28-point lead, 24-point lead, 21-point lead – I don’t think that’s ever really safe in this league."

www.masslive.com/patriots/2019/01/bill-belichick-explains-why-patriots-keep-passing-go-for-the-kill-with-big-lead-no-lead-is-ever-really-safe.html

The biggest comeback ever is 33 points....until the next, bigger comeback comes along. But until then, 33 is still bigger than 28.

8 SB wins? 6.

Also, HOF QBs typically help the whole passing thing. When we have a HOFer at QB, I'll join you in protest, until then, play smart and secure the win.

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Sept 14, 2019 20:37:38 GMT -6 Reignman said:

Sept 14, 2019 12:28:54 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

I understand concerns about getting top conservative, but Reigny's taking it a bit far.

Playing dumb football and being too aggressive when you dont need to be results in meltdowns all the time.

You're right, asking for an occasional PA and a 3 yard pass on 3rd down when your 11 rushes for 22 yard strategy fails drive after drive to pick up a first down when you're trying to run the clock, put a team away, and avoid injury is the dumbest strategy imaginable .... for people in the mediocre mindset club who don't seem to comprehend how important attitude and learning how to finish a game is to a teams long term success and developing a culture of winning. Nah, can't see how not learning how to finish a game won't comeback to bite a coach and a team that has a history of blowing 4th quarter leads.

Sept 14, 2019 12:28:54 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

All that matters are the W.

Lol and there's the shortsighted problem of the mediocre mindset club. All that matters is the current W. Lets not do anything that might improve our chances for the next W or avoid future L's. We here in the Championship Mindset Club like to think long term because the championship wasn't clinched in the 3rd quarter of week 1 against an inferior opponent.

Sept 10, 2019 8:47:15 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

I just want to take this time to give a big thanks to Oracle Bone Diviner for finding this meme. It has probably saved me some carpal tunnel syndrome by saving me a tons of time having to repeat myself. Now lets make reading comprehension great again. *thumb_up*

Playing stupidly aggressive and giving the game away with turnovers and poor clock management are just as much "giving the game away" as the reverse.

Finishing the game is what I want. Lacking situational awareness and game management is a failure to finish the game.

Over aggressiveness does not build culture, wins and smart football builds culture.

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Sept 14, 2019 21:20:42 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

Sept 14, 2019 19:31:30 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

Well, that's what football luminaries such as you, Funkytown , VikingsBoss , whoskmoon , @theleviathan HarryHits22 and vikeson3 (did I forget anyone) think but I'm going to have to side with the guy who has 8 Super Bowl wins since we won our last one. Oh yeah, wait, we don't have one. Well I'll bet anyone a hundred dollars right now that he'll have his 9th before we get our first. Any takers?

Bill Belichick explains why Patriots keep passing, go for the kill with big lead: No lead is ‘ever really safe’

“Look, we’ve seen Peyton Manning come down from 21 points in four minutes and win so it’s not over until it’s over in this league,” Belichick said. “I know I’m in the minority on that but until it’s over, you’re trying to score. You’re trying to find a way to win. There’s no lead – 28-point lead, 24-point lead, 21-point lead – I don’t think that’s ever really safe in this league."

www.masslive.com/patriots/2019/01/bill-belichick-explains-why-patriots-keep-passing-go-for-the-kill-with-big-lead-no-lead-is-ever-really-safe.html

The biggest comeback ever is 33 points....until the next, bigger comeback comes along. But until then, 33 is still bigger than 28.

8 SB wins? 6.

Also, HOF QBs typically help the whole passing thing. When we have a HOFer at QB, I'll join you in protest, until then, play smart and secure the win.

8 counting assistant coach. He's been to the SB 9 times. For those who failed arithmetic, that's more than 8 times as many times as we have been there. You'd think maybe we'd want to learn something from that kind of excellence. If the only thing we learned is that he has Tom Brady, that's pretty sad. Tom Brady plays the whole game, trying to score. He got in twice as much practice at trying to score as we did last week, and he is not the one who needs the practice.

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Championship Mindset Sept 14, 2019 21:38:51 GMT -6 Reignman and Oracle Bone Diviner like this

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Sept 14, 2019 21:31:30 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

Sept 14, 2019 21:20:42 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

8 SB wins? 6.

Also, HOF QBs typically help the whole passing thing. When we have a HOFer at QB, I'll join you in protest, until then, play smart and secure the win.

8 counting assistant coach. He's been to the SB 9 times. For those who failed arithmetic, that's more than 8 times as many times as we have been there. You'd think maybe we'd want to learn something from that kind of excellence. If the only thing we learned is that he has Tom Brady, that's pretty sad. Tom Brady plays the whole game, trying to score. He got in twice as much practice at trying to score as we did last week, and he is not the one who needs the practice.

9-4 = 8? :) (But I'll grant you I'm probably in the minority of the posters who were actually alive the last time we were in a Super Bowl...)

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Championship Mindset Sept 14, 2019 21:54:53 GMT -6

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Sept 14, 2019 21:24:04 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

Playing stupidly aggressive and giving the game away with turnovers and poor clock management are just as much "giving the game away" as the reverse.

You might be the first person to earn the meme twice and you've earned it both times in the span of 5 minutes lol.

Sept 14, 2019 21:24:04 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

Finishing the game is what I want.

It's clearly not.

Sept 14, 2019 21:24:04 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

Lacking situational awareness and game management is a failure to finish the game.

Did you get that from a mediocre mindset postcard? Someone went to the Mike Zimmer school of there's only one way to finish a game. A school that also coincidentally has an empty trophy case. You can either go to the school that teaches you how to blow 4th quarters leads and keep the score close, and maybe win the occasional 28 point lead, or you can go to BB's school of not f*cking around and winning championships. One of these schools has a full trophy case.

Sept 14, 2019 21:24:04 GMT -6 vikecycle said:

Over aggressiveness does not build culture, wins and smart football builds culture.

One post after I criticized your lack of reading comprehension skills, you demonstrate them lol. A nice safe 3rd yard pass in the 4th quarter is overly aggressive in your book eh? Trying to score more points while making the other team work for theirs is being overly aggressive? Yeah I'm beginning to see why the trophy case is empty in Minnesota. But if being "overly aggressive" is what it takes to win championships, like the guy with the full trophy case in New England, then so be it. B-b-but you might make mistakes on those 3 yard passes and lose. :'(

Then you're a bunch of losers who don't deserve to win a championship.

Aug 8, 2024 18:42:12 GMT -6 whoskmoon said:

if sitting and watching something versus actually doing it made a person great at it, Reignman would be the next Ron Jeremy.

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Sept 14, 2019 21:31:30 GMT -6 Oracle Bone Diviner said:

Tom Brady plays the whole game, trying to score. He got in twice as much practice at trying to score as we did last week, and he is not the one who needs the practice.

Practice? I hear that's not important around here. *whistle*

But ironic isn't it? The guy who puts so much value on practice sure does waste a lot of valuable practice time.

Aug 8, 2024 18:42:12 GMT -6 whoskmoon said:

if sitting and watching something versus actually doing it made a person great at it, Reignman would be the next Ron Jeremy.

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Championship Mindset Sept 14, 2019 23:25:59 GMT -6

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Sept 13, 2019 21:56:43 GMT -6 Reignman said:

Lol talk about ridiculous. I can't believe I have to use this yet again. I'm growing concerned.

Oh no, we all get your point. You've only explained it 87 times. However, you picked the wrong game to rant about.

Also, winning is the only thing that matters--not how. We won. We beat Atlanta; we beat them convincingly! Now move on!

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Sept 14, 2019 23:25:59 GMT -6 Funkytown said:

Sept 13, 2019 21:56:43 GMT -6 Reignman said:

Lol talk about ridiculous. I can't believe I have to use this yet again. I'm growing concerned.

Oh no, we all get your point. You've only explained it 87 times. However, you picked the wrong game to rant about.

Also, winning is the only thing that matters--not how. We won. We beat Atlanta; we beat them convincingly! Now move on!

Move over vikecycle you've got company on the leader board as we have yet another person vying for their 2nd meme trophy, and she too claims to know what the point is despite completely whiffing on it in the very next breath. Not only is it shaping up to be a tight race in the standings, it seems like it's going to be a tight race for the coveted "getting the point" MVP trophy too.

*popcorn*