Why don't you like Rick?

Except....I did address that.  When I cite it, I think the very least you owe is a robust apology and a little humility.  Will I get that, or like you've demonstrated repeatedly, when you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar will you scurry on to something else?

Look, you can see from the thread I'm not the only one calling you out.  All this stuff about deflection and "weak", you're projecting.  Knock it off please, you seem capable of better.

Welcome to the Championship Mindset Club brother. Where we don't settle for mediocrity just because we're afraid of change. And where we believe there's always something to be improved upon, so there should never be a wasted opportunity at this level. Like going into Zimmer mode against Atlanta in the 4th quarter instead of having the players learn how to finish a game, or at the very least getting Mannion or the bench players some reps. Either option improves the team. Running 3 times and punting, and allowing Matt Ryan to play catch with his receivers doesn't improve anything. When your players don't learn how to finish a game, they lose close games against better opponents.

In this whole top 10 GM debate, why aren't division titles, playoff appearances, playoff wins, and Super Bowl appearances factored into the equation? I don't have such data at my fingertips atm, and I'm not feeling too motivated to research it atm either. I just know what Spielmans record in those categories and I'm not very impressive.

My bad. He was de facto GM at the time so I assumed he played a role or at least had some input.

www.espn.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/3903/spielman-the-ownership-hired-leslie

To me that's a pretty strange dynamic. They didn't trust Spielman to be an official GM at first, and didn't trust him to hire his own HC. Then why did they eventually promote him? After a 3-13 season no less? I assume this means Wilf came in as Jerry Jones type who thought he could run things himself, but after crashing and burning with the 3-13 season he came to his senses and decided to hire some professionals to run his football club before he was run out of town. Plus this would give him a scapegoat if things continued to go south. Spielman however didn't exactly have the greatest track record as de facto GM, or head of player personnel, or that of scouting, so it's still a strange promotion.

I take this to mean Spielmans job is tied to Zimmer, and now Cousins too. Wilf gave him his shot and although he's done a much better job than Wilf himself, hiring a better HC, finding a better QB etc, it still hasn't been good enough. Signing Cousins was Spielman essentially going all in. Another desperate move, not that he had many options. The only question will be, how long of a leash do they all get? I can see a house cleaning coming at the end of 2020 if they don't at least start beating good teams and make a deep playoff run this year or next.

Maybe they all get an extension if they win a playoff game this year, although I don't see Cousins signing an extension or restructuring his current deal. Him and his agent timed the expiration of the current contract with the new CBA on purpose, banking on a much higher salary cap and a huge payday coming. He's now playing well enough where it should help him cash in in free agency, so how will that affect Zimmer and Spielman, or their job security?

Yeah exactly. That's the main thing stuck in my craw. He really is bad at finding the pieces that fit the scheme, or finding pieces that compliment one another. I can only wonder about the communication and how much input Zimmer has in personnel decisions. How did the interview go with Flipper and was Zimmer present? How could they not figure out that wasn't going to go well from the beginning? Did they not ask Flip what his philosophy was going to be, or did Zimmer stubbornly agree to the pass happy offensive approach?

I would think a franchise should be able to figure out a lot more things during the interview process. That's what interviews are for aren't they? But this franchise just leaves you scratching your head sometimes. Like it's just throwing random crap at the wall and seeing what sticks.

As I said previously.... hiring superbowl winning Kubiak might be the best individual move Spielgod has done since hes been our GM. That was truly a great hire IMO. Credit where due.

However, it is most definitely a run first offense. Which is what Zimmer wants, so it does fit with the HC. Kubiak is navigating that masterfully IMO.

Kubiak does give me a little bit of hope (still dont think it will be enough) for the playoffs and I hope they can prove me wrong and make a run for the Superbowl.

I'm only stuck because you've so far refused to see the purpose of that question.  In fact, as this post indicates, you still haven't grasped it.  The reason why I ask you about Top 10 is precisely because it is NOT narrow.  You keep arguing GM work is not just drafting, that's true.  But then you also boil down your opposition to Spielman in the MOST narrow terms.  (Super Bowl wins)  The whole point behind top 10 is to force you to appreciate the context more.  It'd be nice if you made an effort to embrace that rather than constantly dismissing it.

My hesitation on condemning Spielman comes precisely because the context of the league means the criticisms I have of him (and there are more than a handful) are weighed against his peers.  When I do that, it makes it harder to be so polarized or black/white on the subject.  As you are.  As I've said repeatedly, you are welcome to the opinion that Spielman needs to go.  Even in the context of his peers it can be a valid stance.  However, when you so aggressively deny broadening your scope, it makes your opinion rather dim in evidence or sound reasoning.  You've all but admitted you don't know the context of hte league and that, in and of itself, is a pretty damning indictment of your position.  The fact that you then double down and refuse to change that even moreso.  

In general I don't reply or read Reignman because what he posts is mostly unintelligible spam.  I clicked on your link and I see an attempt by him to be something more than that so I'll give him credit where do and reply to him in another post.  But I responded to you about Norv, so when you accuse me of not responding when I actually have....that's your mistake not mine.  To accuse me of being thin-skinned is, again, you projecting.

I don't appreciate having to repeat things to other posters in a discussion.  Especially the same poster, multiple times as you constantly demand.  If you're not able to keep up with what has been said within a few replies, maybe a discussion board isn't the place for you.  At the very least, stop claiming people haven't done something if you don't have the wherewithal to keep up.  It just makes you look bad.