Post by Funkytown on Sept 2, 2023 21:33:06 GMT -6
Yeesh! Frazier out here catching strays!
Would've probably made more sense to say Donatell here, but I think Greenway has some bad memories here with Frazier.
Link:
heavy.com/sports/minnesota-vikings/chad-greenway-mike-zimmer-kirk-cousins/
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We continued hearing reports about the old Zimmer defenses throughout training camp, so I imagine that's how the guys like Greenway felt going from Frazier to Zimmer. Donatell to Flores is just as exciting!
Would've probably made more sense to say Donatell here, but I think Greenway has some bad memories here with Frazier.
“I was really impressed by his ability to coach defense, his ability to motivate and how he’s a little bit of a throwback,” Greenway said of Zimmer. “And I appreciate that coming from my background, from the guys that coached me. And I love and can react to that, but he wasn’t for everybody, and I think his approach was very aggressive. … It’s a little more pressure and a little more serious, and that’s fine. I could adapt because I had been in the league for nine years already. I could adapt and adjust, but a lot of other guys couldn’t, and it was hard for them, and I could understand that.”
Greenway isn’t alone in enjoying Zimmer’s coaching style. Two players who were on rookie deals when Zimmer was hired, linebacker Anthony Barr and safety Harrison Smith, have said they liked playing for Zimmer. Smith appeared on the “All Things Covered” podcast in July 2021 talking about “what made him so good as a coach,” and Barr appeared on Jim Rome’s show in December 2021 to say that he was “a big Zim guy.”
“I think he’s a very good football coach — an elite football coach, an elite football mind — and at the end of the day is a great guy that I loved playing for,” Greenway said.
Zimmer inherited the league’s worst defense, which allowed 30 points per game in 2013, and transformed it into the NFL’s top unit in four years. Minnesota’s defense in 2017 allowed a league-low 15.8 points per game that season en route to an appearance in the NFC Championship game.
Greenway isn’t alone in enjoying Zimmer’s coaching style. Two players who were on rookie deals when Zimmer was hired, linebacker Anthony Barr and safety Harrison Smith, have said they liked playing for Zimmer. Smith appeared on the “All Things Covered” podcast in July 2021 talking about “what made him so good as a coach,” and Barr appeared on Jim Rome’s show in December 2021 to say that he was “a big Zim guy.”
“I think he’s a very good football coach — an elite football coach, an elite football mind — and at the end of the day is a great guy that I loved playing for,” Greenway said.
Zimmer inherited the league’s worst defense, which allowed 30 points per game in 2013, and transformed it into the NFL’s top unit in four years. Minnesota’s defense in 2017 allowed a league-low 15.8 points per game that season en route to an appearance in the NFC Championship game.
Link:
heavy.com/sports/minnesota-vikings/chad-greenway-mike-zimmer-kirk-cousins/
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We continued hearing reports about the old Zimmer defenses throughout training camp, so I imagine that's how the guys like Greenway felt going from Frazier to Zimmer. Donatell to Flores is just as exciting!
... and neither is this Chris guy.