Zimmer fires OC DeFilippo

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Tano said:
And I remember Allan Malamud's column
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Ahhh....loved Allan Malamud's writing style. Wasn't anyone quite like him. And just LOVED it when he would call his fellow sports writer, Doug Krikorian, "Son of Krikor!!" With these two at the old Herald Examiner and Jim Murray and Bob Oates at the LA Times it just didn't get any better for sports fans.

~ArkyRamsFan~
 
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den-the-coach said:
Quite Frankly Zimmer and DeFilippo were not on the same page and this is crucial for Zimmer as IMO, he wanted to run more often and DeFilippo was a pass first OC. Kevin Stefanski who was the QB Coach and blocked by the Vikings from moving with Shurmur to the Giants will now call plays for Minnesota....Not sure what happens to DeFilippo now as I doubt he's looked at for a Head Coaching gig and I'm not sure if he'd be hired as an OC either, but will have to keep an eye on this.

I predict that the Vikings have a huge offensive day this Sunday against the Dolphins, just a gut feeling.
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You’re right. I heard they haven’t been getting along most of the year. Zimmer thought he was too pass happy. That’s what happens with these up and coming OCs-afraid calling too many running plays isn’t creative enough so they call pass plays 85% of the time to show how innovative they are.
 
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RamFan503 said:
Meh.... old guy.
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THAN you. Grammar nazi. Lol
 
Haha. I seriously keep reading his name as Del-Flippo for some dyslexic reason.
 
Seems to me Zimmer should have figured what he wanted in the first place. If Deflepino is a negative that is on Zimmer.
 
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jacktheripper85 said:
You’re right. I heard they haven’t been getting along most of the year. Zimmer thought he was too pass happy. That’s what happens with these up and coming OCs-afraid calling too many running plays isn’t creative enough so they call pass plays 85% of the time to show how innovative they are.
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In DeFilippo's defense, Dalvin Cook got hurt early in the season, leaving them with Latavious Murray and a couple of rookies. Their starting offensive line was "meh" to start the season and they lost a few starters to injury early in the year. The Vikes paid a lot for Kirk Cousins so why not have him throw the ball to Diggs, Theilen and Rudolph?
 
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In DeFilippo's defense, Dalvin Cook got hurt early in the season, leaving them with Latavious Murray and a couple of rookies. Their starting offensive line was "meh" to start the season and they lost a few starters to injury early in the year. The Vikes paid a lot for Kirk Cousins so why not have him throw the ball to Diggs, Theilen and Rudolph?
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That’s exactly what they’ve been doing and they’ve been losing. That’s why he got fired. But, after watching Cousins this year and his career record of 4-27 against teams with a winning record maybe the GM is the one who should have gotten fired.
 
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jrry32 said:
Yeah, I'd love to have Flip here. I don't think he's the problem with that offense. But I bet he gets another OC job this offseason.
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I think the problem is injuries to the Oline and having a less mobile QB.

One of my offseason wishes came true. I was hoping that the Vikings would be wishing they had retained Keemun and not signed the pricey Cousins. There definitely is a different feel with that team with Cousins in charge, despite him being the better passer.
 
Seems like it just wasn't gonna work out between Zim and Flip. Easy scapegoat, but the Vikings' line has been subpar this year.

Flip is having an off year, but I think he's gonna be a solid HC someday.
 
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