TFD: Brad Childress a hot NFL head coaching prospect for 2012?

Good times.

October 31, 2011 at 10:17PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Per Dan Pompei from National Football Post: Former Vikings coach Brad Childress is looking like a better coach with each passing week. A few months ago, some people were predicting Childress would never be a head coach again. Front offices are starting to take a harder look at what Childress accomplished in Minnesota within the context of how the Vikings are performing now. It will be an upset if Childress isn't a candidate for a head coaching job or two in the offseason.

Florio already took the meat cleaver to this one. Can't say we disagree with his most lucid thought: At most, Childress should get another opportunity to be an offensive coordinator, and if he does well then maybe he should be considered eventually for a head-coaching job. But to suggest that the Vikings' current predicament should make Childress look good by comparison is to ignore Chilly's role in running the ship aground.

Your thoughts, please, in the comments.

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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