One big discussion on a recent trip with friends, which ended in a couple weekends ago, was this: Which Minnesota head coach or executive was the most likely to be fired next?
RandBall: Minnesota Wild's move of firing Paul Fenton surprising only in its accelerated timing
August 5, 2019 at 1:22AM
A lot of the discussion centered around the Vikings, given the nature of what feels like a make or break season. The caveat was the Wild. But the general group consensus there was that if the Vikings had a good season and maintained their stability, maybe something could happen with the Wild by early 2020 or next summer.
And of course a few days after the trip ended, we got a much quicker answer than we anticipated when the Wild fired Paul Fenton after just 14 months as general manager.
It reminds me of something I wrote several years ago during a particularly rough patch for a lot of the major local teams. I declared at the time that the Timberwolves were the least dysfunctional team in town — less so than the Wild.
I like to think at this point that I wasn't wrong. I was just the little bit early.
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The Vikings intercepted Aaron Rodgers three times, including in the final minute, to hold on to the victory for the second week in a row after building a big first-half lead.
