Vikes: Norv quits; Shurmur steps up

Clevfan4life

OL is so overrated. They shouldnt even exist. The d line should just line up unopposed on every down. Really don't understand what the purpose of the o line even is. Just a bunch of fat guys out there wandering around aimlessly. And then watching them every now and then try to obstruct a defensive players path to the ball carrier i mean wtf? Flag that everytime one of em gets that idear in his head

wargograw

NFL teams are so stupidly reactionary.

Bob806

Shurmer was the worst HC in Browns history. Holmgren hired him because he had a great relationship with Fritz.

Minnesota needs help on the O line, not a coaching switch.

miktoxic

i wonder under what circumstances turner 'retired' under? maybe a nice cash float out the door? and hushy hush hush?

game is won on the lines. period.

jrb12711

@bob806 said:

Shurmer was the worst HC in Browns history. Holmgren hired him because he had a great relationship with Fritz.

Minnesota needs help on the O line, not a coaching switch.

I will never forget the dumb fucking deer in headlights look Shurmer would get when he made a terrible decision. It looked like a 3rd grader trying to learn physics. Man he was the worst.

stillmotion

Mangini was 10x the man Shurmur was

Bob806

@jrb12711 said:

Yeah. He ruined our Christmas Eve in Baltimore.

I will never forget the dumb fucking deer in headlights look Shurmer would get when he made a terrible decision. It looked like a 3rd grader trying to learn physics. Man he was the worst.

darubes

@gftchris said:

I'm guessing at some point the vikings looked at cleveland's offenses from 2011-2013 and said 'I want me a piece of that' and hired both of those guys.

Now, Norv Turner has 'resigned' and Pat Shurmur has stepped in as OC. How does he keep getting a job?

Must be his clock management expertise.

gumby73

Not sure if you ever heard Mike Zimmer in a presser? But this prick thinks he's some kinda of Belicheck. Heard presser today & Zimmer praises Him & Norv's friendship in prior seasons. But turned quickly after reporter asked if a fight incurred between the both? Zimmer responded No but "HOPES they can still be friends"? Good Luck Norv..get out while you still can. Of course Zimmer is in a eye patch after couching his own eyeball.. A Real Viking..

miktoxic

zimmer is a brat and a beer away from a chest collapse.

syd

@clevfan4life said:
Cause shurmur might not be as bad as his time here in the 6th ring might suggest

yes he was that fucking bad,he had never called a play in his life before he got here(which explained a flea flicker being called on baltiwhores 5 yard line) and if you remember he ended up giving up play calling duties,dude was a joke

Orion

I'll never forget the time Shurmur called a running play with no running back in the game. TE, Alex Smith, who say's he never took a hand-off before, had to line up in the backfield and, of course, fumbled the hand-off.

Norv has always been a respected offensive coach.

hoorta

@bob806 said:

Shurmer was the worst HC in Browns history. Holmgren hired him because he had a great relationship with Fritz.

Minnesota needs help on the O line, not a coaching switch.

@jrb12711 said:

I will never forget the dumb fucking deer in headlights look Shurmer would get when he made a terrible decision. It looked like a 3rd grader trying to learn physics. Man he was the worst.

Old Pat Sure-loss, we remember you so fondly- NOT!

Taco918

@gftchris said:

I'm guessing at some point the vikings looked at cleveland's offenses from 2011-2013 and said 'I want me a piece of that' and hired both of those guys.

Now, Norv Turner has 'resigned' and Pat Shurmur has stepped in as OC. How does he keep getting a job?

They were probably looking at the Ram's offense of 2010.

They must really believe in their D.....

flyingfooldoug

@miktoxic said:

i wonder under what circumstances turner 'retired' under? maybe a nice cash float out the door? and hushy hush hush?

game is won on the lines. period.

Let's see, football is won and lost at the line of scrimmage. The NFL is a coaches league.

miktoxic

yes. but don't put it all on the coaches. you can only coach up so much depending on talent level. it's like the old saying, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig.

i heard that a couple of times last night......somewhere.

ugh.

Clevfan4life

According to ghoulie oc's and dc's are coffee mules. So that means the last time i felt the entire defense might be on to something was under shurms 4-3. So ill leave it at that

jbluhm86

@miktoxic said:

and people still dismiss drafting OL as some type of myth to winning football games.

HA!!!

Somewhere deep in Mordor, Ghoolie's ears are burning...

jbluhm86

@bob806 said:

Shurmer was the worst HC in Browns history. Holmgren hired him because he had a great relationship with Fritz.

Minnesota needs help on the O line, not a coaching switch.

Ah, Shurloss, Holmgren and Weeden - the unholy trinity of Browns football.

Tour2ma

@orion said:
Norv has always been a respected offensive coach.

Yes, but I feel like this was not the case when it came to his Viking's HC. Zim's a great DC, but "Volatile" is his middle name and as a DC he had an HC to keep him in line.... to keep him from going full Buddy Ryan.

There is no check on him as HC so I could see him getting on staff in general the past three years and more and more on Norv as fortunes have turned recently.

@clevfan4life said:
According to ghoulie oc's and dc's are coffee mules. So that means the last time i felt the entire defense might be on to something was under shurms 4-3. So ill leave it at that

Shurm's 4-3???

Dick Jauron has not been in the league since we sent him packing after the 2012 season.