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Vikings Coach Is a Little Bitter
Vikings new head coach Brad Childress has resorted to the last resort: when all else fails, simply mock and ridicule. In an article in the Star Tribune today (thanks to ProFootballTalk for the link), Childress said the following about Culpepper's knee rehab in Orlando:
Childress sent athletic trainer Eric Sugarman to visit Culpepper last month, and the two met at a HealthSouth clinic near Orlando. According to Childress, the facility was small and its resources were vastly inferior to what the Vikings use at Winter Park.
You ask, 'Where is he rehabbing?' " Childress said. "He's rehabbing in a HealthSouth place in Orlando. ... I've spent some time in this state. ... I close my eyes. I'm seeing a Chinese restaurant, a HealthSouth place, a laundromat. Basically a strip mall that he's rehabbing himself at.
"Do not pass go!"
"And I'm thinking, what did they have in there? They had a StepMaster and some other things. In other words, all the modalities we have in our training room, all the different things [he didn't have]. ... I just thought it would be better [to train in Minnesota]."
After Sugarman examined the knee, Culpepper agreed to attempt some basic movement drills. According to Childress, Culpepper led Sugarman out of a back door ... and into the parking lot of a Wal-Mart.
"So you can understand where I'm coming from," Childress said. "The Chinese restaurant, the laundromat, then he's in an alley, out the back door and into the Wal-Mart parking lot. I'm like, 'What's wrong with this picture?' ... This is our franchise quarterback. ... Is he better served here in the fieldhouse or in the Wal-Mart parking lot?
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I'd take the worst Wal-mart in Orlando over the best field in Minnesota... especially in February.
4/2/06 4:14 PM
Former Vikings player not serious about his role with TEAM.
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High-Salaried Viking not coachable.
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Former Vikings quarterback not as committed to player role as the Head Coach is to his Coaching role.