Quote:I see that blurred line and I agree that it is a bad situation. What further blurs that line is that there was a Minnesota employee who participated in generating a hostile environment. Now who is to say why the team wants to release the player? Was it simply due to poor performance, or was there a culture in place there that was designed to exclude people who did not think like management and that added to his release?

 

It's all murky now and it's going to be a mess to straighten it all out, but I think that with the oncoming exposure due to Minnesota hosting a Super Bowl we are destined to hear / read more about this situation in the coming months.

Agree 100%. They also hired that coach to coach football. So there's that in the player's defense. The whole thing is ugly, but IMO, the punter got cut because he wasn't what the Vikings wanted in a punter. They did draft one with a fifth round pick after all. That is in itself very telling.

 

Plus, didn't this coach allegedly say this in 2012? Why is it now a problem after a year and a half?

 

That is more telling than anything.

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