I wanted to make this personal as that is what my blog is
all about. I am a fan who lives and breathes Vikings. I am a big fan but never
will make the mistake of saying I am the biggest. I just simply enjoy writing
about my passion. I started the blog in April of 2011 and have had 24,000 page
views in this time giving me a good feeling that fans take an interest in my
vision of the team both as a season ticket holder and a huge fan of training
camp and all that is involved.
The offseason has been so enjoyable up to this point and I expect
nothing but bigger and bigger things as the season approaches.
This time spent so far has found me going to the dome on
January 8th and buying 4 seats and now will proudly display them in
my Vikings room. It was the most breath taking sight driving into the dome and
onto the floor. We parked and just walked around looking at the dismantling of
the interior.
Wednesday January 15th was the next big day as
the team announced Mike Zimmer as the new head coach of the Vikings. I was not surprised Leslie Frazier was fired.
I felt terrible for him but knew it was time to move on. I believe Zimmer will
bring disciplined football with the no non sense approach. I am extremely eager
to meet Mike in Mankato.
The announcement of new defensive coordinator, George
Edwards came as a little surprise to me only because it was a name I have never
heard of. I did listen to an interview with Edwards on the radio. The question
was asked of George in regards to Zimmer trying to micro manage the defense. I
loved Edwards’ response saying he will welcome any input Zimmer can offer.
The hiring of Zimmer has me fired up and now add Norv Turner to the equation. What a staff to start. I am so psyched to see what Turner can do with the offense. Can you say deep pass? Can you say because of the passing game there goes AP for 80 and a TD? Vikes fans we have a future to be excited about.
The hiring of Zimmer has me fired up and now add Norv Turner to the equation. What a staff to start. I am so psyched to see what Turner can do with the offense. Can you say deep pass? Can you say because of the passing game there goes AP for 80 and a TD? Vikes fans we have a future to be excited about.
The free agency and draft have not even started and I am
already for late July to early August to get here like it is tomorrow. Thanks
to the Wilf family, for getting the ball rolling with the coaching staff coming
into place I can feel a little less stressed.
I am also happy Zimmer retained Offensive line coach, Jeff
Davidson along with Special Teams’ coach, Mike Priefer and Wide receiver coach,
George Stewart from the Frazier staff.
Saturday January 18th was a tough day for me as
the dome was deflated for the last time in history. I went up later that day to
take pictures. I have been up a couple times since. My plan is to make a photo
album of the progress with both the taking down Mall of America Field and then
off course the building of the new stadium. I am off to a good start and look forward
to adding to my collection of pictures.
I went up the next Saturday and parked at Dome plus and
stood there looking inside the dome and was able to see the roof flapping in
the winds.
I have also now put in my favorites different YouTube videos
including the 18th deflation and then recently found a video with
the small implosion of the roof that was left. I highly recommend for you to
look these videos up and see the demise of the roof.
Sunday February 2nd we saw the Seattle Seahawks
destroy the Denver Broncos. I will tell you I was pulling for the Broncos. I will also tell you that since the Seattle
Seahawks I was very happy for 3 players in particular: Heath Farwell, Steven
Hauschka and Derrick Coleman. Farwell was a favorite of mine when he played in
Minnesota. He may go down as a top 5 nicest guy I ever met in Mankato. Coleman
was in camp in 2012 with his story and how I wanted him to succeed. I met
Hauschka in Mankato and he too came across as a down to earth just nice young
man.
The next step in my offseason was the invoice we got for our
seats at TCF Bank Stadium. My seats in the dome were in section 215 row 16. This
section was above where the Vikes came out of the locker room. My new seats are
on the opposite side in face opposite corner in which we will be in 217. I knew
the price would go up but they really did. I went from roughly 400.00 for the
two seats. My wife and I are dedicated fans and decided to renew in fact we
just sent the check in for the balance last Saturday.
The PSL’s are concerning in the future. I looked at where my
seats would transfer to and figured they would be one of two prices, 500.00 or
750.00. I will have to deal with that when it happens.
That’s all for now as I wait for free agency to start along
with an occasional trip to Minneapolis to take pictures of progress.
As always, Thanks for reading
Purplestick
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