Childress is a moron he is just sad he let the franchise quarterback go for so cheap. :dolphins:
Seller’s Remorse
Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress has already proven that he can be caught running his mouth too much, and that he is not good at following through on his own promises.
A week ago, Childress gave what he dubbed would be his “final remarks†on Daunte Culpepper by explaining that Culpepper did not receive a playbook because none of his players had received a playbook. Previously he had criticized Culpepper for asking the team to address his contract, for not showing a team first attitude, and even went as far as likening Culpepper to Terrell Owens.
Apparently, that was not enough. At the owners’ meetings in Florida this week Childress broke his own vow to not speak about Culpepper again, and went into more detail badmouthing the rehabilitation facility that Daunte chose to rehab in over the Minnesota facility. He went on to criticize Daunte for his not being willing to immerse himself in the team atmosphere that saw 55 of 64 players all working out at the team facility in Minnesota.
As most league insiders know and have acknowledged, this is nothing more than a bad case of seller’s remorse. Childress is openly attempting to assassinate Daunte’s character in order to justify sending a pro bowl quarterback to the Dolphins for a can of whipped cream and a ticket to see Carrot Top perform at the local Improv.
The problem for Childress is that he is setting a horrible example for his own players, many of whom openly respected Daunte Culpepper both as a talented player and as an individual. How can Childress expect his players to listen to him when he tells them that they should not speak to the press about certain issues, when he obviously cannot stop his own tongue from wagging about an issue most feel he should have stopped talking about long ago? How can he expect to attain credibility in following through with his own promises when he simply cannot help but break his own vows not to speak about this subject again?
From the Miami Dolphins’ perspective, one has to wonder how long this can go on before Nick Saban is forced to speak up on behalf of his player? Saban’s media policies are effectively holding Mercutio’s sword while Tybalt runs him through. Culpepper is not allowed to even defend himself in the court of public appeals while Childress undergoes this blatant campaign of character assassination.
To some, the display is sullying Childress’ reputation while making Culpepper look like the better man as he takes the moral high road. However, to others their opinions on the Culpepper situation truly are changing. After Childress made his latest barrage of remarks without Culpepper presenting his side of the story, Joe Theisman openly expressed his newfound understanding of the move from Minnesota’s perspective. How many others are being swayed by these one-sided arguments?
At some point Nick Saban will have to step in and take a not-so-veiled swipe at Childress’ loud mouth in his trademark dry-witted manner. Saban needs to remind Childress that Culpepper is now under contract with the Miami Dolphins, not the Minnesota Vikings, and in the NFL you do not make a habit of speaking negatively about another team’s players. In media session that paints the Childress-Culpepper situation with much irony, Andy Reid recently showed how a coach should handle such situations. He had fun with the reporters that were pelting him with questions about Terrell Owens, refused to say anything negative about Owens, and even praised Owens a few times. It is just too bad that more of Reid’s personality did not rub off on Brad Childress, as he appears to be the next in a long line of clueless head coaches that are not ready to be the front man for a multi-million dollar organization.
