16 Dec 10 Leslie Frazier Screws Up on First Day As Minnesota Vikings Head Coach

Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesTop o' the morning to you, Leslie Frazier. Congratulations on the new gig. What a shame you had to screw up on your first day.I mean, naming Brett Favre as your starting quarterback this coming Sabbath is just plain boneheaded. Oh, I can think of worse Reebok New York Jets #6 Mark Sanchez Realtree camo Jersey
decisions a person could make. Marrying O.J. Simpson comes to mind. Or dating Charlie Sheen. Or letting Ben Roethlisberger buy me a drink late at night in a bar. But your anointing His Royal Fumbleness to take the snaps against the Redskins ranks right up there with the all-time head-scratchers.Among other things, it tells me you simply haven't been paying attention during this oddball NFL season and, at the same time, it goes a long way in explaining how it is that you were 0-for-7 in your pursuit of a head coaching gig before the 3-7 Minnesota Vikings kicked Brad Childress to the curb and turned to you.Head coaches are paid to make the tough decisions, the right decisions, and you didn't do either, Leslie.The tough call would have been to sit Grandpa Brett down and tell him that he had a choice: retire or grab a clipboard. Oh, I realize that might have caught the attention of the team bankrolls, because the Wilfmeisters surely don't want to be paying anyone $1 million per game to stand on the sidelines, yawn, scratch his grey chin whiskers and hold a clipboard for three hours. But it would have been the right decision.Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesIt's the decision the deep-thinkers in Green Bay made a few years ago, when they concluded that Aaron Reebok Oakland Raiders #21 Nnamdi Asomugha Realtree camo Jersey
Rodgers was a ready-for-primetime player and Grandpa Brett's ego was holding the Packers' future hostage. How's that working out for the Pack, Leslie?I can't imagine that there's another NFL outfit that would want Grandpa Brett as its starting QB at this point in time, and not just because of his staggeringly bad numbers (league-leading 17 interceptions, five lost fumbles, 69.8 passer rating). It's the other baggage he brings to the table. The drama queen stuff. The it's-all-about-me-and-my-legacy stuff. The Jenn Sterger stuff.If I were you, Leslie, I'd be telling Grandpa Brett to "get stuffed."But no. Instead, you say, "Brett Favre will be our starting quarterback on Sunday. Brett Favre is going to get it going, those turnovers are going to come down, and we’re going to get it going as a football team. I really believe that."Yeah, and I'm going to marry O.J. when he gets out of the joint.Do yourself a favor, Leslie, and tell Grandpa Brett to retire. Tell him he can't cling to his boyhood forever. Tell Reebok Pittsburgh Steelers #86 Hines Ward Realtree camo Jersey
him it happens to all the greats. Johnny Unitas retired. Ditto Joe Willie Namath. And Bart Starr and Joe Montana and Dan Marino and John Elway and Sonny Jurgensen and Fran Tarkenton. Gone. All of them.Tell Grandpa Brett that there's a lawn tractor in Hattiesburg that misses him. I'd like to miss Grandpa Brett, too, but I can't if you won't tell him to go away.