When Brad Childress was head coach of the Vikings (remember that?) he had a habit of using odd sayings that left you scratching your head. He also occasionally angered his players - Brad Johnson and Brett Favre are two that come to mind - by publicly ripping them during press conferences. And sometimes, like last summer when Ryan Longwell, Jared Allen and Steve Hutchinson went on a Favre recruitment trip, he just lied to reporters about it.
Well, Leslie Frazier isn't making those same kind of mistakes.
Check out this story in the Star-Tribune as an example of what I mean. Did Frazier actually say anything in any of those quotes?
Now I haven't heard every interview Frazier has given since becoming the Vikings head coach, but the ones I have heard, he's yet to say one thing of substance. There are no spicy quotes. And no details or specifics on players or offensive and defensive schemes. It's all generalities and baffle gab.
I find it boring. But it probably works well with the players. Frazier, as an ex-player, knows players don't like to be publicly criticized by their head coach.
He also has no interest in providing the opposition with any insights into what the Vikings are doing or any bulletin board material to get the opponent fired up.
Best to mute the sound when Frazier has a mike put in front of him. He isn't going to say anything worth listening to anyway.
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