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Minnesota Vikings News:
The Colts say that they aren’t pursuing Lamar Jackson and that they’re focusing on the draft, according to NFL.com.
Jeff Bezos is not going to bid on the Commanders, according to ESPN.
Twins scored 9 run in the top of the 1st at Yankee Stadium.
They have a chance as it should be an even game now.
10-9 Yanks.
Quite possibly.
But now at least it will be a close game.
Twins added 2 in the 3rd so maybe 11-10 Twins??
A man can dream?
Whole pressor
Excellent answer that gives no info
“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em…..
Know when to fold ’em….
Know when to walk away….
Know when to run………….”
Kenny Rodgers autorec…when my son was < 6 months he was very sickly…I would pace the house at night with him draped over my forearm and I would sing this song over and over again (it was one of the few I knew by heart) in an attempt to sooth him.
Not really a very happy memory.
That’s a good Dad.
My youngest had 2 surgeries by the time he was 4 months old (one at 3 weeks to open the pylorus so food could exit his tummy into his intestine, one to cut out a narrow section of the Aorta (coarctation) – thank God for the nurse who heard the murmur at his 8-week checkup).
I used to sing him (and likely very out of tune) St. Judy’s Comet (Paul Simon lullaby).
He will likely need a valve replacement once his heart is full grown, but the MDs say “let him play!” He did TBall last year, wrestling over the winter, and is looking forward to TBall again.
Having a 6-year old with me age 55 now…….it’s a blessing in so many ways.
Wow man, that sounds pretty scary,
Glad to hear he is improving and playing sports.
Despite what we say about the gaugers, modern medicine is pretty awesome.
“QB is the most important position in our sport.”
@No it isn’t. It’s a team game KAM. Get with the program@
Easy Kirk hater.
Meh…heard that shit before. We’ll see if he starts then I’ll be impressed.
“Just a tweak”
Told you Brad they’re going to role with Booth and Evans. Zero chance KAM puts someone else out there bc it’ll admit that he failed on the picks
We need a government program to spend tax dollars to figure out the cause of this issue and then ban something!
That’s simple, just ban testicles, doesn’t even have to be related to sports. It will reduce rapes as well. Sounds like common sense regulation to me.
You make a lot of sense. You are hereby made chairman of the study committee. You have a $600 million budget to get the ball rolling…
Or is that balls rolling, in this case?
Don’t rapists use the frank, not the beans?
Remove the beans, remove the hormones driving them.
bowbunch, thats some higher level thinking right there.
HA! That’s funny.
lol
Love it!
Its science!
I worked at a day care in college for a while. I remember a kindergarten age little girl who had older brothers. Some other kid bounced a kick ball to her and hit her right between the legs. She bent over in pain and said, “Ow! My peanuts!” I chuckled and said, “Just so you’re aware, girls don’t have those so I think you’re fine.” And she popped right up and goes, “Oh OK.” And scampered on her way haha. Crazy to think if that were today I’d have to worry about getting pushback for stating a fact.
Queasi will give kitties our 1st in exchange for a future 3rd and 7th.
LOL, yup.
Analytics
Seriously, who knows what he’ll do. His resume is quite small.
Catalytics?
They’re starting on our foundation for the addition next week, chief. Thank goodness, wife and I have been living in a one room “apartment” with two chocos for a year and a half now.
Didn’t know that. Yeah, i’m a space guy. Walls creep in on you. Hope you get out soon!
More leaks vikes aren’t pressured for a QB in 2023
Two weeks ago the Vikings were going to go all in on Levis.
Now the Vikings won’t draft a QB at all.
If you average it out, it adds up to the Vikings drafting a QB in the mid to late rounds.
I mean it makes sense. I’m guessing if the guy they want falls out of the top 5 to somewhere like 7-9 where it wouldn’t take 3 firsts to trade up they might make a move, but I don’t see them trading all the way to 3.
Ummmm… remarkable reporting and insight there Jordan. Can anyone say “duh” after that? I can.
This was my thought. We’ve known and seen all of this ourselves.
LOL
I´d buy this beer.
I’d buy it and I don’t even drink beer.
Some brewer used to make a Harley Davidson Sturgis Motorcycle beer for the bike rally every year. I think they sold a lot of it, but I’m not sure many people drank it, I heard it tasted terrible. This might be something like that where its more a novelty.
I would gift some ‘like minded’ family members or have it on hand for visitors.
Only $35 for a 6 pack.
I probably could get it cheaper out at the Air Base. Maybe a new product promotion while the topic is still in the news.
I’m on the other side. I hate Bud Light but want to drink those rainbow cans to trigger the snow flakes who get upset by a beer can. Bunch of wusses. FREEEEDOM!!!! unless it’s different than me and the way I think. Because ams is so smarts I understanseded thats ams is how freedum werks.
I saw a good joke yesterday, but I can’t remember how it went exactly. Anyway, the guy was mocking Bud Light for their decision to feature a man transitioning into a woman, and then he finished by saying something like…
“And if you were a light-beer drinker, you should look in the mirror. You’re already halfway to a woman yourself!”
haha, that’s good stuff!
Still not as bad as being an IPA drinker.
That´s dedication!
You’d drink horse piss if it would own the libs.
The irony in all this is breath taking. I had to look up if this was satire or serious.
LOLOLOLOL
Friend of mine out here will love this.
Told you:
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/04/13/report-packers-are-still-holding-out-for-a-2024-first-round-pick-for-aaron-rodgers/
Yeah, no surprise really.
Jet’s will draft their first rounder this year.
Then a deal will get done.
I don’t know what this means. Oh it’s a link.
Is there a position the Vikes were to draft in round 1 that would irk you a bit?
For me it’s WR and Secondary.
I’d be fine with secondary. Pass on WR, OT, TE, RB.
Idk i’m sick of drafting secondary every single year it seems like. If we get a stronger pass rush maybe we don’t need 500 million corners or safeties. Safety is a concern though since it’s likely hitmans last season but can deal with it next year.
CB depth is a concern but i believe i read its a deep DB draft so could get some value in rounds 2-4. Not round 1 pick
It is amazing what a good consistant pass rush will do for a less than stellar secondary. Just look back a couple of years and see what Micah did for the Dallas defense.
Ya. CB depth is a problem given that the Murphy, Booth, and Evans have major injury history problems.
Vikes will definitely draft a CB or 2, but they can get some solid value later on in draft.
Our defense has played “bend don’t break” for at least the last 3 years. That puts stress on the secondary and the running game defense. Moving to a 3-4 turned the DE’s into OLB’s which is a pretty big change. We didn’t stuff the run, and we didn’t pressure the opposing QB’s much. In fact the defense was very defensive.
I’d say the defense the last few years has been pretty offensive.
I agree. We need more secondary! I would be fine if we drafted Kraft (not happening) as far as TE goes but that’s for personal reasons lol. Logic says yes stay away from those positions.
Tight end.
I agree with bowbunch,
Fine with secondary, don’t want WR, OT, TE or RB
Punter
Alright ben…
Also LT.
Yeah, I am tired of secondary draftees.
I wouldn’t care if all they drafted was OL and DL. In fact, I would be delighted!
We need some help in secondary. Hitman last year likely, Cine unproven, Bynum sucks.
All our CBs have injury history problems which is concerning.
Overall, they’ll draft secondary for sure just don’t think it needs to be round 1 or 2.
I reckon you are probably right.
No. BPA.
If Mayer is there and they deem him to be one of the best in the past 5-10yrs to come out then go for it. I’d love to see double TE sets with him and Hock. No Oliver is not a pass catching TE FFS.
Lot’s of options at 23 or late 1st if they trade back. Flowers, Addison, Quentin, Kancey, Breese all great options. Just take the best guy not that hard.
Levis!
Yuk, so Young is the only one worth drafting high, maybe Hooker and Levis.
Hard pass on Stroud and Richardson.
Those comps are so stupid. Young is like Brees because he’s short (though like 2 inches shorter than Brees and about 50 pounds lighter). Stroud like Dak because who knows. Richardson is athletic and big. That doesn’t make him Cam. Levis is stocky and has a big arm. That doesn’t make him Stafford. Plenty of stocky, big armed QBs have done nothing (see Paxton Lynch). Hooker = Geno because the media group think has him not as good as the others.
So you are saying the comparisons lack credibility? I judge your opinion to be true.
I’m just gonna assume this comment is sarcasm
NEVER assume sarcasm. What is wrong with you?
Well, my comment may or may not have been sarcasm
Same, make sure we keep this place as confusing as possible for any potential newbies.
No Kirk comparisons?
I’m shocked.
Dak is the black Kirk Cousins
surprised they left off..
Tune – Brady
Sure, Brady Quinn.
Yup, your boy Tune not even featured in this one.
I’m convinced now that the Vikes aren’t going to draft a QB this year based on some of the reports stuff I listened to yesterday.
Gonna have to go back to Kirko Chainzzzzz profile pic
Have the Niners traded for Kirk yet?
Yes
Kirk might be better off with the 9ers…
No doubt
Kirk is here next year, and probably extended before the season starts.
I would still like them to draft a QB to try and improve the backup and maybe give me some more false hope.
If they don’t draft one of the top QBs they better be extending Kirk then. Problem is Kirk gets all the leverage again.
StarTrib beat writers said yesterday Kirk is not out of the question to resign. However, they did say that the Vikes feel they are not forced to draft a QB this season and would be content with a mid-tier Vet to bridge the QB for 2025. They also said the Vikes are heavily against having a rookie start year 1.
Ef that bridge QB crap. Keep Kirk.
I’m ok with Kirk resigning.
same
Why…please tell me why? What is your long term vision of the team? How long do you want to fuck around with Kirk on this roster keeping us mid?
He said resign, not re-sign
correct
Kirk can retire/resign
I hope he does not re-sign, but I am expecting that.
yeah, he can quit anytime
My take is he’ll play out his 2023 contract and walk as a free agent after that.
I think he’s definitely a Viking in 2023, but I have no clue beyond that other than he says he wants to retire a Viking
I think if they don’t draft a QB in 2 weeks, Kirk coming back for 2024 is likely. I mean his cap hits like 28 mil so they’re essentially paying him whether he plays for us or not.
Why? Either way you arent going to a SB so what does it matter if we have a bridge QB? I dont understand this logic. Why are you afraid of losing 2-3 more games a season? That only benefits the team in the long run.
Keep Kirk. Can deliver a SB unlike a bridge loser QB
Still living a fantasy eh?
He can do it but needs the all the right pieces around him.
What’s easier or more likely, getting a single guy at QB that doesn’t need a perfect team around him or building a complete perfect team?
Valid point. But grass isn’t always greener on the other side. People think finding a QB better than Kirk is easy to do.
I don’t think anybody has said that.
What we are saying is that any other QB isn’t that much different from the results Kirk is producing.
.500 football.
Nailed it. Exactly.
That’s theoretical. Maybe any other QB could be the most hit, sacked, knocked down, and pressured QB in the league over 5 years and still be in the top 4 of the league in TD production. I don’t think that’s a very credible position to take though.
If Burrow had played 5 years I bet he would take the trophy on most of those. He has been absolutely demolished and still produces.
Burrows is a very good QB for sure. He is far from average. Very Kirk like. Takes hits and makes throws.
My main point is that your previous 5 year argument leaves out some very good QBs who have not been in the league that long.
Well it’s not my fault Cousins has played 5 years for the Vikings…
It’s about as credible as claiming Kirk is good enough to win a superbowl. Or that Kirk makes a team way better.
Except data shows he’s a TD machine… you know, what you need your QB to be…
I think Kirk is good enough to win a superbowl. I think Kirk makes a team better.
I don’t think it’s easier, but they haven’t shown even a hint of ability to build a roster like what the Niners or Rams did so take a shot at a new QB. That’s why I’m a proponent of taking at least one shot every year, even if Kirk is still on the team. Get somebody else, see if he’s good enough, if he is, Alex Smith Kirk. If not, keep Kirk and try again.
And you miss all the shots you dont take. Ala the Vikings entire history
and they also miss the shots they do take…
Can´t argue with that.
Tough but fair…
This is indeed what they think.
Same can be said for any AVERAGE QB.
However, Cousins is not average. What the Redskins have had since Cousins left is what you call average. Those guys have produced 95 passing TD’s in the last 5 seasons. Cousins has 153 playing mostly in Zim’s prevent offense.
And as we’ve learned its impossible to do that in todays league with the money he wants and the cap % he takes up. This experiment has been tried 5 years running and you still dont see that its a failure. No team has ALL the right pieces.They need players that can elevate regardless of the pieces. Thats not Kirk.
Except Cousins is pretty much the best player on the team year in and year out, game in and game out. The one guy you can count on to be available every game and do his job at a high level. Proof of the pudding is in the eating. only three QB’s in the league have thrown more TD’s than Cousins in the last 5 years. He is a top shelf QB and one of the best in Vikings history.
Facts and all.
I would say JJ is the bigger impact on the team.
Would you? He doesn’t have an action on every snap though does he? He doesn’t make every play. JJ is a truly exceptional talent, but his contributions are not where Cousins are. He’s a part for sure, but Cousins is the bigger part.
I would agree. But someone has to stand behind our shit line and get the ball to him.
Well, maybe someone more mobile could do what Kirk does with a supreme talent?
That may be true. But most of these mobile type QB’s I see. don’t have Kirks arm or his accuracy. And KOC runs an offense that requires a QB that can throw sideline to sideline and short, intermediate and deep.
If I may, a slightly different question on this matter as I don’t understand some of the thinking here. I think our offense was good enough last year to win a SB. Now, we were near the bottom running the ball, but our passing offense carried the team. And obviously the QB is a big part of that. But our defense! Look at that Giants playoff game – it wasn’t poor it was putrid!
And, i believe I read on this site that our defense was like 12th well paid right behind the 49ers. So money doesn’t seem to be the problem. Given all that, I would get rid of every single player on that defense before I would even consider losing the QB.
I don’t think Kirk is anywhere near as good as people claim. Just me.
But the defense definitely needs an overhaul. Not sure how that happens with the tight cap situation KAM has. It’s going to be a couple of years before that gets cleaned up IMO.
Justice Roberts is correct.
“Can deliver a SB” – Annnnd thats why I cant take your FB opinion seriously. That and I owned you in fantasy. Thats simply just FALSE. Kwerk will never sniff a bowl, and this roster is a good 2 years out to being built to contend.
Lmao. He’s good enough to win a SB but he needs the right pieces around him to do it.
Well, yeah.
Same can be said for Brad Johnson.
Nick Foles.
Trent Dilfer.
Any average QB needs help to win a superbowl.
What I mean is there’s QBs that will never win no matter how good the team is (ex. Andy Dalton)
There’s QBs that are good enough but need help (ex. Kirk)
There’s QBs that can win a SB with very little help (ex. mahomes)
So far, Kirk has never come close.
No way you can prove it, unless he actually does it.
Mahomes put up 9 points in a Super Bowl when he lost his O-line. NO QB succeeds all on their own. It’s a truly ridiculous position to take.
Tom Brady as well. Every team he led to a Super Bowl was top shelf across the board. Last year his team was a poor one. Brady himself had a pretty top shelf year. The Bucs? Not so much.
And what has happened to NE since Brady left?
Brady gets zero credit for 10 superbowl appearances and 7 superbowl wins?
If the QB has no bearing, why pay a QB $40 million dollars and just sign someone for $20 million?
Ahhh yes… so the QB is important in a team game. Now you get it. You have to have quality across the board to win. Also remember the Patriots were already in decline in Brady’s last year. The team itself has not been as good as years past.
You might be right. But how do you think JJ is going to fell with a couple of years with some weak armed bridge QB like Teddy or somebody?
Depends on how big his paychecks are.
Truth is, we don’t know.
JJ is very talented and my make any QB look better.
JJ is only that talented due to the influence the Beatles have had on him though.
We sure don’t. But my guess is he’s not going to be a very happy camper if his stats go down to seventh or eighth in the league. And JJ is no doubt a talent, but someone still has to get him the ball.
Just like Adrian Peterson made Ponder better by forcing the D into 8 man box….Didn’t see it. you need talent to play QB.
A man can dream
Hang in there KFEY. Cousins will be gone after this season. You will happy. You know, just like the Redskins fans who are crying about not having a QB after Cousins left. 12 starters and counting.
Ah yes, because the Red Skins situation and franchise are comparable with the Vikings in any way at all and they MUST be looked at the same way. Nice strawman argument there bud. I WILL be happy, overjoyed in fact. And they aren’t crying for Cousins and his strong arm contracts back, thats for sure. Dont get it twisted.
Well…. exactly how successful has the franchise been with QB’s? It’s not as strawman as you think. How many Vikings QB’s have played 5 straight seasons without missing a game for injury? How many have thrown 153 TD’s in five seasons? The Vikings record in finding a capable QB isn’t what one could call “stellar” now is it?
That was pre-Kwesi. Kwesi will use analytics and kumbaya to unlock the key to drafting a true franchise guy.
I believe!
The powers of inclusion, collaboration and kumbaya (and incense sticks) will lead us to the promised land!
QB TD’s do not contribute in any way.
It’s a team game…..
Yes… it’s a team game and the part of the team Cousins is on is doing far better than the rest of it… nice try though.
Far better?
That’s a stretch.
A little better, sure.
Cousins has thrown more TD’s in the last 5 years than all but three other QB’s in the league. Our O-line? Terrible. Our defense? Terrible. Our kicker(s)? Terrible. Our running game? bad.
Let’s be real here.
You keep giving me Kwerks stats in your arguments and EVERY time I tell you I dont care and they are invalid to me. The only stat I care about his play off wins, NFCCG appearances and wins. And Kwerks well..you know those stats but you dont like to look at them.
The production and quality of play from your QB is captured in stats. They clearly show Cousins is one of the most productive QB’s in the league consistently across his entire career as a starter. You count wins as a QB stat? Obviously the other 52 guys on the team don’t count.
Do you realize the Redskins were about .500 with Kirk and about .500 without Kirk?
Do you realize the Vikings were about .500 without Kirk and about .500 with Kirk?
DE do you realize that is a complete and utter lie that I have detailed to you repeatedly?
Well, it depends on what “about” means.
Redskins are a bit under .500 since kirk left.
Vikings are a bit over .500 since Kirk arrived.
You can squabble about the details and call me a liar if you want.
DE… I have had to write this to you a dozen times now and it’s getting old. The two years before Cousins became the full time starter for the Redskins, the team was 7-25. THAT ain’t close to .500. Since Cousins left the Redskins they are 31-49-1. THAT ain’t close .500. In his three years as the full time starter for the Redskins the team finished 24-23-1 which is slightly over .500.
In his 5 seasons here the Vikings are 46-33-1 (.581) when Cousins starts.
Why would you include games before Cousins was the starter?
Should I include games from years before Cousins was even on this earth to make a silly point like you just did?
Redskins with Kirk: 26-30-1; 8.6 wins a year.
Redskins since Kirk left: 32-49; 6.4 wins a year.
1 playoff appearance with Kirk.
1 playoff appearance without Kirk.
Vikings since Kirk arrived: 46-33-1; 9.2 wins a year.
2 playoff appearances with Kirk. One playoff win with Kirk.
Kirk makes a team slightly better.
But nowhere near the impact that you claim.
Hmmm here you have misrepresented the truth again. You included the Redskins 3 years before Cousins was a starter as part of your factoring… counting them against him. he wasn’t even playing. Lies.
I have an hour to kill, so I am at the mall walking with all the old people. I’m using voice to text, so if I say some dumb shit, it’s probably just the phone misunderstanding.
The phone gets the North Dakota accent…impressive.
Glad to hear you are on the mend.
lol
I hope we get an accidental post of you making fun of some dork at the mall or cursing somebody’s stupidity.
So you’ve always used voice to text?
Excellent choice for video of the day Brad, might be my favorite Alice In Chains tune. How´s the hand?
Agreed. Absolute classic.
I was watching some documentaries about Wayne Staley yesterday, very sad
*Layne
Saw that
Layne
dumb phone
Yeah, Wayne is Layne’s older brother, not to be confused with his younger brother Dwayne.
Don´t forget their little brother, Shane.
Tortured soul but that seems to be a common thread amongst the most honest and relatable artists.
Beatles must all have had fairytale lives because their music is fraudulent and unrelatable poop.
HA!
I’m not sure what an absolute classic hand means, but good for Brad I guess
It means he’s old and that’s absolute lol
Healing. I’m going to my follow up in about an hour, I get the cast off and I get to start doing physical therapy right away.
Great, hope everything will continue to go well.
Living in WI, I get a new Aaron Rodgers trade update in my Google News feed every day. Part of me hates it and wants it over already. Part of me loves it that it’s creating such issues still for the Packers fanbase.
If I had to guess, the Packers are holding out for another pick (or a higher pick). The Jets are balking.
I would love it if it never happens, Rodgers shows up to Packers camp out of spite, and the Jets go on and draft a HOF QB with one of the picks they refused to give up.
Trade will happen on Day 2 of the draft once the Jets are on the clock for their second round pick.
I love all the drama when it isn’ on the Vikings
Top of the morning skolholes
Good morning Skolly. How´s life with mini-Skolly?
Morning or I guess afternoon for you. Little skolly is doing well. Growing rapidly and starting to laugh and smile alot more now which is rewarding
How old is he now? When they first start smiling and giggling like little idiots its the best baby age. How’s Mrs. Skolly?
Yup, afternoon indeed. Sounds great, they are adorable when they start to communicate like that.
As we prepare for the annual assault on our senses that is the NFL draft, it’s important to keep in mind that in the end, pro football (like all pro sports) is entertainment. The extravaganza’s surrounding pro sports events like the draft grow ever grander each year. The hype, the promotions, the displays grow ever more involved and the shows become ever more “entertaining”. I personally tired of this years ago and don’t watch any of it any more.
The games afoot…. we’ll see in November or December how well KAM and KOC did in the draft and the offseason team changes.
This is an important draft for KAM…at least from my point of view. A GM should only get three seasons. If they aren’t flashing something special within that time, move on. KAM’s first draft was not special. He needs to trend upward this go around with limited ammo. Otherwise, he is already running out of time on my grading scale.
I’m hoping he can nail this one and the next one. That is well within the Meatloaf Principle — two out of three ain’t bad.
“The Meatloaf Principle” HA! That’s good.
I posted a tl;dr reply to your long post last night that got hung up by WordPress
I saw that actually. And I get why that exists, no worries.
The fun is posting on blogs about how wrong he will be. Again.
If it’s an assault style situation Lifer is going to spam your post with how this kind of thing needs to be banned. You ‘ve been warned.
Laughing. Lifer wouldn’t know an assault weapon if I hit him in the head with one.
Don’t tempt me… grin.
I might watch the 1st round, though I hate all the show acts and whatnot. Just not entertaining for me. Let the teams pick and be done with it.
2nd and 3rd rounds on Friday will be missed as I´ll be in Vienna to attend a concert with my daughter. Looking very much forward to that.
Who you going to see in concert? My wife is going to some metal concert in Finland in August.
King Dude
Metal concert in Finland? Nice! I´ve been to Steelfest near Helsinki twice, but that´s in May.
This is the concert my wife is attending. Flying trans Atlantic First Class… because she says she’s too old for coach.
If you and your wife don’t fly first class, your kids will after you’re dead and gone.
Nah, I’m just pointing out the reality.
Hell yeah! What are the highlights for her on the bill? I really want to go to Wacken sometime. My best friend gets to go play it again this year.
No idea Edge… not my genre and so I don’t follow any of this. She has many friends in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and the UK that follow these bands. She’s gonna be attending with a bunch of them.
Your wife is the metal head? Metal shows and festivals are a fucking blast!
Yeah… 52 year old European Metal Groupie. They call her “the American girl”.
That’s awesome.
Can confirm!
Do it, if you can make it happen. Wacken is a blast, I´ve been a few times.
This is a great lineup, your wife will have a blast. Plus, Finland is awesome.
Yeah, I never went to draft parties, and usually did not watch the draft. Started watching the draft the year Zim was hired, and have paid attention since. I do enjoy some aspects of the draft, and it is usually my introduction to most of the players picked.
I will watch days 1& maybe 2. The rest of the weekend is for golf.
I like having a draft party, it’s just an excuse to cook things on the smoker and have people over.
I have a fun psychological test going at work today. Someone NEEDS something done on Friday so they can go on vacation, which will inconvenience me to fit it in.
A way exists where the project can be done on Friday easily, if the other person slightly inconveniences themselves today, as well. I have suggested this course of action.
Will they inconvenience themselves slightly today to make sure they can go on vacation with their desk cleared or will they just leave it all to me on Friday?
Yeah. I deal with that as well.
I can’t do my job until this person does their job.
Every month the deadline passes without completion of their work, causing me to act like a nanny to ensure I can do my work.
And the answer is already in…they will NOT slightly inconvenience themselves today to make my work easier tomorrow morning.
I can fully nail the job, but come on, man! Be a team player!
Exactly…It’s not hard.
What happens if you say you won’t do it?
I have had to do that a couple of times. The CEO understands and doesn’t take it out on me, fortunately.
If I don’t do my part, it will never get done, so I will nail it.
Fortunately, I also have the top people on my side, and they are aware of these types of things, as well.
This seems like a good time for a crucial conversation with the individual. Don’t let shit like that go, don’t be an ass but their behavior has to be identified and communicated.
This advice is worth what I am charging you.
I have had that conversation before. It is maybe time for a follow-up again. One thing I’ve noticed about them is that it is very difficult for them to evolve into new ways of doing things. They can’t think outside their well-worn track of routine. If you introduce something new and better, they are afraid.
They are in the majority…for most folks change is terrifying.
I have gotten in the habit of regularly asking myself at work, “How can I do this job in a new way that is faster and stupider so I can spend more time lamenting the Vikings and movies?”
And it works!
Laziness helps me a lot. I do not want to have to do something again, so write code or create a process so things are easier.
So you just copy and paste for your job.
Cushy cushy.
Well if they’re a buddy fucker they’ll just dump it on you for Friday, if they value their co-workers at all they’ll take care of it themselves.
In my job I have used this quote often…with administrators and other HCP’s.
“Piss poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.”
This is frequently uttered at 4:30 pm on a Friday when I get the sob story about a procedure that needs to be done before the patient can go home. A patient who has been in the hospital 11 days already.
No wonder they call you asswipe B.
No doubt, the gouger makes the patient stay in the hospital over the weekend so he is not inconvenienced……tsk tsk….
Yup. How very cruel of me not to keep technologists and nurses late to do a procedure that could have been easily accommodated earlier that week or even that day. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve done it in the past only to find the patient still there on Monday because the LTAC or swing bed can’t take them, etc…
See?? always thinking of yourself, those Technologists and Nurses probably are missing out on some great overtime pay….But NOOO…its 5 pm on Friday and you want everyone to leave.
On a serious note, since I have been on the side of taking care of an elderly loved in the hospital, it is almost never a bad thing for them to stay an extra couple of days.
Admin has to approve overtime, @that always happens@
Especially with the furloughs and cuts currently going on at the local health care facility.
Getting hit with that today. Contract ending, so I found a new gig.
They are suddenly spamming me with emergency fixes…
I am done, and OT is not allowed.
Thorsday!
Kind of an apt graphic for a Vikings web blog.
Good news on spuds
Thank obama Thursday at Skoloholics!
Solid point here.
It really is a conundrum. They got a good run blocking TE, kept Ham, maybe they are getting a guy to develop a year for the following season?
Well because maybe there is a good RB to draft this year to replace Cook in 2024.
Cook will be playing for the Vikings in 2023 IMO.
It costs too much to release him post June 1, when he can still make some good to great plays.
If B. Robinson drops in the draft… I wouldn’t be surprised if the Vikes took him
Could be.
It wouldn’t shock me.
We are switching to a wishbone offense so will need lots of running backs.
Wishbone Wildcat, truly revolutionary.
We knew this once they resigned Mattison and gave him a raise.
Anyone with half a brain knows Cook is gone.
I resemble that remark.
I say Cook is on the team in 2023. Gone in 2024.
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If you like liars soup keep slurping it up! The man is delusional.
You are very easy to trigger, mate
He’s plead the fifth over 400 times in the past 30 yrs in court cases. Outraged is a more appropriate description. He needs to be in prison.
He’s living rent free in so many libs’ heads. Get over it. He loves it. You’re only making it worse.
Mr “I’m not going to be Partisan” to a fault. Fucker knew without a doubt the CIA tortured detainees and the techniques never worked, the CIA’s own internal study proved it yet the CIA continued funding and doing it then lied and intimidated to cover it up. When Obama finally signed to stop funding it when it came time to prosecute those individuals responsible he punted like the bitch he is to keep his healthcare bill in play for approval by a republican majority in congress.
America should own up to it’s mistakes if it wants to continue to be the greatest democracy in history. You don’t cover your shit up and then think it makes you a better nation and society. Look what we have now Liars and Grifters.
Obama says “thanks Obama”
It’s a funny gif
There is no other hidden or intrinsic meaning
Just an attempt at humor
Yes, that was obvious. Do I need to explain why I responded? I don’t think so.
Based on your word salad above @obviously no@
Ignorance is bliss it seems.
Yes, we need to admit we should have never elected a senile, incompetent, grifter like Biden who has succeeded in decreasing our standing in the world.
This was a huge mistake.
For Lifer, the mistake is being free.
You are too stupid to live on your own.
Lifer’s dream……
Yes there tends to be a “the more government control the better” flavor to his political posts.
Make sure when you retire don’t you fucking dare accept or use your Medicare benefits. Socialist program run by the government. You do you’re a lying piece of dog shit dumb fucking full of grievance MF’er.
Don’t know about you… I PAID for my medicare benefit and social security benefit my entire working life.
Exactly, I have paid in more than I will ever get out…
Fucking socialist.
We should also admit that electing a crooked business man who has made a career out of using foreign labor, products, dodging taxes, etc… was a mistake. Clearly someone who doesn’t give two shits about the prosperity of the country. The fact either of you support the guy on your side is fucking disgusting. The bar has been lowered to the levels of people actually supporting Trump or Biden is a sad, sad state of affairs in this country. That said… Trump > Biden. Because Vomit does smell better than shit. Doesn’t mean either smells good.
Edge, I am not a Trumpster, never have been, I have held my nose and voting for him twice because he was the best option. I do believe his business practices were not always ethical…..TRUMP U was a sham and a disgrace for instance.
If you vote for him, you support him. It’s a literal vote of approval and tells your party in your state and country that this kind of guy is fine and OK to represent you. Does ND not allow any 3rd party option? I refuse to vote for either. If I was forced to vote for one or the other… I wouldn’t vote.
Edge I voted for him to try and avoid all the damage that has been done to the Country under Biden.
None of these things were happening or would have happened under a Trump Administration.
Of course I am going to vote against all of those things , which I did.
You voted for Trump. That is a nod of approval. You can try to twist it however you want. I didn’t vote for Trump or Biden…
Trump really is against open borders except for H-2A and H-2B Visas, he made sure those were excluded… why? Because many of his employees at hotels and golf courses work under those Visas, he only cares about the prosperity of his pocket book.
Higher taxes were coming. Did you see what the Trump tax plan was going to do in later years?
Legal immigration is not an open border. It’s the difference between leaving your front door and all the windows in your house open with a sign in the front yard that says they’re open and keeping them locked while only letting in the people you want. Immigration is fine, but it needs to be controlled, legal and at least primarily merit based. Merit being what you can provide or actual asylum, not the phony claims that are getting people in.
My point is when he did the Covid Immigration Order he shut everything down except those. The dude does not care about anything above his own bottom line. That always trumps everything (pun intended). Not to mention many people are here illegally that originally came on legal visas. Trump only wants a wall because he likes building big things with his name one it. Walls aren’t effective. Proven over and over that they are easily defeated by going under, over, or through.
Doors and windows aren’t effective either because they can easily be broken through so I’m guessing you leave yours open?
A wall is a piece of the puzzle. Just because it does not work 100% on its own does not mean it should be ignored.
The border shouldn’t be ignored but the solution shouldn’t be to spend billions on ineffective things. The wall is dumb. I could be swayed on this, I too want a secure border but I have yet to see an argument that supports a wall being worth it. Could it stop a few people? Sure. Just like the TSA has probably stopped a couple issues. Are they worth billions and billions of dollars? Fuck no. Use that money things that could actually make a difference.
No, walls and doors are great at blocking the wind. And we all know locks on doors and windows really only help keep honest people out. Someone wants in your house they are getting into your house. It’s a stupid analogy. For many reasons. A big one being, if I pay for the doors, the locks, etc… that’s my problem. Trump spending billions of tax dollars for an ineffective wall for pure vanity reasons is a big difference.
I mean, that’s basically the same as voting 3rd party, its just a different way not effecting anything.
Not if we all did it. But keep voting your support for crooks.
I mean, I voted for Ross Perot’s Rotting Corpse last election, but I knew I was wasting my vote. 3rd party candidates are all just a bunch of wackos with one singular agenda item, like weed legalization, that they are running on and Libertarians are fooling themselves if they think they’ll have any real impact at the state or fed level, might as well have just resurrected the “Know Nothings” party lol.
Lol not always. I typically end up voting for the Libertarian party candidate. But I live in SD… the electoral college has made many states votes pointless for president. Trump could be caught red handed murdering thousands of babies, and personally funding raids on people’s homes to collect guns. Then run on a campaign pro 2nd amendment and anti abortion and the fucking Re-dumb-licans of this state would vote him in by a landslide in this state for being a good family man Christian who supports the 2nd amendment and pro life and not a Dem. This is only slightly hyperbole. I have heard people tell me they are voting for him because he is a good Christian family man. They just assume, besides all the actual evidence to the contrary that’s what he is because he has a “R” behind his name. Also I understand it’s just as bad in super blue states on the other side.
The important part of your rant was “not a Dem”.
Yup, fucking disgusting that many are brainwashed and divided so strongly. Divided we are conquered.
Yup. That´s why we are being divided in countless ways.
The powers that be are mortally afraid of the people uniting.
Well, everyone except the people on the res, they’re mostly libs but I get your point, I lived in SD until I was 23. I’ll be curious to see who is on the ballot come November 2024, should be interesting.