All Things 2025-26 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

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Ope3 said:
I would be less than amazed. The Wilfs have contributed significantly to this Thread.
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Are you a distant relative of Red’s🤨

Ope3 said:

Twins/Vikings/Wild/Wolves Championship appearance drought tracker

Counting the 2025 season seems illogical. - Has not started - Participants in the NFC Championship has not been determined - Seasons are not counted in this thread until the teams in question have been eliminated from Championship appearance contention 7 Complete NFL Seasons since the...
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howeda7 said:
How much of that do you think is directly their fault? They spend to the salary cap, keep excellent facilities and don't meddle. That's all you really want from an owner.

They have to hire the right GM/Coach, but you can't really call Spielman/Zimmer a failure and Kwesi/KOC is TBD. At worst, they might have given Zimmer/Speilman a year or two longer than they should have.
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They are ultimately the ones in charge, so all 20 seasons and counting.

I wouldn't call Spielman/Zimmer a failure either, but it was also not a success. In hindsight, your right, it lasted too long.

Spending money to the salary cap while making 10s of millions and annually and increasing the value of the franchise by 10X, sorry no props in my book for that.
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
Are you a distant relative of Red’s🤨
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Since Red sold the franchise to the Wilfs, these are the teams that have won the NFC Championship:

Seahawks
49ers
Rams
Cardinals
Packers
Bears
Saints
Falcons
Buccaneers
Panthers
Eagles
Giants

The Vikings are with the Cowboys, Lions & Commanders in that dubious distinction.
 

Ope3 said:
Since Red sold the franchise to the Wilfs, these are the teams that have won the NFC Championship:

Seahawks
49ers
Rams
Cardinals
Packers
Bears
Saints
Falcons
Buccaneers
Panthers
Eagles
Giants

The Vikings are with the Cowboys, Lions & Commanders in that dubious distinction.
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And your point is🥸
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
And your point is🥸
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I would be less than amazed should the Wilfs add the Twins to their portfolio.

In NFL which is designed for much more for parity they have failed in their Championship pursuit.
 


Ope3 said:
I would be less than amazed should the Wilfs add the Twins to their portfolio.

In NFL which is designed for much more for parity they have failed in their Championship pursuit.
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It's been 34 years and running for the Pohlad family since 1991. Personally, I'd take my chances with the Wilfs.

We can question their ability to identify great GM candidates, but as Owners go, they represent every other quality you could hope for as a fan.

"Joe must GO!"
 

Slim Tubby said:
It's been 34 years and running for the Pohlad family since 1991. Personally, I'd take my chances with the Wilfs.

We can question their ability to identify great GM candidates, but as Owners go, they represent every other quality you could hope for as a fan.

"Joe must GO!"
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Being less than amazed by the Wilfs as prospective owners does not equate to me advocating that the Pohlads hang on.

Also, there are other qualities about the Wilfs (besides not being able to put together a management structure able to at least win the NFC) that I am not happy with either, but I won't go into that here.
 

Ope3 said:
I would be less than amazed should the Wilfs add the Twins to their portfolio.

In NFL which is designed for much more for parity they have failed in their Championship pursuit.
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I was a joke, hence the 🥸 Grocho emoji.
Your well researched list was depressing enough 😊

The great thing about being an expat fan, is that info is never top of mind.

Maybe it’s all part of of a grand design that the Twins, with them as new ownership, and Vikes win in the same year, so they’re deified in MN sports history as 🐐 🥳.

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howeda7 said:
How much of that do you think is directly their fault? They spend to the salary cap, keep excellent facilities and don't meddle. That's all you really want from an owner.

They have to hire the right GM/Coach, but you can't really call Spielman/Zimmer a failure and Kwesi/KOC is TBD. At worst, they might have given Zimmer/Speilman a year or two longer than they should have.
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The buck stops at the top. They've been inept at finding the right people to man those positions. It remains to be seen whether they've made good hires this time around, but Kwesi hasn't been able to draft for shit so far.
 



Ope3 said:
Since Red sold the franchise to the Wilfs, these are the teams that have won the NFC Championship:
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No Vikings team has won an NFC championship game since 1976.

in the 49 years since then, they have only been in 6, and made two appearances under the Wilfs.
 

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No Vikings team has won an NFC championship game since 1976.

in the 49 years since then, they have only been in 6, and made two appearances under the Wilfs.
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It's even worse than I thought under Zygi & Co.

Even though the NFC Playoff field has expanded, the Vikings have only qualified 8 out of 20 seasons under the Wilfs. That's a lot lower than any of the preceding Owners going back to Bud Grant's arrival, starting in 1968.

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Easier than ever to get in. Fewer appearances. 3 Playoff wins in 20 years. Uffda.

I guess they would fit right in when compared to the Pohlads.
 

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