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No shortage of options for 2025.

I'm going to guess Kevin O'Connell.
 

Ope3 said:
No shortage of options for 2025.

I'm going to guess Kevin O'Connell.
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I'm with ya but id guess its combo KOC/KAM

Other candidates: Coyle will likely be back on the list, we'll have something for the Twins (maybe its the fans again for believing the Pohlads would actually sell), Billy G for the KK contract and the continual flame outs, maybe the entirety of Gopher athletics
 

upnorthkid said:
I'm with ya but id guess its combo KOC/KAM

Other candidates: Coyle will likely be back on the list, we'll have something for the Twins (maybe its the fans again for believing the Pohlads would actually sell), Billy G for the KK contract and the continual flame outs, maybe the entirety of Gopher athletics
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It would be pretty dumb to select Billy G, with the tear the Wild have been on in the last 3 weeks.

5 game winning streak
8 game point streak
Points in 10 of the last 11 games
 


Ski U Mah Gopher said:
It would be pretty dumb to select Billy G, with the tear the Wild have been on in the last 3 weeks.

5 game winning streak
8 game point streak
Points in 10 of the last 11 games
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yeah i'm unsure how far in advance he writes them, but very easy case to be made its same old, same old. they started 18-4-4 last year. we've still yet to win a playoff series with him as GM
 




upnorthkid said:
yeah i'm unsure how far in advance he writes them, but very easy case to be made its same old, same old. they started 18-4-4 last year. we've still yet to win a playoff series with him as GM
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I don't think Patrick cares enough about the Wild failures currently to usurp either the Twins & Vikings who have plenty of deserving candidates.
 

Has there ever been a year with more deserving candidates? I don't think he's going to give it to Pohlad two years in a row but the Twins stand out amongst the morass. I'm going with Falvey. He traded away half the team at the deadline and hired a guy who had lost 100 games three times in his previous gig as the new manager. The column writes itself.
 






It absolutely has to be a repeat for Joe.

Considering the disaster on the field, the fire sale at the AS break, the botched ownership fiasco and his public speaking/comments to the fanbase, this is a no-brainer.

I'd have no problem finding others to add to the list but the Pohlad family is on their own level of incompetence and humiliation.
 



KOC/Kwesi will share the award
Attending the banquet will be: Pohlad's, Mark Coyle, PJ Fleck, Carlos Correa (via sat link), Glen Taylor, Finch and Anthony Edwards. Sam Darnold might also make an appearance due to his (lack of) performance last January.
 



The Deliberate Stranger said:
It's gotta be the twins
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Having given it to Joe Pohlad a year ago, I have a hunch he wants to spread it around to the Purple.

If it was just for this calendar year (2025), the Vikes are rolling in with a 4-9 record, including a pair of belly flops in January that could have advanced them to the the NFL Divisional round.
 

DarrenTheGreek said:
KOC/Kwesi will share the award
Attending the banquet will be: Pohlad's, Mark Coyle, PJ Fleck, Carlos Correa (via sat link), Glen Taylor, Finch and Anthony Edwards. Sam Darnold might also make an appearance due to his (lack of) performance last January.
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Given who still owns the Strib, I have a hard time thinking Taylor will be at the table.
 

Ope3 said:
Having given it to Joe Pohlad a year ago, I have a hunch he wants to spread it around to the Purple.

If it was just for this calendar year (2025), the Vikes are rolling in with a 4-9 record, including a pair of belly flops in January that could have advanced them to the the NFL Divisional round.
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I get all that but Joe Pohlad raises the bar by ordering management to trade 40 percent of the roster at the deadline, including two key relievers who were still under team friendly deals and multiple years of control each. Fire the pro scouting department to cut costs. Proceeded to fire the manager (which whatever on its own) and replaced with a guy whose lost 100 plus games multiple times, fancies himself a hitting coach whose offense so bad he had a CT young winner who maybe won ten games this year. Not to mention the dangling the hope of selling the team only to retract at to the 11th hour. If this town could string someone up on a lamp pole and light them on fire it would be Joe Pohlad
 

The Deliberate Stranger said:
I get all that but Joe Pohlad raises the bar by ordering management to trade 40 percent of the roster at the deadline, including two key relievers who were still under team friendly deals and multiple years of control each. Fire the pro scouting department to cut costs. Proceeded to fire the manager (which whatever on its own) and replaced with a guy whose lost 100 plus games multiple times, fancies himself a hitting coach whose offense so bad he had a CT young winner who maybe won ten games this year. Not to mention the dangling the hope of selling the team only to retract at to the 11th hour. If this town could string someone up on a lamp pole and light them on fire it would be Joe Pohlad
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I don't disagree with any of that, if ever a repeat was warranted, this is the time.

It may just be recency bias of the past few weeks, but there is also a lot of merit to giving it to someone from the Purple.
 




Only way it isn't Vikings is if longevity of ineptitude comes into play. In which case Twins and Gophers can most certainly stake a claim.
 

My personal pick would be KAM, but I could see a KAM/KOC combo. Or outside of the box, 50+ years of Vikings developing drafted QB talent
 



I don't think Reusse should have bestowed half the award to JJ. It's not his fault the Vikings drafted McCarthy with full awareness that Harbaugh never let him throw the ball. KOC was the golden boy who tripped over his own hubris. He shouldn't have to share such a prestigious award with a 22 year old kid (and his alter ego).
 

jamiche said:
I don't think Reusse should have bestowed half the award to JJ. It's not his fault the Vikings drafted McCarthy with full awareness that Harbaugh never let him throw the ball. KOC was the golden boy who tripped over his own hubris. He shouldn't have to share such a prestigious award with a 22 year old kid (and his alter ego).
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JJM is quite a worthy co-honoree.
 

jamiche said:
I don't think Reusse should have bestowed half the award to JJ. It's not his fault the Vikings drafted McCarthy with full awareness that Harbaugh never let him throw the ball. KOC was the golden boy who tripped over his own hubris. He shouldn't have to share such a prestigious award with a 22 year old kid (and his alter ego).
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I think it was the old Twins minor league equipment manager Wayne Hattaway who would tell struggling players that it wasn’t their fault, blame the scout that signed them.
 

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