MINNEAPOLIS, MN – CIRCA 1970's: Head Coach Bud Grant ntawm Minnesota Vikings mus ua si nrog … [+]
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Cov neeg feem coob nco qab Bud Grant sawv ntawm sab nraud ntawm Metropolitan Stadium hnav cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg raws li tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg uas tau ze rau football version ntawm Nirvana tab sis yeej tsis tuaj yeem tau txais Super Bowl yam tsawg.
Grant yog ib tug txiv neej muaj kev ruaj ntseg hauv nws tus kheej thiab nws lub peev xwm uas nws tsis quav ntsej txog nws cov phooj ywg mus txog lawv txoj kev lag luam thiab nws tsis ua qauv rau nws tus kheej tom qab leej twg. Nws ib txwm xav ua kom tiav ib txoj hauj lwm raws li qhov ua tau kom nws pab neeg npaj ua si txhua qhov kev ua si, tab sis nws tsis ua li ntawd los ntawm kev mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm thaum 4 teev sawv ntxov thiab tom qab ntawd siv sijhawm 18 teev regurgitating cov ntsiab lus ntawm gameplan ad nauseam.
Nws yuav npaj kom ntev li ntev tau kom nws pab neeg npaj tau - tab sis tsis yog ib feeb ntau lossis tsawg dua. Grant muaj lub neej sab nraum football. Ib tug poj niam thiab rau tus menyuam tau hais rau lub ntiaj teb tias nws lub ntsej muag dej khov tsis yog zaj dab neeg tag nrho. Muaj kev hlub zoo kawg li ntawm sab nraum zoov thiab qhov xwm txheej uas tseem ceeb rau nws li kev cob qhia football.
Tsis txhob muab qhov ntawd txhais tau tias nws tsis ua dab tsi tab sis nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev coj Vikings. Tej zaum nws tau tshwm sim los ua "kuv txoj kev lossis txoj kev loj" hom. Nws yog ib tug thawj coj nyob rau sab nraud uas tuaj yeem sib txuas lus nws qhov kev tsis txaus siab nrog tsuas yog ib qho saib.
Nws tau paub nws cov players sai sai, thiab nws kho lawv raws li lawv muaj peev xwm. Grant tau hais hauv kev xam phaj ib leeg rau ib leeg tias "Ib txhia koj yuav tsum nplawm thiab hnia, lwm tus koj yuav tsum tsav tsheb," "Koj yuav tsum tsis txhob thuam ib tug txiv neej nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws cov phooj ywg. Koj muab nws tso tseg, qhuas nws ua ntej, thiab tom qab ntawd qhia rau nws paub tias nws ua txhaum dab tsi."
Raws li deb ntawm nws lub tswv yim rau kev tsim lub gameplan, nws tsis muaj ib txoj hauv kev. Nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov ntawm nws kev cob qhia tenure nyob rau hauv lig 1960s, lub Vikings muaj hwj chim backs Bill Brown thiab Dave Osborn, thiab Grant tsim ib tug nruab nrab-lub-tackles nres nyob ib ncig ntawm lawv.
Lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Vikings football tuaj nrog Fran Tarkenton ntawm lub quarterback thiab Bud Grant ua lub taub hau … [+]
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Thaum Vikings coj Fran Tarkenton rov qab mus rau hauv kev lag luam nrog New York Giants thiab tau tsim lub zog Chuck Foreman, Grant tau siv qhov kev ua si luv luv. Tom qab ntawd lawv tau ntxiv ib khub ntawm cov neeg txais kev ua si loj hauv Ahmad Rashad thiab Sammy White, thiab cov phiaj xwm kev ua si tau hloov dua tshiab. Lawv tau dhau los ua ib pab neeg dhau los ntawm qhov chaw.
"Kuv xav tias qhov yuam kev loj tshaj plaws uas tus kws qhia tuaj yeem ua tau yog dai rau tib phau ntawv ua si rau 30 xyoo thiab sim ua kom haum rau txhua tus thiab txhua tus neeg ua si hauv qee lub luag haujlwm tau teem tseg. Nws yuav ua dag rau kuv kom Foreman khiav ib yam ntawm kev ua yeeb yam zoo li Osborn, ib yam li qhov thim rov qab kuj muaj tseeb. "
Qhov ntawd yog txoj hauv kev uas cov kws qhia zoo tshaj plaws feem ntau siv, tab sis ntau tus tsis ua. Txawm hais tias Grant xyoo tas los ua tus kws qhia nrog Vikings yog xyoo 1985, qhov kev xav ntawd tseem ua haujlwm. Nws tsis raug lees paub thoob ntiaj teb, vim tias ntau tus kws qhia xav kom lawv cov neeg ua si ua raws lawv txoj hauv kev kom yeej kev ncaws pob ncaws pob. Qhov ntawd tsis ua haujlwm.
Grant feem ntau cuam tshuam nrog kev qhuab qhia, vim tias nws pab neeg ib txwm sawv ntawm kev mloog thaum lub suab nkauj hauv lub tebchaws nyob rau hauv txoj kev zoo thiab muaj kev coj zoo. Tab sis thaum nws los kho qhov yuam kev thiab kho qhov tsis zoo, nws xav kom nws cov players ua cov kauj ruam no nrog ib leeg.
Qhov kawg uas nws puas xav ua yog qw ntawm tus neeg ua si ntawm nws cov phooj ywg. Grant tau hais tias "Lwm tus neeg hauv pab pawg pom qhov ntawd thiab tom qab ntawd lawv tsis ntseeg tus neeg ua si," Grant hais. “Yuav ua li cas lawv yuav tso siab rau nws tom qab saib tus kws qhia zom nws tawm. Yog vim li cas kuv tsis tau ua li ntawd. "
Grant yog tus kws qhia zoo tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm Vikings, Hall of Famer uas coj pab pawg mus rau plaub Super Bowls. Txawm hais tias nws lub ntsej muag txias txias, nws tsis yog qhov nws zoo li. Nws mob siab rau nws cov players thiab, ntawm chav kawm, nws tsev neeg. Nws muaj ntau yam txaus siab sab nraud ntawm qhov kev ua si, thiab nws tau ua lub neej tag nrho thiab ua tiav.
Grant tuag rau hnub Saturday thaum muaj hnub nyoog 95 xyoos, thiab nws tau teeb tsa tus qauv rau kev ua lag luam uas tseem tsis tau ua tiav.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevesilverman/2023/03/13/bud-grant-set-the-standard-for-the-vikings-that-has-never-been-matched/