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Vikings Hosting Training Camp In Mankato For 3 More Years
Posted On Aug 14 2015
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Bill had been stricken with illness over the past year prompting the hard nosed coach to table the work at hand and spend a few days visiting with his father last week in Naples, FL. Zimmer had shared that his father was undergoing a procedure that week stating that “if everything goes well, he should be fine”. If you ask Mike Zimmer, they never really showed up.
In addition, Zimmer took over a wrestling program that still was in its infancy in 1960 and directed it for the next 27 years.
“That’s not what good teams do”, Zimmer said. “He’s as tough as there is, but it’s hard”. Linebacker Chad Greenway said Bill Zimmer “was the original coach in the Zimmer family, and obviously the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree”. “Zim loves to coach, and he’s still out there with all that news and stuff (about his father), so you try not to be a burden on him and just go out there and work hard, and we didn’t get that done”. Martin is healthier than he has been the last few years and should be able to hold off a challenge by Sims for the starting job. “We’ll come back later today for the walk-through with the right mindset”. “We planned on him playing the 42 and Newman playing the nickel on third down and we didn’t get any in that series. I’m sorry for the Zimmer family for his loss”. It was Terance Newman, Marcus Sherels and DeMarcus Van Dyke (2 times) who got in on the action surely putting their coach in a good spot walking off the football field.
Zimmer, whose team plays Tampa Bay in an exhibition game at 7 p.m. Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium and returns next week to practice at Winter Park, said “everything” was bad Thursday. He didn’t like losing.
The Vikings started practice early Thursday. The following season, when Rhodes was a Minnesota rookie, Winston led the Seminoles to the national championship and won the Heisman Trophy. “I’m good”, he says. “I’m looking forward to it”.
Peterson did not practice on Wednesday after hobbling off the field Tuesday evening with a bruised thigh. Peterson says he would be ready to play if it were the regular season.
