{"id":24562,"date":"2014-03-06T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T20:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=24562"},"modified":"2014-05-09T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T19:48:00","slug":"mike-zimmer-hosts-twin-cities-media-for-lunch-and-film-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/mike-zimmer-hosts-twin-cities-media-for-lunch-and-film-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Zimmer hosts Twin Cities media for lunch and film session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Viking_Head.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Viking_Head\" width=\"80\" height=\"81\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10672\" \/>I continue to be impressed with the approach taken by new Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Today he sat down with several Minneapolis\/St. Paul sports writers to look at film and discuss the Vikings&#8217; plans as they enter the free agency period. <em>USA Today<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/q.usatoday.com\/2014\/03\/06\/minnesota-vikings-mike-zimmer-matt-cassel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Pelissero<\/a> was there and posted a summary:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>New Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer says he\u2019d like quarterback Matt Cassel to re-sign with the team, but Zimmer knows it\u2019s not his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to Matt Cassel back, if Matt Cassel wants to be back,\u201d Zimmer said Thursday. \u201cI don\u2019t know if that will happen, won\u2019t happen. But we\u2019re going to find a quarterback somewhere, and if it\u2019s not Matt Cassel, then we\u2019ll find someone else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want guys that want to be here. I want guys that want to be part of the franchise, be part of the organization, be part of the team, and if Matt wants to come back, then I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll get it worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassel, 31, voided the second year of his contract last month and can become an unrestricted free agent at 4 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday. The window for teams to talk to the agents for prospective UFAs begins Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone wants to explore,\u201d Zimmer said. \u201cHe\u2019s got a bunch of pretty girls looking at him right now. So, he wants to explore and see what\u2019s best for him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Zimmer also announced the following dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 28 Veteran minicamp report date<\/li>\n<li>April 29-May 1 Veteran minicamp<\/li>\n<li>May 15 Rookie minicamp report date<\/li>\n<li>May 16-18 Rookie minicamp<\/li>\n<li>May 28-30 Organized Team Activities (OTAs)<\/li>\n<li>June 3-5 Second week of OTAs<\/li>\n<li>June 9-12 Third week of OTAs<\/li>\n<li>June 17-19 Mandatory minicamp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In other team news, yesterday the Vikings released tight end John Carlson, whose big money contract didn&#8217;t translate into the kind of on-the-field impact both sides had hoped for. Earlier today, the team also released defensive tackle Letroy Guion and wide receiver Greg Childs. Childs had been drafted at the same time as WR Jarius Wright, but suffered a serious injury to both knees and never played a down for the team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Cornerback Chris Cook &mdash; who many view as being on his way out of Minnesota due to performance issues &mdash; tweeted that he&#8217;d talked over his future with Zimmer. In an aside today, Zimmer said &#8220;My impression is that he shouldn&#8217;t be tweeting our conversation.&#8221; Most players would have heard that shot across the bow and shut up. That apparently isn&#8217;t Cook&#8217;s style:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So I guess I can&#39;t say that I had a conversation with a coach now.. Ok<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Cook (@Cook_Isle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cook_Isle\/statuses\/441674954074255361\">March 6, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Didn&#39;t even give any details and y&#39;all take off and run with it like I gave a word for word break down ..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Cook (@Cook_Isle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cook_Isle\/statuses\/441675479230476288\">March 6, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to be impressed with the approach taken by new Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Today he sat down with several Minneapolis\/St. Paul sports writers to look at film and discuss the Vikings&#8217; plans as they enter the free agency period. 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