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Re: Jerry Burns Vikings, '86 thru '91, HOVG (or...PFHOF)?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 1:09 pm
by 74_75_78_79_
ChrisBabcock wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 11:46 am
Sidebar discussion... Why was Burns passed over for the Les Steckel catastrophe in 1984? Was he offered the job and declined? Seems like he would have been a more logical choice.
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Re: Jerry Burns Vikings, '86 thru '91, HOVG (or...PFHOF)?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:25 pm
by JohnTurney
ChrisBabcock wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 11:46 am
Sidebar discussion... Why was Burns passed over for the Les Steckel catastrophe in 1984? Was he offered the job and declined? Seems like he would have been a more logical choice.
Age. Les Steckle was 38 and the Vikings thought he'd be a long-term coach, they thought he was the next Tom Landry.
Jerry Burns was the same age as Bud Grant ... so went young and they liked him. Burns not happy ... but lived with it.