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Leslie Frazier: Can a nice guy finish first?

Article by: DAN WIEDERER , Star Tribune
Updated: August 18, 2012 - 7:29 PM

Leslie Frazier is universally respected around the NFL, but wins and losses decide a coach's fate.

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drool1Aug. 18, 12 8:58 PM

even if les frazier doesn't succeed as a head football coach, he sure has succeeded as a person

jachesteAug. 18, 1210:09 PM

Personally, I hope that Leslie is successful as our head coach. He's doing things the right way and molding a team based on mutual respect, open communication, and hard work. All things that are easy to respect.

birdpeepAug. 18, 1211:09 PM

My priest is a good guy too, and will certainly spend eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven. However, if he goes 3-13 two years in a row I would hope the Lord would motivate the Wolfs to fire him.

navynuke86Aug. 19, 1212:31 AM

Coach Frazier spoke at our church this summer. I was neutral on the coach before this talk, but now I'm a huge fan. He's living life the way it should be lived. He's already finished first.

remlap1980Aug. 19, 1212:54 AM

Birdpeep wins.

gunflint55Aug. 19, 12 1:33 AM

Give Coach Frazier 3 full seasons. Barring something insane happening, all new coaches deserve 3 full seasons. The Vikings have a history of horrible coaches (Childress) and horrible people as coaches (Grant). I think Coach Frazier might turn out to be a good guy and a good coach all in one.

tessssAug. 19, 12 8:00 AM

Question to all you Frazier haters-in your first year on the job did you get everything right? If so then you have the right to be critical. Give Coach Frazier his 3 years and then reevaluate.

voner26Aug. 19, 12 8:12 AM

Problem is Leslie is not getting paid as a head coach to be a nice guy which he certainly is, but as a head coach he is certainly not.

bengravedAug. 19, 12 8:30 AM

Just food for thought. If Frazier had been coach, when we brought Moss back, the last time, we might still have a motivated Moss, playing for the Vikes.

philgorngieAug. 19, 12 8:57 AM

He will be gone by December. Listen to the man talk. There's nothing there.

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