I’ll be the first one to admit that, in the forty years that I’ve spent watching Minnesota Vikings football, I’ve used my fair share of swear words. I’ve also used your fair share, my wife’s fair share, and the fair shares of several other people. But I’ve never been “mic’d up” when I’ve used them, which is the situation our favorite head coach found himself in on Saturday during the Vikings’ loss to the New England Patriots.
The play happened midway through the third quarter of Saturday’s game, when head coach Kevin O’Connell was on a live mic talking with the folks from the Vikings Radio Network while the game was taking place. Having the coach on to analyze things as they were happening was a pretty cool thing to hear, but as soon as he recognized that something on the field was wrong, he reacted the way that most of us probably would have.
The Vikings were lined up 1st-and-10 from their own 32-yard line, trailing 14-6. O’Connell told the Vikings crew about how he was excited about the play call, and then. . .
I’m excited about this year’s team and excited about this play call, fellas. We’ve got a fast motion and. . .oh, no, f*ck. . .
O’Connell immediately knew that the play was coming back, and he was right to be miffed about it. . .the illegal formation penalty nullified what would have been an 18-yard gain out to midfield.
I know that swearing on live television, even on “network” TV, isn’t nearly the big deal that it used to be. Still, it’s always nice to see that the players and coaches we cheer for are, in fact, just as human as any of us when it comes to their reactions.
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