Down go the Vikings. Minneapolis area sports fans are the most cursed in the country. They have all four major sports teams and they never win anything, most cursed sports city in America, zero doubt.
Chad Ostlund discovered this:
Vikings announced Bud Grant’s hiring as their 2nd head coach at 10 a.m. press conference on Saturday, March 11, 1967.
And 56 yrs later:
Vikings announced Bud died earlier in morning in press release at 11:18 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
Bud Grant was bigger than a coach. For people my age (53), he was a legend. Lombardi-like in how his presence owned the sideline. And that’s not factoring in an older generation who knew him as a legendary athlete. Bud Grant was Minnesota.
I’ll never forget Bud Grant going out to do the coin toss in his polo shirt at Huntington Bank Stadium for the Vikings Vs Seahawks playoff game in -25 degrees with the wind chill