This is awesome! Congrats to you both. I was thinking about an angle I'd love to hear from Matthew. Let's say you discover a great treasure of some kind and suddenly have an absurd amount of money, that allows you to buy the Vikings tomorrow. Peace out, Wilfs. Now, newly minted Vikings owner Matthew Coller is looking to make his mark on the organization. Where do you start? Is Mike Zimmer still your coach? Do you retain Rick Spielman? What would his mandate be? Your only goal is to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota, whether that's in 2021 or 2028. Now with Sam in the mix, I'd love to hear the same from him. Maybe this could be a pair of dueling columns and/or a podcast episode, but I think you guys could get extremely in the weeds with it.
That would be a very entertaining podcast! I recall back in the Stone Age, Sports Illustrated published an article on the worst fans in the NFL... yep, you guessed it: Eagle Fans. They even had a cartoon drawing of the stands full of various vicious animals throwing things on the field and at Santa Claus! I also viewed a YouTube video of a drunk Eagle fan punching a police horse while there are about 12 million Philly PD officers present... it didn't end well for him.
This is a helluva addition! Great find, Matt! Sam, you have long been one of my favorite Vikings voices, and Purple Insider is lucky to have you, and I am excited to continue reading you here. As if I needed another reason to re-up come May!
Also, I definitely got in trouble with my wife by yelling out "hey hey!" when I saw the email when she was watching a scary movie on her iPad right next to me, so I blame you guys for that.
I loved Sam on Zone Coverage's Football Machine - I'm looking forward to hearing what you two come up with. I think you have similar approaches to the job, and you're two of my favorite analysts. Great hire, Coller.
Great choice Coller! Congratulations Sam on joining a first class venue! I’m sure Matthew will appreciate having a day or 2 off but what would he do? Take the dog for an extra walk or join the wife for lunch? But we know he always has football on his mind ;) We are all looking forward to someone to challenge our favorite Vikings guru. Good luck to you both. Matt, you are an great example of tenacity to us all!
thank you! One of the things this will allow is for joint articles with me and Sam like what’s coming Thursday and I’ll have some time for bigger articles but I’ll still make sure the dog gets her walks haha
Very excited about this! Good luck lads
Welcome aboard Sam, don’t look now Coller, you are building an empire
a mogul some might say haha
Thanks, it's good to be here!
This is awesome! Congrats to you both. I was thinking about an angle I'd love to hear from Matthew. Let's say you discover a great treasure of some kind and suddenly have an absurd amount of money, that allows you to buy the Vikings tomorrow. Peace out, Wilfs. Now, newly minted Vikings owner Matthew Coller is looking to make his mark on the organization. Where do you start? Is Mike Zimmer still your coach? Do you retain Rick Spielman? What would his mandate be? Your only goal is to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota, whether that's in 2021 or 2028. Now with Sam in the mix, I'd love to hear the same from him. Maybe this could be a pair of dueling columns and/or a podcast episode, but I think you guys could get extremely in the weeds with it.
That sounds like a Friday Mailbag question to me Grant! Thanks for your support man
It's a "Purple Insider Miracle" Sam wasn't mugged by those wonderful Eagle fans!!!! Welcome aboard Sam!
Coller only grazed the surface of that story. It was wild. Maybe on a podcast someday.
That would be a very entertaining podcast! I recall back in the Stone Age, Sports Illustrated published an article on the worst fans in the NFL... yep, you guessed it: Eagle Fans. They even had a cartoon drawing of the stands full of various vicious animals throwing things on the field and at Santa Claus! I also viewed a YouTube video of a drunk Eagle fan punching a police horse while there are about 12 million Philly PD officers present... it didn't end well for him.
Welcome aboard Sam you picked the right place when you picked Purple Insider.
Thanks, I think so too!
Welcome to PI. I look forward to reading your take on the Vikings and the NFL.
Outstanding news!
Great news! Welcome Sam. Looking forward to all the great coverage! Bring on free agency and draft season! Can’t wait.
Appreciate that Matt!
Thanks, big plans ahead!
This is a helluva addition! Great find, Matt! Sam, you have long been one of my favorite Vikings voices, and Purple Insider is lucky to have you, and I am excited to continue reading you here. As if I needed another reason to re-up come May!
Also, I definitely got in trouble with my wife by yelling out "hey hey!" when I saw the email when she was watching a scary movie on her iPad right next to me, so I blame you guys for that.
really appreciate that!
We humbly accept the blame haha.
I loved Sam on Zone Coverage's Football Machine - I'm looking forward to hearing what you two come up with. I think you have similar approaches to the job, and you're two of my favorite analysts. Great hire, Coller.
Great to hear! Really appreciate that
Welcome aboard, Sam. Glad to have you here.
Great choice Coller! Congratulations Sam on joining a first class venue! I’m sure Matthew will appreciate having a day or 2 off but what would he do? Take the dog for an extra walk or join the wife for lunch? But we know he always has football on his mind ;) We are all looking forward to someone to challenge our favorite Vikings guru. Good luck to you both. Matt, you are an great example of tenacity to us all!
thank you! One of the things this will allow is for joint articles with me and Sam like what’s coming Thursday and I’ll have some time for bigger articles but I’ll still make sure the dog gets her walks haha
Hopefully time for another book?
maybe :)
Welcome, Sam! Super exciting to see this venture grow! And congrats, Matthew, on the continued success!
Thanks, excited to see where it goes as well!
That's great news! Congrats, looking forward to listening to the pod.
Welcome aboard Sam you picked the right place when you picked Purple Insider.
Great news! I’m a big fan of Sam Ekstrom! Congratulations to both of you!
Great to hear! Thanks Thomas