Childress not quite over loss to New Orleans

QBREES9 · 03-02-2010, 11:56 PM

INDIANAPOLIS — Give Brad Childress credit for being honest.

Sitting on the steps inside Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday, the Vikings coach was asked how long it took him to get over his team's overtime loss to the Saints in the NFC Championhips Game. "I'm not past it quite yet," Childress said.

The Vikings' 31-28 defeat in the Superdome occurred Jan. 24. Two days later Childress held his season-ending news conference, recounting the turnovers, the 12 men in the huddle penalty and Brett Favre's interception late in the fourth quarter with the Vikings driving. Friday marked the first time Childress had spoken to the media since.

"[It's] not like you sit up straight in bed and scream, but it was disheartening and you can probably take that all the way across the organization," Childress said. "Every player, every coach, every strength person. You get that far [and lose], it kind of takes a little something out of you."

Childress and his coaching staff did not attend the Senior Bowl because it fell during the same time period as the conference title game. Thus, the combine is his first chance to get around other NFL personnel. He said that's a good thing because it makes him realize just how well the Vikings performed en route to going 12-4.

"I'm being facetious when I say this to you," Childress said, "but if I read everything that you guys wrote and listened to everything that was said, I wouldn't think we were able to break the huddle and walk to the line of scrimmage before the snap. We had a great year. It's not until you get around your peers and the general managers and the people that do what we do for a living that you feel that as a group. ... You feel a little bit more worth."

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QBREES9 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Haven Ct Posts: 23,989	Childress not quite over loss to New Orleans INDIANAPOLIS — Give Brad Childress credit for being honest. Sitting on the steps inside Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday, the Vikings coach was asked how long it took him to get over his team's overtime loss to the Saints in the NFC Championhips Game. "I'm not past it quite yet," Childress said. The Vikings' 31-28 defeat in the Superdome occurred Jan. 24. Two days later Childress held his season-ending news conference, recounting the turnovers, the 12 men in the huddle penalty and Brett Favre's interception late in the fourth quarter with the Vikings driving. Friday marked the first time Childress had spoken to the media since. "[It's] not like you sit up straight in bed and scream, but it was disheartening and you can probably take that all the way across the organization," Childress said. "Every player, every coach, every strength person. You get that far [and lose], it kind of takes a little something out of you." Childress and his coaching staff did not attend the Senior Bowl because it fell during the same time period as the conference title game. Thus, the combine is his first chance to get around other NFL personnel. He said that's a good thing because it makes him realize just how well the Vikings performed en route to going 12-4. "I'm being facetious when I say this to you," Childress said, "but if I read everything that you guys wrote and listened to everything that was said, I wouldn't think we were able to break the huddle and walk to the line of scrimmage before the snap. We had a great year. It's not until you get around your peers and the general managers and the people that do what we do for a living that you feel that as a group. ... You feel a little bit more worth." Childress not quite over loss to New Orleans \| StarTribune.com Attached Thumbnails
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