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" Vikings fire Tice after victory over Bears Associated Press Posted: 8 minutes ago MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings fired coach Mike Tice after Sunday's victory over Chicago. The team announced that owner Zygi Wilf would not renew Tice's contract less than an hour after the Vikings' 34-10 win over the Bears in the regular season finale. Tice, who finished his fourth full season with a 32-32 record, had already addressed the media before the move was made public. His tenure was mostly marked by streaks and scandals, with a $100,000 fine levied last summer against him by the league for scalping his Super Bowl tickets and a wild boat party during the team's bye week this season that produced misdemeanor charges for four players. After starting 2-5, the Vikings won six straight before losing two in a row to fall out of contention for the playoffs."

Looks like no more party boats in Minnesota

1/1/2006 8:28:59 PM

Bill Simmons is gonna be angry.

Whenever you were down on your luck, you always knew you could bet against Minnesota next week to recoup your losses...

1/1/2006 8:31:53 PM

bout goddamn time

1/1/2006 9:22:21 PM

hah. viking players need to attend etiquette school

1/1/2006 10:51:07 PM

man, who are they gonna hire at coach?



[i just wanna know who the soght-after coordinators are]

1/2/2006 12:11:53 AM

here's who they need:

1/2/2006 12:15:29 AM

I think Tice got a raw deal. They were actually showing progress this year. They also learned that Culpepper is nothing w/o Moss and that Brad Johnson is actually better. Hopefully the Minnesota Wolfpack Vikings will get somebody who can control those guys.

[Edited on January 2, 2006 at 12:19 AM. Reason : .]

1/2/2006 12:18:56 AM

Mike Martz and Dom Capers are also fired. Can't wait for Monday afternoon when about 6 others will probably be let go.

1/2/2006 12:40:02 AM

time to lock down.

1/2/2006 12:41:41 AM