http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/ Minnesota People Mon, 08 May 2006 20:25:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Tue, 09 May 2006 04:18:56 GMT The Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday fired personnel director Fran Foley, who plans to sue the franchise and have an arbitration hearing before NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Foley's lawyer, Jeffrey Kessler, said Wednesday that his client was "the victim of a power struggle" and was "stunned" when told of his termination, which ended a tumultuous three-month tenure that included an inaccurate resume and a draft that has been widely panned. Kessler said he planned to file a proceeding with the league on Thursday to initiate an arbitration hearing with Tagliabue. "Mr. Foley had a... (more) http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Tue, 09 May 2006 03:39:27 GMT The Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday fired personnel director Fran Foley, who plans to sue the franchise and have an arbitration hearing before NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Foley's lawyer, Jeffrey Kessler, said Wednesday that his client was ``the victim of a power struggle'' and was ``stunned'' when told of his termination, which ended a tumultuous three-month tenure that included an inaccurate resume and a draft that has been widely panned. Kessler said he planned to file a proceeding with the league on Thursday to initiate an arbitration hearing with Tagliabue. ``Mr. Foley had a... (more) http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1 http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Wed, 03 May 2006 04:16:42 GMT The beginning of the end of the Tice era has now been officially cut by the Minnesota Vikings. Most had assumed that once Smith was off suspension that he would not be welcomed back to the organization by Wilf or Childress. The no-nonsense type of organization we are running today has no room for such behavior. He is without a doubt a player with some talent, but we cannot assume he is the superstar in the making many fans were pinning on him. He is simply another athlete who chose to throw it all away before he had anything. He may get picked up by another desparate team. He may just... (more) http://minnesotavikings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2