MINNEAPOLIS — Football coaches tend to be optimists. At least, the employed ones are. They're fixers. They're confident because without confidence they couldn't function. The good ones believe that they can take their players and defeat your players, and take yours and defeat theirs.
When Kevin O'Connell conducts his introductory news conference this week as the new coach of the Vikings, he likely will express confidence that he can win with the Vikings' current roster.
Could that be true?
