MINNEAPOLIS — Six weeks after the Vikings fired general manager Rick Spielman and head coach Mike Zimmer, the team's new leaders sat on a dais in Eagan as a logo on the streaming video of the news conference declared "Vikings new era."
The Vikings' 40-year-old first-time GM, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, introduced 36-year-old first-time head coach Kevin O'Connell on Thursday, four days after O'Connell won the Super Bowl as the Rams' offensive coordinator.
O'Connell and Adofo-Mensah now begin working together as the Vikings make an organizational pivot. After they fired Spielman and Zimmer on Jan. 10, co-owner Mark Wilf said the team was looking for "strong leaders, strong communicators and strong collaborators" in its coaching and GM searches.
