Patrick Peterson might be a one-and-done player for the Minnesota Vikings, but that didn’t stop team owner/president Mark Wilf from inviting him to a player’s meeting before making a decision on the coaching hire.
It’s a moment Peterson took as a sign of respect, and it was an even bigger moment for anyone thinking ownership was shooting from the hip when passing on Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh before landing on Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell as the next head coach.
“Mark just wanted to get our thoughts on [the situation]. Put it all into the basket right now. Like, what are some of things [we thought] could make us a better football team,” said Peterson on All Things Covered. “Some of the guys got some of their messages out of what they thought was going to be good for the football team. What type of coaching style that they need to help us turn a corner. What type of coach that they feel we needed to help us turn a corner. It looks like they took all of those replies in and put it into their thought process when it came to hiring their new head coach.”
