Peter Schrager· Jan 14, 2025
While calling the Vikings the biggest losers of wild card weekend, Schrager said Minnesota's head coach Kevin O'Connell would win Coach of the Year despite the playoff blowout.
“We are out of the playoffs and our coach is going to win Coach of the Year”
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- Coach Award PicksJan 14, 2025
Kevin O'Connell to win Coach of the Year
“We are out of the playoffs and our coach is going to win Coach of the Year and might have put together one of the most lackluster performances we've seen in the playoffs in recent times.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- coach_of_the_year
- coach:
- Kevin O'Connell
- naive:
- the naive pick was Kevin Stefanski, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 100
- season:
- 2024
- winner:
- Kevin O'Connell
- correct:
- yes
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
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