Dysfunctional Vikings clearly the least attractive coaching opening

For three seasons, Spielman was forced to work with a head coach he didn't want. This week, Spielman convinced the Wilfs to fire Frazier -- ticking off

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For three seasons, Spielman was forced to work with a head coach he didn't want. This week, Spielman convinced the Wilfs to fire Frazier -- ticking off Peterson and other players who still love him.

If you look at the four teams in the NFC North -- the Vikings, the Packers, the Bears and the Lions -- the Vikings are clearly in the worst shape. That won't change unless the Wilfs do.

Published Dec 31, 2013

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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