Lesson Learned?

When I was little, I remember watching an episode of Monday Night Raw. The storyline was huge. Stone Cold Steve Austin, America's loveable beer swelling redneck, was seemingly allied with Vince McMahon. Austin had saved McMahon's daughter from the dreaded Undertaker who tried to marry her because of orders from a "higher power." Nobody knew who this higher power was until one June night where his identity was revealed. He pulled off the cloak and it was Vince McMahon himself as he screamed "IT'S ME AUSTIN!!! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN!!!" He then turned to the stunned crowd and screamed "YOU BOUGHT IT! YOU ALL BOUGHT IT, YOU FOOLS!!!" It was the moment in my life where I realized that somethings aren't meant to be.

God is meant to hate Minnesota sports. I am meant to love Minnesota sports. The sky is meant to be blue. And most importantly, Brad Childress is meant to look like an idiot and Brett Favre was never meant to don a Vikings jersey.

Just looking at some of the statuses on Facebook, I can see that people are estatic or upset with Brett Favre telling the Vikings no on a second comeback tour. The question is why should we really care. Some may think this is sour grapes but really, Brett Favre did what he meant to do: Get the Vikings to look like morons.

We all knew this was going to happen. The millions of idiots who ran out and bought purple Favre jerseys really look like idiots now. The bottom line is this is how the Vikings are supposed to operate. It's a lot like Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner.

Think about it. You could see Brad Childress scheming to catch the Road Runner, who is a lot like that elusive Super Bowl trophy. Chilly thinks he has a scheme, whether it's building a quarterback (Tarvaris Jackson) or getting a hired gun (Favre). It always winds up with Childress falling off a perverbial cliff.

Once again, this was meant to happen. It's just the way things work. The Vikings now have to swallow some sadness and hope that they can repair their tattered locker room in time to compete in the NFC North. No use crying over spilled milk.