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It's obvious now that the Vikings' biggest problem starts with their head coach, who finally seems to be losing his grip on a team that has been slowly slipping from his grasp since well before Brett Favre first put away the tractor for the 2009 season and trudged north.
That the players aren't exactly confident in Brad Childress' ability to lead them isn't news. That he may be losing them completely, after a lengthy string of dust-ups, is.
Remember the idea that the arrival of Favre could drive a wedge between the coach and the locker room in Minnesota last year? The schism? That was no joke.
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