Sundae Conversation with Kevin O'Connell

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Caleb Pressley | Sundae Conversation

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00:00Head coach for the Minnesota Vikings, Kevin O'Connell.

00:04What's going on, guys?

00:05How old are you?

00:0639.

00:06You're 39 years old, and you're a head coach in the NFL?

00:09Yep.

00:09Aren't the older coaches wiser?

00:11I think the right coach for the right fit could be a young coach, could be an old coach.

00:17Well, you're on record as saying it doesn't matter if it's a young man or it's an old man,

00:21as long as it's not a woo man.

00:24Yeah, I don't believe that.

00:25Tell me what you're saying.

00:26I think there's some good, great female coaches in our league already.

00:31You think they can manage a good drive?

00:34I think they can coach football at a high level.

00:36But I asked about the drive.

00:37Yeah, I know you did.

00:38And I noticed you didn't answer it.

00:40I did answer it.

00:40You do a lot of coach speak.

00:41You know what that is?

00:43I'm familiar with it.

00:44Why do you do so much coach speak?

00:45I'm a coach.

00:46A lot of stuff you say, it's just you're rambling.

00:48It doesn't really mean anything.

00:49Yeah, I'm used to answering questions that I maybe don't necessarily want to answer,

00:52but I still answer them anyway.

00:55Can I ask you a question I think the rest of Minnesota is wondering right now?

00:59Yes.

00:59What time does the bar open?

01:02I do not know.

01:03It depends what bar.

01:04Some drinkers out here, huh?

01:07When you get an opportunity to enjoy yourself around here, it's the best part of Minnesota.

01:11Got great people.

01:12Purple people drinkers.

01:13I have not heard that before.

01:16I have not heard that before.

01:19I don't know if you know this or not.

01:21I actually have family from Minnesota.

01:23I learned that today.

01:24Vikings fans.

01:25Yeah.

01:26Do you mind if we do a new segment presented by DraftKings?

01:28Yes, please.

01:29So this new segment is called Question from a Fan.

01:32Love it.

01:32These are real Vikings fans from Warren, Minnesota, about five hours north.

01:37Love it.

01:37Is that okay?

01:38That's okay.

01:38This is just a question from a fan.

01:40Yeah.

01:40This happens to be also my little cousin.

01:42Do you really love us here in Minnesota or are you just here for the money and women?

01:46And as a follow-up, if you are here for the women, do you know that you came to the wrong place?

01:54There's a lot to unpack there.

01:55I'll start out by saying that I love Minnesota.

01:58I love our fans.

01:59You love him and the rest of his Minnesotans.

02:01Are you here for the money and women?

02:03I do love him.

02:04Money or women?

02:05I'm good there.

02:07Coach, do you mind if we ask you one more question?

02:09Now, this one's not from a fan.

02:10Do you mind if we do a continuation of the DraftKings segment that we already started,

02:13but this time it's a question from another NFL coach?

02:17No way.

02:19Is it really or are you making it up?

02:20This is really.

02:21Okay.

02:23You ready for your question yet?

02:24I don't have one.

02:25Okay.

02:26I never have one.

02:27This question is from a fellow NFL coach, Brandon Staley.

02:31Good friend of mine.

02:32Yes.

02:33Assistant head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.

02:35And this is the quote he gave me.

02:38Kevin O'Connell chokes his chicken so hard he throws up in the car.

02:44That, believe it or not, would be accurate.

02:49I, uh, one time right in front of Brandon.

02:51Right in front of him.

02:52I had a chicken sandwich and I legitimately choked in the backseat of the car.

02:57And I looked over at him for help in the moment.

03:00And he looked at me and then just took another bite of his chicken sandwich and kept it moving.

03:04So that's true.

03:05It's true.

03:06Okay.

03:06Kevin O'Connell chokes his chicken so hard he throws up.

03:10It's good to know.

03:12It's good to have friends and colleagues in the same business as you.

03:15It is.

03:16That's how me and Glennie Balls are sometimes.

03:17Yep.

03:18I haven't seen that friendship here today.

03:21It seems like you guys are...

03:23Is everything all right?

03:24Everything's great.

03:25Yeah, we're good.

03:25Yeah.

03:26This is just kind of how we are.

03:27It's dynamic.

03:28Lightning rod and...

03:29Yeah, lightning and thunder.

03:30Thunder and lightning, kind of.

03:31Yeah.

03:31He's more rain.

03:32I consider him like a depressing Seattle rain.

03:36Why?

03:36Coach, right here in my notes it says I wrote in my notes,

03:41Cowboys cheerleaders.

03:43You did?

03:44Yeah.

03:47I can't remember why I wrote that, but...

03:48Is it a question?

03:49I just wrote Cowboys cheerleaders in my notes.

03:55Care to comment on that or I don't really know where I was going.

03:57Yeah, no, I'm all set there.

04:00Okay.

04:06You talk with your hands a lot.

04:07I do.

04:08You're Latin?

04:08Are you married to a Latin lady?

04:10I am not.

04:12Do you like Bad Bony?

04:15Bad Bony?

04:16I have, I believe, I've heard the music before.

04:20O'Connell's not Latin?

04:22It is not.

04:22Oh, is that Irish?

04:23It is.

04:24And what percentage of Irish people are alcoholics?

04:26And then what percentage of those, like you, were able to also become NFL head coaches?

04:32I would not know how to answer that question.

04:34I think I'm just working off of my own personal experiences with my hands.

04:40You're like a Latin lady.

04:44I like my wife who is not Latin.

04:47I have a wonderful wife.

04:50Can you say this word for me?

04:52Bad Bony.

04:54I think it's just Bad Bunny, isn't it?

04:55Do you want to hear my impression of a stripper from Miami?

04:58Sure.

04:59Poppy, Bad Bony, Zell, Zell?

05:04I wouldn't know what to compare that to.

05:05Okay, that's fine.

05:06It's good though.

05:09This year, the Vikings are maybe breaking a historical precedent.

05:12Really?

05:13You guys are not playing on Thanksgiving or Christmas this year.

05:17Does that make you sad?

05:18I love playing on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

05:21I've got a chance to do both.

05:23Are games like that why you get into professional coaching in the first place?

05:27So you don't have to spend time with your family?

05:29No.

05:30You know what's funny?

05:30I knew you were going there as soon as you started asking that question.

05:34Lightning round.

05:35Yeah.

05:36No, the best thing is the Christmas Eve game.

05:40Because then you get to spend all of Christmas with your family.

05:43You have a big Latin family, a lot of dancing, a lot of Bad Bony.

05:47There we go.

05:48Probably a lot of fighting, but it's all love.

05:49It's all love.

05:50It's all love.

05:51It's all love.

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