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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. StyleZ" data-source="post: 308894" data-attributes="member: 2060">Boorish behavior also contributed to Moss? When <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/min/" target="_blank">Minnesota Vikings</a> coach Brad Childress told his players Monday afternoon that <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4262/" target="_blank">Randy Moss</a><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4262/news" target="_blank">(notes)</a>  would be released because “we want good people that are good football  players, and this just doesn’t fit,” several of them nodded their  approval. Though Childress isn’t especially popular in the locker room,  some Vikings were on board with his decision to move on without Moss  four weeks after the polarizing wideout was reacquired in a trade with  the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nwe/" target="_blank">New England Patriots</a>.                     <img src="http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=QxS__0wNdHFcR46yTMdPBQDBRHCxHkzQO3YABRZ.&T=1d42s6b6o%2fX%3d1288715126%2fE%3d2022363819%2fR%3dsports%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d788795009%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJzcG9ydHMiIGNvbnRlbnQ9ImxlYWd1ZT1uZmw7IHJlZnVybF9tYmRfc2NvdXRfY29tIiByZWZ1cmw9InJlZnVybF9tYmRfc2NvdXRfY29tIiBzZXJ2ZUlkPSJReFNfXzB3TmRIRmNSNDZ5VE1kUEJRREJSSEN4SGt6UU8zWUFCUlouIiBzaXRlSWQ9IjQ0NTc1NTEiIHRTdG1wPSIxMjg4NzE1MTI2MzgwOTA4IiB0b3BpY3M9InJlZnVybF9tYmRfc2NvdXRfY29tIiA-%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d27478862&U=13edua3q4%2fN%3d9AERPUwNPVw-%2fC%3d715481.14185536.14089949.1323516%2fD%3dSKY%2fB%3d5761156%2fV%3d1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                   Even before Sunday’s <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-morningrush110110" target="_blank">surreal address to the media</a>  following the Vikings’ 28-18 defeat to the Patriots at Gillette Stadium  – during which he questioned Childress’ leadership while effusively  praising his former coach, Bill Belichick, and the Patriots’  organization – Moss had alienated some of his teammates with his brash,  entitled behavior, most glaringly in an incident that occurred in the  team’s locker room last Friday afternoon, Yahoo! Sports has learned.  As is the team’s custom on Fridays, a local food establishment was  invited to the training facility to serve a catered, post-practice meal  in the locker room. In this case, a St. Paul restaurant that is a  favorite of former Vikings center <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4402/" target="_blank">Matt Birk</a><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4402/news" target="_blank">(notes)</a>.  As the proprietors helped serve chicken, ribs, pasta and other dishes  to Vikings players, Moss paced up and down the serving line and loudly  expressed his displeasure with the offerings.  According to one player who witnessed the scene, Moss yelled, “What  the [expletive]? Who ordered this crap? I wouldn’t feed this to my dog!”  Said the witness: “It was brutal. The truth is, he deserved to be cut  after that. It was such an uncomfortable moment. You know that feeling  where you just can tell someone feels so small? That’s what it was like  being there.  “This wasn’t a chain – it was a mom-and-pop restaurant, and you could  tell it was their best stuff. They had a special carving station set  up, and there were players and other support staff lining up to eat it.  And [Moss] is at his locker saying, ‘You know, I used to have to eat  that crap – but now I’ve got money.’ You just felt so sad for them. I  had never seen anyone treated like that. “And by the way, the food was actually really good.”  While Moss had his share of supporters in the locker room, some  Vikings had grown disillusioned with his attitude. From the receiver’s  uneven effort in practice to his displays of self-centeredness off the  field, some veterans believed Moss was becoming a bad influence to young  players like second-year wideout <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/9286/" target="_blank">Percy Harvin</a><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/9286/news" target="_blank">(notes)</a>.  There was also locker room speculation about Moss’ effort – or lack  thereof – on two plays in recent games. With the Vikes facing a  last-gasp fourth-down pass in a 28-24 defeat to the Packers in Green Bay  two Sundays ago, quarterback <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/1025/" target="_blank">Brett Favre</a><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/1025/news" target="_blank">(notes)</a>  threw a high pass in the back of the end zone that sailed over Moss’  head, though it didn’t appear as though the receiver made an effort to  jump for the ball.  In Sunday’s game against the Patriots, with the Vikings trailing by  10 midway through the fourth quarter, Moss drew a pass-interference  penalty on Patriots safety <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8278/" target="_blank">Brandon Meriweather</a><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8278/news" target="_blank">(notes)</a>  while streaking down the left sideline. It appeared as though Moss  might have been able to catch the pass for a touchdown after the penalty  occurred but that he <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/How-Moss-quitting-on-a-play-led-to-Favre-injury-?urn=nfl-281576" target="_blank">broke off the route once the flag was thrown.</a>  The Vikings got the ball at the New England 9 and scored four plays  later, though not before Favre sustained a lacerated chin that knocked  him from the game.  Most of all, however, Moss’ treatment of the restauranteurs in the  locker room convinced some teammates that he wasn’t worth the trouble.  Since becoming the Vikings’ coach in 2006, Childress has consistently  preached that he wants “good people who are good football players,” and  Moss clearly didn’t seem to be projecting himself as someone who fits in  the former category.  When Childress, according to one person in Monday’s meeting, said of  Moss, “This just doesn’t fit with how we treat people, how we talk to  people and how we act,” it was clear that he was referring to the  incident that occurred last Friday. Sunday’s stream-of-consciousness  statement to the media only reinforced the internal perception that Moss  was going out of his way to disrespect the organization.  With all of that said, Childress still has <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-mossrelease110110" target="_blank">major credibility issues</a>  with his players, most of whom side with Favre in his ongoing clash  with the coach. And there’s no guarantee Childress will stay the coach  for the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-morningrush102510#silver_diatribe" target="_blank">remainder of the season</a>.  However, his decision to part ways with Moss was, for some, viewed as  an understandable consequence of the receiver’s behavior.</blockquote>

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