McCombs drank in the scene, smiling and chuckling at every note he read. He scrawled his name on each program foisted into his box through the open window. He's not the kind of guy who's going to stay aloof, in some air conditioned box. He's out there on the field, in the locker rooms with the players, and I think the fans appreciate that. Fan Jay Bernard does.
People love that up here.
They need somebody to get behind the team and lead the Vikings. We don't have the quarterback who is an attitude or a coach that's an attitude. You need somebody who is a spokesman for the team, and this guy is willing to step up and be the spokesman. That's why I think people are behind him. The everyman appeal of McCombs reaches back to his humble roots in Spur, a West Texas farm town.