oldhawkfan
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I agree with most of what you said, however the thought of a coaching change does cause me to have some anxiety. Anyone remember the Mora year? The Flores years? The league history is filled with horrible coaches who were deemed to be hot hires.Lemme give you folks some hopium.
The Seahawks are far more talented than many realize. The coaching is atrocious and makes most of the players look bad, or under achieve at the very least.
Like Jeff Fisher going 7-9 every year, he wasn't getting the most out of that roster. McVay stepped in and turned them into contenders immediately.
A new coach, and a couple more drafts and they will be primed to compete for Super Bowls again. The hardest part will be finding the QB.
But you got to take the first step... Fire Pete Carroll and stop living in the past. It's time to move forward.
Most of Seattle's issues are schematic, and detail oriented.
Personnel issues are few.
Offense:
-Interior O-Line.
-QB
Defense:
-NT
-MLB
-S
QB is the only high value piece on the needs board.
Studs at S, NT, OG, OC, MLB, are routinely found in the 2nd rd Rd or later. It's not like Seattle needs a slew of top 10 picks to turn things around.
Building Block Pieces Already in place.
-WRs
-RBs
-OTs
-EDGE
-CBs
-3T (If Williams is retained)
Attack the trenches heavy, and find a way to come out with the QBotF in the next 2 drafts. Get a modern NFL OFFENSIVE HC to groom the QB.
The best coaches this team has had, Knox, Holmgren and Carroll were in effect, surprise hires.
What was surprising about each of these hires is that all 3 came from basically established programs. Knox was hired away from Buffalo. Holmgren from Green Bay. Carroll was slightly different in that he came from the college ranks at USC.
It’s rare that a head coach will go from one team to another. The trend, especially the last number of years is to hire the hot upcoming assistants. The problem with this model is you don’t know if you’re getting a McVay or a Staley.