I’ve been on the “Fire Pete” train for a few years now. But, I cooled off this season.
I’ve always appreciated him. After/around the Bengals game, I started to have those thoughts again. Multiple OCs and DCs…Pete had ultimate responsibility.
Who knows if the Seahawks will fare better or worse…?!?! But, it was time for change.
I just now watched his presser….feeling like it was the right move but oddly emotional. 14 years….
It feels like loosing a pet or something. I know that sounds crude…I know it was time for change (at least, felt it was). But…that doesn’t remove this strange sadness.
Legend. I’ll miss him.
Yeah. Once you separate recent performance from who and what he is and what he's built here, it's hard to not appreciate him.
He's not just reshaped football in Seattle, but he's affected the league in ways few contemporary coaches have.
He is truly, and undeniably one of the best to ever do it. And he did it for our Seattle Seahawks.
And I agree. Like all pioneers who rise as a result of their commitment to a unique way of approaching their craft and creating success, that same dogged commitment and undying belief, often ultimately, very obviously signals the time for change.
The dude won't be fully appreciated until he's wearing that gold jacket. And even then, he will have his detractors.
But man were we lucky to have him. Him, Paul, John, Jody...not just phenomenal leadership, but a phenomenal story.
Camelot like...
You could begroan the losses and falling short, but not the quality and ability of the people leading the franchise.
And this transition, the grace in which it's been handled is just a testament to the greatness of all of it.