dogorama":1kvoxrgz said:
First of all he didn't develop Russell Wilson, he is an OC, not QB coach. Besides, RW was a good pocket passer at Wisconsin before he ever played a down in the NFL.The Seahawks finished high because Bevell was forced to change, not because he wanted to. Often times it's not because he calls are bad but that they are so predictable. Then when you have so many slow starts that points to a pattern, a bad pattern. We would be going to our 4th SB with a quality OC.
Someone needs to share with me these revisionist crystal balls some of you fans own that tells you what would have happened if certain changes were made.
I don't remember Bevell being on the field when Stewart went on his 59 yard run in the 1st quarter leading to Carolina's 1st TD, nor remember him missing those blocks that lead to Carolina's lineman getting a piece of Wilson and forcing him to throw two bad INTS.
In the 1st half the Seahawks had 2 stalled drives - both highlighted by bad pass protection leading to sacks on 2nd down thus leaving them at 3rd and 18 and 3rd and 19 respectively...do you pin that on Bevell? Because I don't. The Hawks had one 5 play 30 yd hurry up offense drive over the final one minute of the 1st half leading to a missed field goal by Hauschka that I thought he called pretty well. And the Hawks had one 12 play 66 yard drive that ended on downs rather than a field goal attempt from the 18 yard line which, in hindsight, a FG chip shot should probably have been taken. So I'd suggest that they were down 31-0 by the half due to other people failing their responsibilities, coaching and play calling rather than by his play calling.
Because in the second half Bevell's offense scored 24 points and on the last Seahawks possession could have been throwing on 4th down from the Carolina 18 yard line for a comeback tie of the ages if a field goal attempt was taken/made in the first half.
The last half of the season the Hawks offense was performing out of their minds. You'd have to be in denial if you can't give him any credit for that. And sorry but if you don't think the OC has a hand in developing a QB then you're clueless.