Just ask the 2004 Mariners.
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Cornerback Richard Sherman and strong safety Kam Chancellor won’t be in uniform. Both are nursing injuries severe enough to end seasons and — let’s be honest about this — imperil careers.
Absent a pair of its pillars, the Legion of Boom is an entity in name only, rather like the Four Tops still touring the casino-club circuit as the Four Tops. They perform the hits, and the band plays on, but the act is a mirage.
As he observes the present state of the Seahawks, Schneider must begin mulling the team’s future. He also might want to consider the mistakes in the past. Specifically, mistakes committed by the Hawks SoDo neighbors, the Seattle Mariners.
The chaos can be traced to 2004, when the front office trusted obviously aging players would produce numbers consistent with those posted on the backs of some very old baseball cards.
Schneider and Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll are approaching the same predicament that derailed the Mariners 13 years ago. They want to show loyalty to the veteran players who were the cornerstones of a Super Bowl championship team.
Loyalty is an admirable virtue, the key component in keeping family ties and sustaining lifelong friendships. But when the issue regards the construction of a pro sports team’s roster, loyalty is less a virtue than a horror-movie staple.
Just when you think the coast is clear, it haunts some more.
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