Some wishful thinking on some 12's part I think. Pete Carroll is far from "DONE". His and John's asses are on the line if they don't figure some way to pull this train wreck we been watching happen the past two or three seasons out of the toilet.
It cracks me up that all these 12's that are calling for Pete and John's heads are the same ones that were crying for the heads of all the players they cut, and are now suddenly shocked by all the radical moves and decisions being made by them in trying to resurrect the Seahawks from the ashes.
I am no different than most, I have sat back and shook my head over some of the moves that have been made since seasons end, but as it is all coming back together, I'm becoming more and more convinced that Pete and John still have the magic touch and that we are in for some really crazy good stuff this year. Pete Carroll is singlehandedly the greatest thing that ever happened to the Seattle Seahawks, he was and is still a perfect fit for this team.
The Seahawks have been a crazy, wild, emotionally fueled and driven monster since it's inception, and everyone that has come to town and tried to kill that emotion and turn the team into a mechanical marvel has failed miserably. Those that did have even the slightest bit of success in that regard, transformed them into an entity that was boring as hell to watch play and who had only mediocre success in advancing anywhere in the division.
I have all the faith in the world that Pete and John are fully capable of getting the Seahawks back on track and leaders of their division, this year and not next. I recently hear these mutterings about how they are building a 2019 contender because they trimmed some of the fat to make this whole rebuild work. God knows I love Michael Bennett and Richard Sherman, and Sheldon Richardson and I hated to see them go anywhere, but reality is that Richard hasn't been able to be Richard for nearly two seasons now and I can pretty much guarantee you that had the Seahawks medical team been more optimistic about Richards recovery and ability to play at anywhere near where he was able to play previously, that he would still be a Seahawk.
Mike Bennett,was battling injuries the past two seasons as well, and was in pretty rough shape by the end of last season. As much as we love Mike, we were all asking ourselves how much he had left in the tank. Sheldon was a keeper, but he priced himself out of our market, by asking for too much, and while we tried the best we could to compete for him, his willingness to walk and sign with someone else said a whole bunch to me about his commitment to the hawks. I also hated to see Paul Richardson go, but like so many others on our roster, who were big assets to us, he was looking for more than we could part with and do what has to be done.
Jimmy Graham was set to go somewhere else, he played hard and much respect to him for all his efforts, but he really struggled to fit into our offense and again wanted more than what we were willing or able to pay him for his services. Jimmy will be happier and a better fit at Green Bay I think, at least until he discovers what the definition of freezing your ass off really means.
We have picked up some super talents in the Free Agency, and in Pete Carroll and John Schneider's tradition, they have brought in some serious sleepers that in my humble opinion, are perfect fits for the Seahawks and will put up numbers that far surpass what we would have gotten from Richard, Mike, Paul, Jimmy, Sheldon and some of the others that we have had to part company with.
We did good for ourselves in positioning for the Draft and will undoubtedly pickup some super stars this year from there. If they get a 1st and a 3rd for Earl Thomas III, and lose that cap hit, I would be okay with that too. Earl quickly forgot that the 12 had his back solid when he broke his leg and had to set out a season, and then came back and offered him more money than he could get anywhere in the league, he runs down the exit tunnel in Dallas, trying to cut a deal and abandon us at the end of last season. I'm not convinced his heart is in Seattle or with the hawks and I'm afraid that his play will likely reflect that this season, if we don't work a deal to send him home to Texas.
I think, in summary, that we all lost sight of the fact that John and Pete were surely put on notice right along with all the players and other coaches at the end of 2017-2018 season. They have a very short window of opportunity to try and turn this thing around and put the Seahawks back on the map in a serious way, or they are shopping for new homes as well. A lot of tough choices are having to be made and I assure you that they are hurting personally over the choices they are having to make as much or more than the coaches, players and fans are.
I think when we look back at the end of this upcoming season we will see that they made choices that benefited everyone involved and affected. Richard was a prime example, where John was working overtime trying to advise Him on negotiating his contract with the 49'rs. Richard was looking at it from an angle of trying to get John and Pete to offer him what the 49rs were as an alternative, where John was just trying to help Sherm not screw himself too bad in cutting a deal, which in my opinion he ended up doing anyway.
Eventually the Pete Carroll and John Schneider era will come to an end, but I still see another Super Bowl Championship left in their bag of tricks. We are at exactly the same place now that we were when they came to the Emerald City, and most didn’t think they would last or make a real difference back then either. I say don’t blink, the magic show is just about to begin part duo!
Go Seahawks!
