We Are Not What Our Record Says We Are

SoulfishHawk":3bhoga1o said:

7 years in to his career, and they are STILL trying to make him do stuff that doesn't fit what his strengths are. Play action, rolling out, zone read etc. Meanwhile, teams are creating offenses that match their QB. Look at that Bears game in the 4th quarter, it was impressive the way they were coaching the offense.

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TheLegendOfBoom":fch230b7 said:

Coaches are fired based on Wins and Losses.

They are not fired by, "We really are a such and such record."

Gimme a break.

If the Seahawks are according to some a 6-3 team, the same can be said for other teams. Those other teams are really "undefeated..." blah blah blah.

Whatever your reason is, the team is young and whatever, the truth is, coaches do not get that luxury in saying, "my team is young, so you shouldn't fire me cause I have a losing record."

The truth all teams try to be young, talented and cheap.

But not all teams can be, and those that aren't, generally have coaches on hot seats.

With the Hawks appearing to be destined for new ownership, you can bet the pending owner is carefully watching the product on the field and not thinking, they're losing because they are "too young."

In the NFL, if you don't field a collective cohesive talent, either all young, all veterans, or both, you're not gonna win consistently and your coach will probably no longer be your coach at the end of the season.

In this league, you need talented players, either they are talented young, talented veterans and talented coaches to consistently win. The Seahawks are clearly lacking in all these areas which makes them exactly what their record is. Nothing more and nothing less.

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chris98251":61er365d said:

TheLegendOfBoom":61er365d said:

Coaches are fired based on Wins and Losses.

They are not fired by, "We really are a such and such record."

Gimme a break.

If the Seahawks are according to some a 6-3 team, the same can be said for other teams. Those other teams are really "undefeated..." blah blah blah.

Whatever your reason is, the team is young and whatever, the truth is, coaches do not get that luxury in saying, "my team is young, so you shouldn't fire me cause I have a losing record."

The truth all teams try to be young, talented and cheap.

But not all teams can be, and those that aren't, generally have coaches on hot seats.

With the Hawks appearing to be destined for new ownership, you can bet the pending owner is carefully watching the product on the field and not thinking, they're losing because they are "too young."

In the NFL, if you don't field a collective cohesive talent, either all young, all veterans, or both, you're not gonna win consistently and your coach will probably no longer be your coach at the end of the season.

In this league, you need talented players, either they are talented young, talented veterans and talented coaches to consistently win. The Seahawks are clearly lacking in all these areas which makes them exactly what their record is. Nothing more and nothing less.

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So if you don't win right away you fire the coach, and then end up like the Jets, Dolphins, Raiders, Bills, etc.


Great philosophy. Teams like the Steelers, Patriots, Packers, and you can look at the Cheifs as well sticking with Reid. are successful letting a staff build a team and supplementing pieces as needed. We are 4 - 5 and had a hell of a first half schedule and rebuilding, oops don't rebuild can't ever rebuild have to spend money on F.A. to just win now.


That has worked well for the Redskins hasn't it.

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Bigpumpkin":1qmo5o6w said:

West TX Hawk":1qmo5o6w said:

Whether scheme or lack of WR talent or issues with Russ, our passing attack needs changes.

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I'm thinking that Russ is beginning to slip in his skills. Yes...I know that he had a perfect game two games ago, but I'm not liking what I saw today. That final pass of the game on 4th down was way over Lockett's head....he used to be "dead on" in the past.

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SoulfishHawk":3kwdf9vu said:

Funny how people act like that was some easy throw while running forward to avoid a sack, and a corner right there. But I guess Russ is the only one who misses receivers.

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