Lofa Tatupu to become assistant LB coach, per Bob Condotta.

No link yet, just passed on Condotta's twitter. Nice to see him back with the team!

Coolness!

There's a link in this thread

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It talks about Richard being the new DC and some of the new assistants

Glad I kept my Tatupu jersey.

Love it!!

Just awesome, if true. A warrior. With a warrior's attitude.

Silver Hawk":1i7ldjc4 said:

Just awesome, if true. A warrior. With a warrior's attitude.

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It's true. It was announced officially by the Seahawks.

SuperFreak":1fg31z5q said:

Glad I kept my Tatupu jersey.

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Congratulations!

I would think its collector - resale value just took a big jump.

His first coaching gig is as an assistant coach for an NFL team. That's kind of rare. Just last off-season he was still trying out for teams in the hopes of making a comeback.

Guess there will be a lot of Tatupu jerseys seeing the light of day once again ...... [tweet]https://twitter.com/katybakerrr/status/564954887763398656[/tweet]

One of the DEFENSIVE anchors to our first Super Bowl team coming home. Good hire!!

SuperFreak":3gy11yi2 said:

Glad I kept my Tatupu jersey.

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Funny, my wife just texted me 1/2 hour ago saying that it was a good thing that I kept mine (lime w/blue digits).
Cool to have him back with the team and with Pete!

Awesome Lofa was always one of my favorites. Glad I kept this gem too

Somebody called this a few days ago. Big ups on your clairvoyance!

Makes sense. Lofa made Pro-Bowls almost entirely on "want to" and football IQ. His skill and mindset should translate well to coaching.

Hmmm ... I'd say that Lofa knows a thing or 2 about linebackers, don't you think?

Tatupu strikes me as a guy who'd be very good as a coach. As a LB, Lofa never had the fastest wheels in the world. What of course made him great was the fact that he had lightning quick recognition skills. He could diagnose so blasted fast and react to it quicker than most. Often times, the most physically talented (those blessed with phenomenal speed or natural god-given talent) don't make the best coaches. That's because they don't have to think about what they do and HOW they do it -- they just perform. Guys who have to work their butts off in trying to make up for elite level freak physical prowess often times achieve greatness because they are very reflective on how they do things. They make good coaches because they able to mentally think through the sequence (or checklist) of what proper technique looks like ... and therefore are better equipped to be able to communicate that to others.

Plus as everyone knows being a MLB, Lofa WAS the captain of that entire Seahawks defense, so knew precisely where everyone was supposed to be on a given play, what their jobs were, the philosophy behind defensive schemes, and understood fairly well how opposing offenses were looking to attack them.

You throw in the fact that Lofa obviously KNOWS Pete Carroll's system and was always a great leader and communicator, and for me that makes this a very intriguing hire.

I know he hasn't had a lot of opportunity as a coach yet, but I have the sneaking feeling that this is one of those moves that in 2 or 3 years time we're going to be saying to ourselves -- Pete Carroll was an absolute genius.

So glad to have him back! I hope it works out well for him and us.

SuperFreak":1slpzpuz said:

Glad I kept my Tatupu jersey.

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Me too. LOFA!!!!
I still have a HUGE soft spot for him. Glad to see he is back with the squad as a coach. Seems so fitting.

Love this man.was always a Lofa fan.From his USC days.