"The disparaged Pete Carroll" C.J. Tumbarello

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"After the Mike Holmgren era ended in Seattle, the Seattle Seahawks hired their seventh head coach in franchise history, hometown favorite, Jim Mora.

He only lasted one season with the organization, which he finished the season 5-11, after losses in the final four games by a combined score of 123-37.

The Seahawks were used to winning at the helm of great coaching. Mike Holmgren was going to be hard to replace. Holmgren’s resume was as impressive as any. In his 17 years of coaching the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks, he finished his career with a combined winning percentage of .592 in the regular season, .542 in the playoffs, two Super Bowl appearances, winning one, three conference championship appearances and a total of eight division titles. How do you follow that?

What the Seahawks needed in terms of coaching was experience, success, a great mind-set, and someone who would make an immediate impact if they wanted to get back to their winning ways. In 2010 they went on and hired the most attractive name in team history since Mike Holmgren, Pete Carroll."


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pittpnthrs":n2gcy4b3 said:
Holmgren went to 3 superbowls.

Nice catch. I think the author was caught between Holmgren's time as Packers coach, and then as Seattle's coach. I do that all the time, thinking in my mind "He went to 2 Superbowls with the packers, losing one, and one with Seattle." only to leave the last part out.
 

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What the Seahawks needed in terms of coaching was experience, success, a great mind-set, and someone who would make an immediate impact if they wanted to get back to their winning ways.

Which is why they hired Jim Mora :sarcasm_off:
 

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cymatica":sbwc5cdt said:
What the Seahawks needed in terms of coaching was experience, success, a great mind-set, and someone who would make an immediate impact if they wanted to get back to their winning ways.

Which is why they hired Jim Mora :sarcasm_off:

Or Jack Patera, Dennis Erickson, or Tom Flores.
 
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