by Seahawks4Ever » Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:58 pm
Oh yeah, just because JS occasionally makes a deal with another team doesn't mean the bulk of the deals he has made is with GB. JS wants the top job in Packerville so bad he would probably give up his left nut for it.
But the reason I have turned on JS is that he is the one who is behind the penny pinching on the O-Line. I am flabbergasted that some in here blame Tom Cable when he has worked miracles with what he has been given to work with.
OK Pete and John have proven over and over that a team doesn't have to use high draft picks on O-Lineman, Cable can develop them as long as they have certain physical attributes and are willing to both work and learn.
BUT! When it is time to PAY that Lineman it is Schneider, with the blessing of Carroll, who lets the guy go.
Last year a very SMUG Pete Carroll talked to reporters (and Seahawk fans) as if they (and us) are complete idiots when they asked him why they kept letting O-Lineman go instead of offering them a second contract, something most of us have discussed in this very forum. But Pete decided to talk down to them(and US) by ignoring what the question was and said that the O-Line had a lot of young inexperienced players and paying them more wasn't going to make them play any better, be patient he said. NOBODY asked why he wasn't paying a rookie more money in order for him to "play better", we were asking him WHY HE WON"T PAY VETERAN LINEMEN THAT HIS OWN COACHING STAFF DEVELOPED MORE MONEY VIA A SECOND CONTRACT!!!
Now, we ALL know that our O-Line was a disaster last season and is again THIS season and I don't see why more so called fans want to give Pete and John a pass in this regard.
Jumping Jehosophat, ALL of our team's problems revolve around inadequacy of the O-Line. There is NO getting around that. No use blaming Tom Cable, blame the man at the top, Pete Carroll. Between his love affair of Bevell and penny pinching the O-Line is what is keeping us from getting back to the Super Bowl and winning it. How can anyone deny this?? I am starting to think there are a bunch of Pollyanna's in here.
There have been lots of Super Bowl winning coaches that eventually wore out their welcome, usually leaving said team in a shambles. Brian Billick coached the Ravens to a SB win, but, a few years later let go. Mike Shannahan coached the Broncos to 2 SB's yet had to be booted out the door. Tom Flores coached the Raiders to a few SB wins, yet, down the road he went Do you really believe Mike Holmgren had a choice? No, it was retire or be fired. Tom Landry was a GOD in Dallas, but he too had to be fired, and he too left a former great team in a shambles. Don Shula, Chuck Knoll also were considered Gods in their town yet were either fired or forced into retirement. Need I go on???????????????/
How long should Paul Allen wait? The hand writing is on the wall, Pete has maxed out here in Seattle and needs to either make changes in how he operates (neglecting the O-Line, refusing to fire an idiotic OC) or Pete needs to go down the road, PERIOD.
OK, if you all don't want me to be a Debbie-Downer anymore, I won't. BUT! I will say I TOLD YOU SO if I turn out to be correct.
Nobody believed me (in the P-I Forum) when I said my brother lived in a Condo on Lk. Wash. in Kirkland right next door to Mike Holmgren. I tried to tell many of you back then that Holmgren's head and heart had not been 100% in the game since the loss in XL. His wife had told my Sister in Law while they were both walking their dogs that Mike had planned on retiring right after XL if we had won. When we lost, especially the way we lost it took all of the wind out of his sails.
I don't have no "inside" info regarding Pete, I only know what I see and what I see is a fatal flaw in the way Pete and John are running this team.