Every now and then, your favorite sports team rises up and proves people wrong. It is a great feeling. Pride and hope enter the collective home town psyche where there once was only trepidation and shame. Local and national media would have had to eat their words even if the...
Sports fans, commentators and coaches sometimes talk about moral victories. It is meant to capture the feeling of a team that played better than expected. Moral victories often come with some sterling individual performances that give hope even if the outcome was not what the team wanted. The 49ers went...
NFL games are comprised for four 15 minute quarters, 60 minutes total. It took the Seahawks all of seven minutes to score 28 points, something the 2009 Seahawks accomplished only three times all season. With 3 minutes left in the first half of Sunday’s game, the Seahawks were trailing 6-0....
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Everywhere a Seahawks fan has turned this week, they have been faced with two things: (1) everyone picks the 49ers to win the NFC West (2) everyone picks the 49ers to beat the Seahawks on opening day. People sometimes use the term “everyone” as hyperbole. That’s not the case here....
When Pete Carroll announced yesterday that Justin Forsett would be the starter, he may not have realized that he was late in reaching that decision. Two years late, as it turns out. Way back in in 2008, after only two pre-season games, I called for Forsett to unseat one Maurice...
My day has started the same way every morning since I was 10 or 11-years-old. I roll out of bed, grab the newspaper, and don’t talk to anyone until I’m done reading it. There are fewer and fewer of us grasping the physical paper, but I won’t stop until it’s...
Defense – Starters Red Bryant* – LDE Colin Cole – DT Brandon Mebane – DT Chris Clemons* – RDE Aaron Curry – OLB Lofa Tatupu – MLB David Hawthorne* – OLB Kelly Jennings – RCB Lawyer Milloy* – SS Earl Thomas* – FS Marcus Trufant – LCB * New starter...
It’s time for the most important question. With all the movement, who’s on solid enough footing to buy their jersey? As the proud owner of an Ahman Green and Koren Robinson jersey, I will do everyone a favor and not curse any Seahawk with a jersey purchase. Online Surveys –...
A look back at 2009 There was a point in my career where I took over a group that had a bad reputation. Nobody wanted to work for this group, and nobody wanted to work with them. Why would anyone want to walk into a situation so bleak? It came...
Mediocrity is a bad word in my household. To be mediocre is to never put the effort in, or take the risks necessary to be great, or to be disastrous. Mediocrity is often bourne out of fear. Fear of failure. Fear of being different. Fear of fear. Those that ascend beyond...
A quick comment or two on this weekends events before I lock myself in a room to write my season preview for the next six hours. I understand why fans are confused and frustrated by the series of events that happened Saturday and Sunday. Throw in the Josh Wilson trade,...