shirts and skins posted:

I respect a lot of your insights on here and agree that Pete has his problems (gently caress Jordan Peterson), but I think the burden of proof is pretty high on you here if you're going to call him a "bad coach". The dude was just a hair away from his sixth straight double digit win season. How many coaches have managed that, ever? This is a league that still employs Marvin Lewis. Pat Shurmur just got another head coaching job.

Pete may or may not be on the decline but he's by far and away the best coach this team has ever had. I'm gonna need a few years in the wilderness before I'll believe he's done, and even still I'm not gonna call him a "bad coach".

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Every day I wake up grateful. Grateful that God has blessed me with the opportunity to play the game I love. Grateful that God has blessed me to be motivated and inspired by not only my own internal drive, but even more so by the teammates and friends I get to work with every day.

Practice is where we create goals and build our foundation of trust. Football is not an individual sport. A team is made up of many dynamics, and each player has a unique skill set that makes him among the best in the division.

Take Tyler Lockett for example, that man was born to run, no question about it. As soon as that ball is in his hands he’s down the field, it’s an instinct. Then there are the guys who just seem to know how to make big plays at the right time, like Doug Baldwin. He is so clutch—no matter when we’re playing or who we’re up against he always follows through. KJ Wright, aka ‘Spider-Man,’ is incredible—his prowess as a linebacker is truly extraordinary.

Surrounding yourself with the right people is highly important in order to succeed. All the guys on the team are impressive to watch and learn from. And as QB I’m especially grateful to have a leader on our Offensive Line like Justin Britt. He is one who literally has my back every single play, and supports the entire team individually and as a whole. The power of influence is another great quality that is mastered by Duane Brown - although he joined the team this last year, he owns the field and helps maintain cohesion.

Our team is fresh this year, it gives us the cutting edge. We’ve added some incredibly talented, hungry players, who are eager to learn from the vets. Sebastian Janikowski is one whose experience is treasured, his natural aptitude gives him a true legacy. But we still have that original core of Seahawks like my man Bobby Wagner. The best linebacker in the league year and year out he is as fierce as anyone I've ever seen. He’s the definition of resiliency and consistency, the epitome of a Seattle Seahawk. It's this mixture of new and old that is going to be our identity this year and will help push us over the top.

Watching the twins, Shaquem and Shaquill embrace one another on a daily basis is one of my biggest inspirations this year. Watching two brothers, who grew up together, played together, shed tears and laughter together, shared life together, once again getting the opportunity to share the field together in the NFL is the gift of inspiration that keeps on giving. Watching Shaquem dominate the game of football with only one hand demonstrates why we should never give up. He's not only an inspiration to me but is an inspiration all over the world.

Our power is also due to the man who never sleeps, a bubblegum chewing fanatic, the one and only, Coach Pete Carroll. He works the details, and he puts in the time and effort to prepare us for every play and every situation. His passion is what has kept us together as a team through thick and thin. It’s because of him that my love for the game has reached highs I never thought imaginable.

12s are you ready for the best season yet? I know we are. CenturyLink we’re coming for you! Bring on the roar, the shaking of concrete, the sea of blue and green, the pierce of the Hawk’s eye. The spirit in Seattle is so thick you can feel it in the air. The competition is already running through my veins.

I hold myself to the highest standards and will continue to lift others up, respect all, help lead our team to greatness, to the Super Bowl.

This is the year for us. It’s a year for building, bonding, being champions. Huddle up, it’s game time!

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

It is super duper hard for a team to win a superbowl, even if the team is better than their opposition. Football is a high variance sport.

Outside of the Patriots, nobody in the modern NFL really has continued super bowl appearances. And let's not gloss over the fact that the AFC is weak, and the AFC East is comically weak.

The Hawks were one throw away from repeating as Superbowl champs. On a play that the defense had never successfully stopped in practice.

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Basically, my opinion is that the Legion of Boom and the success the Seahawks had was due to the players that were a part of it almost entirely, and very little due to Pete Carroll. We can bring up this conversation again after the Seahawks go 6-10 two years in a row and I'm not the only one calling for someone new.

shirts and skins posted:

Meh, you may be right, of course. I want things to go well, but that's the optimism of fandom. There's a reason why I was excited this off-season though, I knew that last team wouldn't last much longer and it was good to see them acknowledge that and go in a new direction rather than fart around stagnantly for a few years.

They're gonna lose on Sunday in any case, Fluker is out and Von Miller is going to eat Germain Ifedi alive. I think Sanders is going to have a huge day in the slot, too. Opening at Mile High is just brutal.

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Coldforge posted:

Any time DFG starts to be the most frequent poster, you know things have gotten good.

JPrime posted:

i miss the lwb days myself

shirts and skins posted:

Meh, you may be right, of course. I want things to go well, but that's the optimism of fandom. There's a reason why I was excited this off-season though, I knew that last team wouldn't last much longer and it was good to see them acknowledge that and go in a new direction rather than fart around stagnantly for a few years.

They're gonna lose on Sunday in any case, Fluker is out and Von Miller is going to eat Germain Ifedi alive. I think Sanders is going to have a huge day in the slot, too. Opening at Mile High is just brutal.

YOLOsubmarine posted:

Yea, it’s real hard, in part because of dynamics like this where teams fracture over time around issues of pay, fame, favoritism, etc...

But you rarely hear these kind of stories coming out of other teams. The fact that you’re hearing this one indicates that Pete did a particularly bad job of managing those dynamics. There’s obviously some fire given all of the smoke over the past couple of years and I don’t think this was the inevitable result.

YOLOsubmarine posted:

Pete’s a good coach but I think he’s on the downslope of his career because he’s old as hell, he’s made some really questionable hires, his GM isn’t hitting the way he used to, and the division is getting stronger on the whole.

I don’t see how you can square “Russell Wilson is the future of this team and we need to build around him” with “let’s hire Brian loving Schottenheimer to coach him.”

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

Actually you have lovely opinions and incorrect analysis of football pretty much across the forum. So you don't get to retreat now pretending to be the trolling puppet master.

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

Actually you have lovely opinions and incorrect analysis of football pretty much across the forum. So you don't get to retreat now pretending to be the trolling puppet master.

Coldforge posted:

Nah, he's pretty hit or miss like everyone else on these forums. He's just brave/stupid&arrogant enough to frequently state his view.

We all dumb here. Except you, of course.

Coldforge posted:

He's just stupid & arrogant enough to frequently state his view.

DaFrugalGamer posted:

From: Coldforge

DaFrugalGamer posted:

post the receipts

JPrime posted:

i am now glad i have not returned to that hellspace.

Benne posted:

*Pete Carroll builds great defenses everywhere he goes, wins titles at both college and pro level in unprecedented fashion, will almost certainly go into the Hall of Fame*


"Hmm yes just a mediocre coach who stumbled into one good defense"

Gumbel2Gumbel posted:

He is still better than about half the coaches out there so you have to keep him though.

Bob Socko posted:

And there’s the other thing. Who is both available and an upgrade?

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

Pete is also really good at developing defensive talent

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Ork fans get really mad when you bring this up, so checks out