Seattlest: Another Sports GM Who Reminds Us of Bush

BigGreenFrank

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:46:46 -0800

Oh, so you want a big corner? cuz those just grow on trees... It takes a Top 10 pick to find a 6-foot DB, and we really haven't had many of those. All those Antonio Cromarties, Chris McAlister and Charles Woodsons haven't been available to us. Besides, you still haven't made the point about small being the primary detriment to the team defense. Take Tennessee and Tampa as counter examples, they play small and they seem to doing ok in the defensive passing game. You seem to take as given the belief that the defense is flawed, prove that they didn't simply "have a bad year" -------------------- Question: Do you really think the team was as bad as our record showed last year? That is, do you think the talent level reflects a 4-win team that needs an overhaul to compete? I don't. I think in the NFL these days, there is a 3 win variance for all teams. That is, an "8-win team" may finish with anywhere from 5 to 11 wins, due to a variety of factors. Just as the Browns weren't a 10 win team last year (and appropriately fell back to earth), I don't think we were a 4 win team, and I think we will improve.

john hieger

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:45:11 -0800

The road to the playoffs goes through Arizona, we have no answers for that offense anymore. 2008 is what matters, and if I remember our small lines got decimated last time we were in the playoffs so size mattered then. We are small everywhere and it isn't working. Read the Times Hawks blog today, they say the same things, Ruskell theories are becoming a joke. Unless you think Kelly Jennings and Josh Wilson have some growth spurts headed in the off season none of that changes. Whose the deranged one here? I'm not defending Ruskell's discredited failures last year you are. The truth ain't cliche but if you want to continue happily with the fruits of Ruskells' B.S. productivity go right ahead. Remember he came in the year we won the Super Bowl, he didn't build shit, he lost Hutchinson which has been killing our offense ever since and his draft picks (excluding Carlson) aren't really panning out.

first hill bill

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:08:16 -0800

Did you look at who was the second best defensive secondary in 2007 according to ESPN's rating metric. As I recall Mora was affiliated with that unit as well. And didn't we have the same players that year as we did this year? What bothers me is that you are too effing eager to fit the Seahawks problems with the current derangement narrative. If I wanted to read this horrible, arm chair, cliche bullshit analysis, I would go to Seth Koellen's site.

john hieger

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:35:33 -0800

SO our midget secondary is holding it's own? Check the ESPN link and get back to me.

BigGreenFrank

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:47:22 -0800

I find it amusing that you can so quickly correlate size and injury rate on the basis of this single annecdote, while mocking Bush for his stubborn nature following "gut reactions" For every Deion Branch, there is a Steve Smith or Wes Welker who NEVER gets hurt. I'm going to hazard a guess that the team has studied this a little more than you have... Also, proclaiming that we need to get bigger completely ignores all real constraints (kinda like Bush always did...) Yes, Arizona has big receivers. You know where they came from? High draft picks. Fitz was 3 overall. Boldin was a Top 50 2nd rounder. (they also missed on a high first rounder with Bryant Johnson) It was only 3 short years ago in the Denny Green era, that Arizona was chastised for focusing so much on the high selection of these receivers. I mean, you can say that we need to sign Houshmandzadeh in free agency or we need to take Crabtree, but it's idiotic to ignore the fact that getting a guy like that would have taken either a huge amount of cap space or a boat load of draft picks, and that we would be neglecting needs in other areas for that purpose (kind of like ignoring Afghanistan to fight in Iraq...)

first hill bill

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:16:18 -0800

Your analysis of the problems with the Seahawks this year is almost as bad as your Ruskell-Bush analogy. Keep thinking you know what you are talking about.