The thing I really like about MM is his emphasis on process. He's not emphasizing the results. I think for many people that way of approach is counter intuitive. We all look at what we want to happen with things in life. We try to manifest whatever it is we are trying to attain through action, imagination, and will. We think about the end result in the minds eye and strive to bring it into existence. It's not as if he's not wanting successful results. Certainly there are goals and intentions at all times. MM has stated that it is about the process and whatever happens as a result will happen. Let the chips fall where they may. The process is about attention to details and to do everything within one's control of the situation. If the team is doing everything it can possibly do in the preparation with no stone left unturned, then that's it.
Latlely, I've been thinking about why certain teams and franchises are in a perpetual state of dysfunction. These are the Cardinals, Browns, Jets, Cowboys, and some others. Guys like the owners of the Cardinals and Browns are at press conferences front and center. I saw the Browns owner after this season speak to the press making declarative statements about winning and success. He was saying they were gonna be this and not gonna do that. He was speaking with the will of making it all happen. I chuckle seeing that because he's not actually coaching the team. He's not able to actually call the plays or install schemes and coach players themselves. He's just doing everything he can to project his business success upon a football team he owns. This is a prime example of a results oriented model. These owners get so involved that they interfere with the process by injecting themselves into it against the very football minds that know better. Case in point being the homeless guy who convinced the owner to draft Johnny Manziel.
I remember during the Ken Behring years, during games he would be on the sidelines parading himself with the cheerleaders. He was a bit of fat slob. For those that lived through that era, you know what I'm talking about. The Seahawks were a dysfunctional team during that time. He bought the team from the Nordstroms and right at the end of the Chuck Knox era. Thus began a decade of futility. He attempted to move the team to Anaheim his place of residence. The moving vans were on the road. That didn't work and within a year or two after that the team was acquired by Paul Allen. We went from dysfunctional to functional. I think this was really the start of the golden age of Seahawks football.
The primary owners of NFL franchises have to be successful billionaire business owners. It's an exclusive club but it's not their bread and butter. This is more or less a hobby to them. When I see these dysfunctional franchises the owners seem to be determined to make the team in the image of their business success. It must be a huge ego trip. So when when the owner is making statements of pretty much guaranteeing success, it is the end result they are locked into. Perhaps their sheer willpower and determination was what got them their fortune. They should be able to replicate it with football, yes? Well, even if they can't win they aren't losing money at all. Every team is profitable no matter what. This isn't a fledgling start up league fighting for financial survival of a hundred years ago. This is a multi-billion dollar behemoth of sports entertainment.
As fans of these current Seahawks, we are so fortunate to experience this ongoing golden age. Sure, it would have been great to have won SB49 and to have more playoff wins. But, we've not have had to go through the suffering that many other fanbases go through with total rebuilds or collapses. We're lucky. Nothing we did. It just is. Fortunate to have good ownership that is doing what good ownership does: being a good caretaker of the franchise and allowing the expert football minds to fully do their thing. We have a long standing experienced SB winning GM who has really flexed his chops now that he is in the primary driver seat without Pete. Getting MM is a score that is nearly miraculous. Had Pete left a year earlier we wouldn't have gotten MM. The timing was perfect. This is all purely fortuitous. They say luck follows those most prepared for it. I think there is also an intangible element that follows functional and dysfunctional teams. The teams such as the Browns, Cardinals, and Jets seems to have the worst of luck. Ill timing, bad coaching hires, key injuries, and just bad luck strike. The steady teams that are seemingly always in the mix, they have better fortune. I think it starts from the top down.
The MOB mentaility of mission over bullshit is a great cultural concept. It is the mission of process over all extraneous things that aren't relevant to the operation at hand. That means they are only focused upon everything that is necessary and omit anything that does not matter. That means not looking ahead to the next week, or by making statements during press conferences that are mind games to attempt to distract or bully an opponent. Their process is being hyper focused upon the details and minutia of every aspect they can control and drill. The team is connected together and have the same mindset. You can hear it in their language. They talk about process and stacking one good thing after another day in and day out. As Pete was somewhat radical in his open approach of new age coaching as opposed to old school military style coaching, MM is a continuation of this contemporary approach to achieving success that is not results oriented, but process driven. MM has his own distinct style different from Pete. His defense is relevant and modern. He is bringing to Seattle what he had done in Baltimore. The combination of owners, GM, and MM have stablized this franchise for hopefully years to come.
Because I know that they are solely focused upon the process for this upcoming game, I feel great as a fan. They are utterly professional. They are clinical in their apporach. There is no extraneous words or things said to rile up the team. There are no words spoken in an attempt to play mind games with the opponent. There are no one-upmanship and intimidation tactics that players feel they need to do in order to have an edge. They are disciplined and well coached. I see restraint with the linebackers not hitting a player out of bounds. There haven't been dumb penalties lately that kill a drive or keep the opponents on the field. These guys are seasoned and professional. The post Russ years and now post Pete have allowed JS to bring in the talent needed to bring MM's vision to fruition.
I have faith that they are working on everything they need to address. They are so focused upon the process. They just need to execute it on game day. Let's have fun. Let's enjoy it. Enjoy this process. Let's see where the chips fall. Go hawks!
I look at the Week 18 game against the Niners and think that, except for a few mistakes, the Hawks could have won with a score of 30 or more and 10 for the Niners. Jason Myers had a bad day, etc. It happens. (Note that Myers didn't get any raze off that performance, while Darnold's less-than-perfect days, even with a win and maybe an amazing comeback, are scrutinized to the hilt.)
Who is likely to have more turnovers? Purdy or SD?
Football talk is so QB centric but it is funny. I think Purdy is much more likely to have more TOs for the simple reason I bet he will be asked to do more than SD.
On the other side, I am just not worried about SD. I think he will play ok to good. I just have a hard time seeing him play bad. I don't know maybe I'm looking through rose colored glasses.
I am starting to get the feeling that this is going to be a large win for the Seahawks.
Football starts with the trenches. Nothing else matters until that equation is solved. If its even then you can move onto skill positions. I don't see this as even. The Seahawks defensive line will shut down the run and leave Purdy to make plays. Maybe they make some here and there but I struggle to see consistency.
On offense, I don't see the Niners stopping the run. Even though the Eagles lost, they still ran on them. Now the Hawks are coming in rested (Cross a couple extra weeks) and at home in the playoffs where the juices will be flowing? Physical mismatch.
This game reminds me of a college football mismatch. Where an SEC school goes and plays a team that just doesn't have the strength in the trenches to make anything else matter.
So much of football talk is QB centric. And yet, the world still hasn't realized that the Seahawks don't care. I think SD will probably only get about 20-25 passing attempts this game. I don't think he has played well for months and yet he still can. If he has a good game on those limited attempts? This is a 20-point win. If he has an average game ... this is a 10+ point win. And I just don't see him or the Seahawks letting him have a bad game.
Someone talk me off the ledge here, but I am seeing a large win.
My head is thinking about one of the best played and executed football games I have ever seen outside of a Steve Smith punt return. Which of course, is the 2005 NFC Championship Game against the Jake Delhomme Carolina Panthers.
Seahawks won that game 34-14 (and it wasn't even that close). It was a tidal wave of intensity, running the ball, and defense. SD can play like Hasselbeck except hopefully get back to throwing the ball downfield a little more. Hassleeck was 20/28 for 219 yards. Shuan Alexander was 34 carries for 132 yards and Mo Morris went 7 for 24 yards. Can K9 and Charbs go 41 carries for 156 yards? I think so.
Kendricks seemed to fill the middle of the field nicely against the eagles. Had 10 tackles. Seems to be an upgrade over what they've been trotting out, and that could be an X factor.
As a fan who lived through it for about a decade, I think the 49ers definitely are in the “slow decline zone” where your aging stars either can’t stay on the field or are losing a step. It looks eerily similar to Pete’s teams from about 2015 on. They will blame it on bad luck and injuries (or conspiracy theories) but not acknowledge that even when they are healthy, they have lost a gear. It’s only going to get worse for them.
The good news for us is the Seahawks came out of that same situation and is now a team on the rise.
FaNS COULD SEE THE tALENT pETE AND jOHN BROUGHT HERE. (oops-new keyboaRD) (arghh.) Our frustration was watching them go year after year without proper leading/scheming. Mike has brought us coaching that tells every man on the team that just being here makes them special, THEN goes out and shows them how. It would be ruinous to let a bunch of guys go, once they buy into this sense of Brotherhood. Let injury and aging dictate change. Soon enough, competition will enter the field...
I am in awe of the dazzling insights into the primary cause of the 9ers problems posited by Mr. Sunlight is Life, Peter Cowan.
I too can produce equally as dazzling sights that can benefit the entire league. 82% of the time ANY football team plays Seattle this season on a day that ends with a “Y”, that team loses. That’s a hard fact. The best way to overcome this league-wide problem is to only play Seattle on days that end with different letter.
The thing I really like about MM is his emphasis on process. He's not emphasizing the results. I think for many people that way of approach is counter intuitive. We all look at what we want to happen with things in life. We try to manifest whatever it is we are trying to attain through action, imagination, and will. We think about the end result in the minds eye and strive to bring it into existence. It's not as if he's not wanting successful results. Certainly there are goals and intentions at all times. MM has stated that it is about the process and whatever happens as a result will happen. Let the chips fall where they may. The process is about attention to details and to do everything within one's control of the situation. If the team is doing everything it can possibly do in the preparation with no stone left unturned, then that's it.
Latlely, I've been thinking about why certain teams and franchises are in a perpetual state of dysfunction. These are the Cardinals, Browns, Jets, Cowboys, and some others. Guys like the owners of the Cardinals and Browns are at press conferences front and center. I saw the Browns owner after this season speak to the press making declarative statements about winning and success. He was saying they were gonna be this and not gonna do that. He was speaking with the will of making it all happen. I chuckle seeing that because he's not actually coaching the team. He's not able to actually call the plays or install schemes and coach players themselves. He's just doing everything he can to project his business success upon a football team he owns. This is a prime example of a results oriented model. These owners get so involved that they interfere with the process by injecting themselves into it against the very football minds that know better. Case in point being the homeless guy who convinced the owner to draft Johnny Manziel.
I remember during the Ken Behring years, during games he would be on the sidelines parading himself with the cheerleaders. He was a bit of fat slob. For those that lived through that era, you know what I'm talking about. The Seahawks were a dysfunctional team during that time. He bought the team from the Nordstroms and right at the end of the Chuck Knox era. Thus began a decade of futility. He attempted to move the team to Anaheim his place of residence. The moving vans were on the road. That didn't work and within a year or two after that the team was acquired by Paul Allen. We went from dysfunctional to functional. I think this was really the start of the golden age of Seahawks football.
The primary owners of NFL franchises have to be successful billionaire business owners. It's an exclusive club but it's not their bread and butter. This is more or less a hobby to them. When I see these dysfunctional franchises the owners seem to be determined to make the team in the image of their business success. It must be a huge ego trip. So when when the owner is making statements of pretty much guaranteeing success, it is the end result they are locked into. Perhaps their sheer willpower and determination was what got them their fortune. They should be able to replicate it with football, yes? Well, even if they can't win they aren't losing money at all. Every team is profitable no matter what. This isn't a fledgling start up league fighting for financial survival of a hundred years ago. This is a multi-billion dollar behemoth of sports entertainment.
As fans of these current Seahawks, we are so fortunate to experience this ongoing golden age. Sure, it would have been great to have won SB49 and to have more playoff wins. But, we've not have had to go through the suffering that many other fanbases go through with total rebuilds or collapses. We're lucky. Nothing we did. It just is. Fortunate to have good ownership that is doing what good ownership does: being a good caretaker of the franchise and allowing the expert football minds to fully do their thing. We have a long standing experienced SB winning GM who has really flexed his chops now that he is in the primary driver seat without Pete. Getting MM is a score that is nearly miraculous. Had Pete left a year earlier we wouldn't have gotten MM. The timing was perfect. This is all purely fortuitous. They say luck follows those most prepared for it. I think there is also an intangible element that follows functional and dysfunctional teams. The teams such as the Browns, Cardinals, and Jets seems to have the worst of luck. Ill timing, bad coaching hires, key injuries, and just bad luck strike. The steady teams that are seemingly always in the mix, they have better fortune. I think it starts from the top down.
The MOB mentaility of mission over bullshit is a great cultural concept. It is the mission of process over all extraneous things that aren't relevant to the operation at hand. That means they are only focused upon everything that is necessary and omit anything that does not matter. That means not looking ahead to the next week, or by making statements during press conferences that are mind games to attempt to distract or bully an opponent. Their process is being hyper focused upon the details and minutia of every aspect they can control and drill. The team is connected together and have the same mindset. You can hear it in their language. They talk about process and stacking one good thing after another day in and day out. As Pete was somewhat radical in his open approach of new age coaching as opposed to old school military style coaching, MM is a continuation of this contemporary approach to achieving success that is not results oriented, but process driven. MM has his own distinct style different from Pete. His defense is relevant and modern. He is bringing to Seattle what he had done in Baltimore. The combination of owners, GM, and MM have stablized this franchise for hopefully years to come.
Because I know that they are solely focused upon the process for this upcoming game, I feel great as a fan. They are utterly professional. They are clinical in their apporach. There is no extraneous words or things said to rile up the team. There are no words spoken in an attempt to play mind games with the opponent. There are no one-upmanship and intimidation tactics that players feel they need to do in order to have an edge. They are disciplined and well coached. I see restraint with the linebackers not hitting a player out of bounds. There haven't been dumb penalties lately that kill a drive or keep the opponents on the field. These guys are seasoned and professional. The post Russ years and now post Pete have allowed JS to bring in the talent needed to bring MM's vision to fruition.
I have faith that they are working on everything they need to address. They are so focused upon the process. They just need to execute it on game day. Let's have fun. Let's enjoy it. Enjoy this process. Let's see where the chips fall. Go hawks!
Beautifully said my friend👌
Wow! Well said.
SSJ writes a "PUNishing article" because that's what pundits do.
I look at the Week 18 game against the Niners and think that, except for a few mistakes, the Hawks could have won with a score of 30 or more and 10 for the Niners. Jason Myers had a bad day, etc. It happens. (Note that Myers didn't get any raze off that performance, while Darnold's less-than-perfect days, even with a win and maybe an amazing comeback, are scrutinized to the hilt.)
The Hawks will win. Go Hawks!
Who is likely to have more turnovers? Purdy or SD?
Football talk is so QB centric but it is funny. I think Purdy is much more likely to have more TOs for the simple reason I bet he will be asked to do more than SD.
... and BP will be throwing into a very talented secondary while ducking away from a devastating D-Line.
And the crowd will be ruthless on top of it too.
I'm excited. This could get ugly in a good way.
On the other side, I am just not worried about SD. I think he will play ok to good. I just have a hard time seeing him play bad. I don't know maybe I'm looking through rose colored glasses.
I am starting to get the feeling that this is going to be a large win for the Seahawks.
Football starts with the trenches. Nothing else matters until that equation is solved. If its even then you can move onto skill positions. I don't see this as even. The Seahawks defensive line will shut down the run and leave Purdy to make plays. Maybe they make some here and there but I struggle to see consistency.
On offense, I don't see the Niners stopping the run. Even though the Eagles lost, they still ran on them. Now the Hawks are coming in rested (Cross a couple extra weeks) and at home in the playoffs where the juices will be flowing? Physical mismatch.
This game reminds me of a college football mismatch. Where an SEC school goes and plays a team that just doesn't have the strength in the trenches to make anything else matter.
So much of football talk is QB centric. And yet, the world still hasn't realized that the Seahawks don't care. I think SD will probably only get about 20-25 passing attempts this game. I don't think he has played well for months and yet he still can. If he has a good game on those limited attempts? This is a 20-point win. If he has an average game ... this is a 10+ point win. And I just don't see him or the Seahawks letting him have a bad game.
Someone talk me off the ledge here, but I am seeing a large win.
My head is thinking about one of the best played and executed football games I have ever seen outside of a Steve Smith punt return. Which of course, is the 2005 NFC Championship Game against the Jake Delhomme Carolina Panthers.
https://youtu.be/tLc46G_Dbv4?si=6p1xicw3V0ZT-8sk
Seahawks won that game 34-14 (and it wasn't even that close). It was a tidal wave of intensity, running the ball, and defense. SD can play like Hasselbeck except hopefully get back to throwing the ball downfield a little more. Hassleeck was 20/28 for 219 yards. Shuan Alexander was 34 carries for 132 yards and Mo Morris went 7 for 24 yards. Can K9 and Charbs go 41 carries for 156 yards? I think so.
Someone tell me I'm crazy.
Go Hawks.
Kendricks seemed to fill the middle of the field nicely against the eagles. Had 10 tackles. Seems to be an upgrade over what they've been trotting out, and that could be an X factor.
As a fan who lived through it for about a decade, I think the 49ers definitely are in the “slow decline zone” where your aging stars either can’t stay on the field or are losing a step. It looks eerily similar to Pete’s teams from about 2015 on. They will blame it on bad luck and injuries (or conspiracy theories) but not acknowledge that even when they are healthy, they have lost a gear. It’s only going to get worse for them.
The good news for us is the Seahawks came out of that same situation and is now a team on the rise.
FaNS COULD SEE THE tALENT pETE AND jOHN BROUGHT HERE. (oops-new keyboaRD) (arghh.) Our frustration was watching them go year after year without proper leading/scheming. Mike has brought us coaching that tells every man on the team that just being here makes them special, THEN goes out and shows them how. It would be ruinous to let a bunch of guys go, once they buy into this sense of Brotherhood. Let injury and aging dictate change. Soon enough, competition will enter the field...
I am in awe of the dazzling insights into the primary cause of the 9ers problems posited by Mr. Sunlight is Life, Peter Cowan.
I too can produce equally as dazzling sights that can benefit the entire league. 82% of the time ANY football team plays Seattle this season on a day that ends with a “Y”, that team loses. That’s a hard fact. The best way to overcome this league-wide problem is to only play Seattle on days that end with different letter.
That’s just science.
(Suck it, Mr. Sunshine is Life.)