The question I'd ask MM is: "will there be any pre-season experimentation moving Grey Zabel and other o-linemen amongst different O-line positions?"
I'm trying to find out if there's a chance they want to see if Zabel is good enough to hold down RT and move Abe "when healthy" Lucas to RG in hopes of putting less strain on his knees.
I live in the UK and see a Seahawks hat every couple weeks. We've also got Rob Staton over in Sheffield probably raising Seahawks prominence. However, the Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguars have more representation. I think half the Giants caps are NY fashion, just like Yankees cap doesn't equal Yankees fan. The Rams don't get any of the LA love, though. If LA is getting fashion love, it's for the Lakers. I couldn't tell you whether we do better than teams like Green Bay or the Vikings or the Raiders. I think locations that Brits travel to influence fandom, so Florida, New York and Vegas should be odds on favourites in the UK.
Seattle's strong Japanese community along with its economic ties to Japan could explain why the prevalence of Seahawk's merchandise in first and secondhand stores in Japan.
In Germany, Legion of Boom Rise in the early 2010's coincided with NFL's reigniting their Europe audience expansion push and Germany, who at every iteration of the NFL in Europe pitches has had many teams(Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, etc), took to it more than most European countries which made our fanbase strong out there. I mean, you watch football for the hits and LOB was laying down the law in the early 2010s. If you are a novice to the game and language in some cases presented a roadblock to understanding the nuances of American football, tuning in and seeing Kam laying people out cold will do wonders for your love of football and the Seahawks in particular!
Personally I'm a Seahawks fan because I got into the NFL as a Nirvana-obssessed teen. In the UK, the NFL got coverage on terrestrial TV (i.e. free to watch, not cable) in the mid 90s when Seattle was more prominent in the media because of grunge.
I was hoping someone would answer along these lines. The Seattle counter-culture aspect is to me very relevant. Whether it's directly through Grunge and literal counter-culture, or just a way to follow US Sports and not pick one of the major markets.
The question I would ask MM, which SSJ alludes to here, would be, “what role do you play as HC on offense, and will it change from your 1st to 2nd year?” Follow-up question, “how does your defensive knowledge and philosophy affect your strategy on offense, and does it get you involved in certain decisions about how to attack other defenses? How much do you get involved during games as you watch how opposing defenses are playing us?”
SSJ says: Clickbait questions "actually has [have] no real purpose or substance other than to attract attention despite the absence of value:" and that's true, but I'm even more offended by the insipid questions asked by the sideline reporter that start "How does it feel to..."
So here's a question for SSJ (and the community). What WOULD you consider a successful season for the Hawks? It would be fun to get a consensus since the majority of the group doesn't seem to think their is much of a chance to get to the Super Bowl, let alone win it.
Full disclosure I am a fan of Drew Lock.IMHO he is a notch above SD.Maybe he is,maybe not.Not the point.Why would oCoach Mac.cut any player off at the knees with a comment than says not even into mini Camp “The starting line set guys, thank you for your service”.
I know he is trying go head off any kind of controversy,just think their had to be a better way go say it without the ridicule.These things always work then selves out,se we shall see.
Worth remembering is that absolutely NOTHING MM says on a radio talk show has anything to do with actual truth, or whatever he might say to players behind closed doors. We like to think we're part of the team and the coach is letting us in on a previously unknown secret, but we're wrong.
yeah, especially now when he's still trying to establish himself, he sees AM710 as a necessary evil - MM's all business and didn't appreciate a "can I generate a QB controversy?" question. AM710 jocks are used to PC "playing the game" - they ask dumb or softball questions, PC gives 200+ word meaningless answers 'til show's over.
Turning "player controversy" molehills into mountains is an AM710 specialty - ie. if you don't like dumb DK off-ball penalties, you're a "DK hater" per Dave Wyman.
They were surprised at MM called out the dumb question and tried to smooth it over by asking a softball about his young son - MM commented on that gear shift too.
I’ll take a crack at the international popularity of the ‘Hawks:
Although the NFL has had internationally televised games for many years, it really started gaining momentum (at least in the countries I’m familiar with) around 2010. So the real surge in NFL popularity happened right around Seattle’s return to the playoffs, and its two Super Bowl appearances. Plus Seattle overseas doesn’t suffer as much from East Coast/West Coast media bias, although since due to this bias they were always underdogs, that added to the appeal I think.
Awesome to have Seahawk fans from Ireland. Wish it was the Hawks playing in Dublin this year. I’ve been there twice. My father’s side of the family came to NY in the late 1800s.
Mine was to Boston via Prince Edward Island. They migrated to Canada during An Gort Mor and eventually worked their way south. I think that another branch came over about the same time as yours.
If the Seahawks have only a 1.6% chance of winning the SB as one fan states, that seems ridiculously low to me. There are 32 NFL teams, so the AVERAGE for a team’s chance of winning should be 3.1%. What’s out of the Seahawks hand this season is injuries. Which is true for all teams. If Lady Luck or divine providence should bless the Seahawks in avoiding major injuries to key players, I can see the Hawks as true contenders. I don’t think they are worse than a top 10 defense and have a very good chance of being a top 5 defense. If Lucas stays healthy, Zabel proves at least average at LG, Olu or Sundell become a good starter and someone steps up at RG, Darnold will succeed in this offensive scheme and K9 will be a difference maker as a RB. That’s a lot of ifs, but we don’t need all of them to win 12 or more games and be a real contender. Vegas has been consistently wrong about the Seahawks by an average of 2.5 games over the past 5 years. The reason they are signing all these old guys is not because they want to win 10 games like last year. It’s because they want to be in the NFC championship game and from there, anything is possible.
3.1% doesn't take into account division competition. Tom Brady has 7 rings partly because New England's division and Tampa's division were consistently among the weakest in the league. With the NFC West being so competitive, I can see why the Super Bowl odds are low. Our chance of winning the division is lower because of 3 strong competitors in division and a tough strength of schedule. Our chance of being a 1 or 2 seed is even lower. Being a 1 or 2 seed is highly correlated with reaching the NFC championship, and therefore highly correlated with reaching the Super Bowl. As much as I dislike it, I think the odds-makers are being reasonable with their estimate.
I believe we’ll win the division. There’s no reason after years of under-projecting the Seahawk’s performance, they finally get it right. The 7.5 wins predicted for the Hawks is likely to be off by at least 2.5 wins and probably 4 to 5 wins.
I think they've got about a 50% chance of winning the division and a slightly better probability of making the playoffs. If they win the division, it could be as a 3 or 4 seed. I think the win total will be 10-12 and agree that Vegas is getting the over/under wrong. If we have a 50% chance of winning the division then our chance of making the playoffs is 50% plus the chance of getting a wildcard berth. Five out of 35 #4 seeds have won the Super Bowl since 1990 (14.29%), however, when we account for there being two #4 seeds, we find that 7.145% #4 seeds have won the superbowl. Two of 35 Super Bowl winners have been #5 seeds and 2 have been #6 seeds since 1990. This is without taking into account the dominance of specific teams. So I think the maximum probability of Super Bowl victory for the Seahawks is about 7.145%. The prediction from Vegas appears to be that we will be a #5 or #6 seed about 56% of the time and #7 or worse 44% of the time. With the volume of changes in the team, I think the odds-makers are being reasonable. I think we are a 3 seed at best, but 4-6 are more likely. I'd be happy to be surprised.
Given the above mentioned odds, I'll settle for the average at 3.1%, maybe up to 5% to win the Super Bowl.
My biggest concern is at quarterback. With our porous offensive line history I am worried Sam Darnold will fail to get the ball out on time. Despite all the criticism of Geno Smith, he played with constant pressure but got the ball off quickly. (I'm sure forcing some poor decisions.)
Fingers crossed, the O=line improves and the new offensive coaches can help make a different and Sam Darnold has time to throw.
The question I'd ask MM is: "will there be any pre-season experimentation moving Grey Zabel and other o-linemen amongst different O-line positions?"
I'm trying to find out if there's a chance they want to see if Zabel is good enough to hold down RT and move Abe "when healthy" Lucas to RG in hopes of putting less strain on his knees.
I live in the UK and see a Seahawks hat every couple weeks. We've also got Rob Staton over in Sheffield probably raising Seahawks prominence. However, the Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguars have more representation. I think half the Giants caps are NY fashion, just like Yankees cap doesn't equal Yankees fan. The Rams don't get any of the LA love, though. If LA is getting fashion love, it's for the Lakers. I couldn't tell you whether we do better than teams like Green Bay or the Vikings or the Raiders. I think locations that Brits travel to influence fandom, so Florida, New York and Vegas should be odds on favourites in the UK.
Still not done with Salk I see. Fascinating the attention one question gets. But whatever floats your boat.
Seattle's strong Japanese community along with its economic ties to Japan could explain why the prevalence of Seahawk's merchandise in first and secondhand stores in Japan.
In Germany, Legion of Boom Rise in the early 2010's coincided with NFL's reigniting their Europe audience expansion push and Germany, who at every iteration of the NFL in Europe pitches has had many teams(Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, etc), took to it more than most European countries which made our fanbase strong out there. I mean, you watch football for the hits and LOB was laying down the law in the early 2010s. If you are a novice to the game and language in some cases presented a roadblock to understanding the nuances of American football, tuning in and seeing Kam laying people out cold will do wonders for your love of football and the Seahawks in particular!
Remember that Nintendo owned the Mariners and the Ms had one of the first Japanese players in mlb.
Personally I'm a Seahawks fan because I got into the NFL as a Nirvana-obssessed teen. In the UK, the NFL got coverage on terrestrial TV (i.e. free to watch, not cable) in the mid 90s when Seattle was more prominent in the media because of grunge.
You made my morning.
I was hoping someone would answer along these lines. The Seattle counter-culture aspect is to me very relevant. Whether it's directly through Grunge and literal counter-culture, or just a way to follow US Sports and not pick one of the major markets.
The question I would ask MM, which SSJ alludes to here, would be, “what role do you play as HC on offense, and will it change from your 1st to 2nd year?” Follow-up question, “how does your defensive knowledge and philosophy affect your strategy on offense, and does it get you involved in certain decisions about how to attack other defenses? How much do you get involved during games as you watch how opposing defenses are playing us?”
... and on this farm he had some wins...
Old McDonald ain’t that old…. Ee i ee i oh!
Coach MacDonald had a team, Seahawks Seahawks Go! And on this team he had some wins...
Ee I ee I oh!
SSJ says: Clickbait questions "actually has [have] no real purpose or substance other than to attract attention despite the absence of value:" and that's true, but I'm even more offended by the insipid questions asked by the sideline reporter that start "How does it feel to..."
So here's a question for SSJ (and the community). What WOULD you consider a successful season for the Hawks? It would be fun to get a consensus since the majority of the group doesn't seem to think their is much of a chance to get to the Super Bowl, let alone win it.
1st Place in the NFC West with 10+ wins, followed by a competitive showing in the playoffs.
Success is 12 or more wins and making the NFC championship game
Eisen is awesome. Salk deserves the negative attention he's manufactured.
Full disclosure I am a fan of Drew Lock.IMHO he is a notch above SD.Maybe he is,maybe not.Not the point.Why would oCoach Mac.cut any player off at the knees with a comment than says not even into mini Camp “The starting line set guys, thank you for your service”.
I know he is trying go head off any kind of controversy,just think their had to be a better way go say it without the ridicule.These things always work then selves out,se we shall see.
Worth remembering is that absolutely NOTHING MM says on a radio talk show has anything to do with actual truth, or whatever he might say to players behind closed doors. We like to think we're part of the team and the coach is letting us in on a previously unknown secret, but we're wrong.
yeah, especially now when he's still trying to establish himself, he sees AM710 as a necessary evil - MM's all business and didn't appreciate a "can I generate a QB controversy?" question. AM710 jocks are used to PC "playing the game" - they ask dumb or softball questions, PC gives 200+ word meaningless answers 'til show's over.
Turning "player controversy" molehills into mountains is an AM710 specialty - ie. if you don't like dumb DK off-ball penalties, you're a "DK hater" per Dave Wyman.
They were surprised at MM called out the dumb question and tried to smooth it over by asking a softball about his young son - MM commented on that gear shift too.
AM710 jocks gonna have to up their game w/MM.
I’ll take a crack at the international popularity of the ‘Hawks:
Although the NFL has had internationally televised games for many years, it really started gaining momentum (at least in the countries I’m familiar with) around 2010. So the real surge in NFL popularity happened right around Seattle’s return to the playoffs, and its two Super Bowl appearances. Plus Seattle overseas doesn’t suffer as much from East Coast/West Coast media bias, although since due to this bias they were always underdogs, that added to the appeal I think.
I’m a member of the Emerald Isle Seahawks FB group. I even have a wool hat!
Is that THE Emerald Isle? That little piece of heaven that fell from out the sky one day?
The very one! We’re just back from ten days in Dublin and County Mayo.
Awesome to have Seahawk fans from Ireland. Wish it was the Hawks playing in Dublin this year. I’ve been there twice. My father’s side of the family came to NY in the late 1800s.
Mine was to Boston via Prince Edward Island. They migrated to Canada during An Gort Mor and eventually worked their way south. I think that another branch came over about the same time as yours.
If the Seahawks have only a 1.6% chance of winning the SB as one fan states, that seems ridiculously low to me. There are 32 NFL teams, so the AVERAGE for a team’s chance of winning should be 3.1%. What’s out of the Seahawks hand this season is injuries. Which is true for all teams. If Lady Luck or divine providence should bless the Seahawks in avoiding major injuries to key players, I can see the Hawks as true contenders. I don’t think they are worse than a top 10 defense and have a very good chance of being a top 5 defense. If Lucas stays healthy, Zabel proves at least average at LG, Olu or Sundell become a good starter and someone steps up at RG, Darnold will succeed in this offensive scheme and K9 will be a difference maker as a RB. That’s a lot of ifs, but we don’t need all of them to win 12 or more games and be a real contender. Vegas has been consistently wrong about the Seahawks by an average of 2.5 games over the past 5 years. The reason they are signing all these old guys is not because they want to win 10 games like last year. It’s because they want to be in the NFC championship game and from there, anything is possible.
3.1% doesn't take into account division competition. Tom Brady has 7 rings partly because New England's division and Tampa's division were consistently among the weakest in the league. With the NFC West being so competitive, I can see why the Super Bowl odds are low. Our chance of winning the division is lower because of 3 strong competitors in division and a tough strength of schedule. Our chance of being a 1 or 2 seed is even lower. Being a 1 or 2 seed is highly correlated with reaching the NFC championship, and therefore highly correlated with reaching the Super Bowl. As much as I dislike it, I think the odds-makers are being reasonable with their estimate.
I believe we’ll win the division. There’s no reason after years of under-projecting the Seahawk’s performance, they finally get it right. The 7.5 wins predicted for the Hawks is likely to be off by at least 2.5 wins and probably 4 to 5 wins.
I think they've got about a 50% chance of winning the division and a slightly better probability of making the playoffs. If they win the division, it could be as a 3 or 4 seed. I think the win total will be 10-12 and agree that Vegas is getting the over/under wrong. If we have a 50% chance of winning the division then our chance of making the playoffs is 50% plus the chance of getting a wildcard berth. Five out of 35 #4 seeds have won the Super Bowl since 1990 (14.29%), however, when we account for there being two #4 seeds, we find that 7.145% #4 seeds have won the superbowl. Two of 35 Super Bowl winners have been #5 seeds and 2 have been #6 seeds since 1990. This is without taking into account the dominance of specific teams. So I think the maximum probability of Super Bowl victory for the Seahawks is about 7.145%. The prediction from Vegas appears to be that we will be a #5 or #6 seed about 56% of the time and #7 or worse 44% of the time. With the volume of changes in the team, I think the odds-makers are being reasonable. I think we are a 3 seed at best, but 4-6 are more likely. I'd be happy to be surprised.
I am a homer, I'll bite.
Given the above mentioned odds, I'll settle for the average at 3.1%, maybe up to 5% to win the Super Bowl.
My biggest concern is at quarterback. With our porous offensive line history I am worried Sam Darnold will fail to get the ball out on time. Despite all the criticism of Geno Smith, he played with constant pressure but got the ball off quickly. (I'm sure forcing some poor decisions.)
Fingers crossed, the O=line improves and the new offensive coaches can help make a different and Sam Darnold has time to throw.