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Mike McD's avatar

The Zach Allen miss is so painful. He has been great and was great against the Hawks in week 1.

Great write-up.

The leadership questions/comments are interesting. Just in my opinion, J Reed was being a leader. It may not be the most pleasant thing, or it may look bad. But he was holding his teammate accountable. That is what you need/want out of veteran guys. Tom Brady called it right on the broadcast, emotions run high but at the end of the day they will come back together. They came back together and talked it out that game.

I also think there is a bit of a disconnect between the team and some fans. I think that the team and management believe they can beat anyone. That they have the guys here to win. This is not a rebuild or a scouting year, that this is a win now. Not saying the team is right and the fans are wrong, just saying that I think they see the situation differently.

Guys in the locker room like Leo Williams, Spoon, Cross, K9, DK, Geno, Riq ... These guys look around the locker room and have a strong belief that they are that good. So when things don't go their way on the field, they are going to get pissed off and frustrated and yes at times let it boil over when you think the guy hit you out of bounds, down 20 at home, and lose your cool for a second and throw the ball at the other team.

For me, at least Geno cares. The guy wears his emotions on his sleeves and you know he is in the game. When he yells at a guy for not lining up right ... it's because he expects greatness from his teammates. Accountability. Who else played like that? The guy in the booth, Tom Brady. TB12 was as emotional as anyone in football and constantly yelled at his teammates and yes at times it boiled over into personal fouls and yelling matches with the coaches. He is also a great QB. Many ways to lead but I do not have an issue with J Reed and Geno. If it happened every week, like DK to a certain extent, yeah that's an issue. But every once in a while? That's fine that is part of being an alpha.

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Chris H's avatar

I find it difficult to read the many articles and comments about the Seahawks right now. Not this site so much, just generally. Expectations totally out of whack. The coach has lost the locker room. etc, etc, etc

Mike MacDonald has not lost the locker room. The players have not tuned him out. Anyone who does will not be on the field going forward. He will not 'out' his players to the press, as he's very guarded in that respect, which is as it should be. That doesn't mean hard conversations aren't taking place in private, where hard conversations should be taking place.

Even in SSJ's poll of expectations for the Seahawks this year, most of us thought they'd be meh. And guess what? They are meh. As expected (for most of us). In Mike MacDonald's words, where right where we should be.

And don't get me started about Geno, but I'll just say this. You'll have to go pretty far down the list of problems with this team before you get to his name. 'Nuff said.

Non-linear improvement is what we should expect. And even better games can still be losses. The roster needs some changes IMO before we can really get to consistently winning, and that will take at least one offseason.

Try to enjoy the season.

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