I like that Coach Mac is able to be more involved in 'buying the groceries' this year, now that he's settled in, and has his coaching staff in place. Almost everything they added via FA last year was a whiff, largely because they just didn't fit what the Seahawks now needed. Transition years are difficult. I'm sure Coach Mac had his doubts early on with the two LB's and Jenkins, but to his credit, gave them every opportunity.
Hopefully now that the coaching staff has Vulcan mind melded with the personnel folks, the batting average on new acquisitions will be much better. Same for draft picks, fingers crossed. The only guy that I felt that Coach Mac felt strongly about in the draft last year was Knight, and that proved to be a pretty good pick......probably the best overall value pick that they made.
JS could create a ton of cap space now if he needs it. Redo some deals, an extension or two, and cutting the obvious players......with the new cap going up so much, he can have quite a bit of cash in his pocket if he needs it. I don't expect him to be at the front of the line in FA......he almost never is.......but he might have a move or two earlier than usual at key spots.
Great point about Knight. He and Barner were the most productive picks of 2024, especially considering position. There doesn’t appear to be any buyer’s remorse re Murphy. Hopefully, he will come into his own this year.
I’m with you. Nobody said this game is easy, and MM himself says that Murphy’s minutes got limited because Williams played so brilliantly. Seattle will not regret drafting Murphy.
Well, maybe Jenkins would prefer to choose his landing spot and have his agent tell them he;ll renegotiate the contract for what he is worth, which is vet minimum, but at least he might end up where he wants to be, and we'd get "future considerations" or a 7th rounder conditional on him making the team. But it's not likely, as you say. And, sure, lots of other guys on the fringe's or not worthy of their salary. Jones did play better as the season wore on, but guys don't usually take a pay cut, but it happens. I think Tyler would like to end his career here, and might take vet minimum over what they owe him whether he plays or not, and that is partly due to the team restructuring his contract to push cap forward. Maybe he wants more than vet minimum, but not a massive payday, either, because who values him more than the Hawks? Maybe a KC would take him. His hands are still some of the best in the business. Hard to say. It's a business, but he's family.
Tyler Lockett is basically set for life as the Seahawks official real estate/housing broker for all NFL players that come to the PNW. Hope he doesn’t retire but hey he has spoken a lot in the past about he has “plans” for after football.
I never think of future scenarios of what the hawks might will do in the future. Found that interesting I really did. Keeping up on the new “core” almost blue chip players etc.
However one thing I will state though I do not agree with you on whether Lockett comes back next year, even if he takes a vet minimum. That’s what I believe will happen, he will retire a seahawk and he’s the unspoken TRUE leader of that team. Unless he retires and he ain’t gonna do that he’s still got plenty left. He’s also a licensed realtor so he’s also a businessman. Team friendly deal 2more prime years for Tyler.
I think letting Geno find out what he can get on the market is a great idea. I think 30 mill will be tops , if that. Safford would look great in a Hawk uniform and Geno will look good in Silver and Black.
I think the Hawks could save 50 mill plus by getting rid of the dead weight. That could bring in the players they need to improve the OL, TE and LB.
Y'know, I imagine it must be worse to find oneself not quite good enough than to discover you just can't make the cut.
I am reminded these are human beings, young men in the prime of their life, with extraordinary athletic gifts simply to be in the conversation.
This has to hurt for them. I mean, yeah, they get paid, but that's not everything.
So good luck to all of them, the guys that wash out of the league and the guys who hang on for another season, and that rare lucky fellow who ends up in just the right situation and shines.
Same. I didn't go to Starbucks very often prior to the sellout as I didn't like their coffee and the cost. However, I haven't spent money there since, even when meeting people there, I order nothing. I also haven't watched one second of an NBA game either.
Haha … yes. I love that. I get that it doesn’t make sense to other people and I don’t try to influence other people. Just a personal thing … I don’t spend money at Starbucks. Part of my code.
I do watch the NBA though, as I put the sonics blame mostly on Howard Schultz’ shoulders.
David Stern, may he rot in hell, was a huge part of the theft with his Oklahoma buddies. Also, the pro game was getting a lot less interesting for me, so easy to stop.
True enough. However, I was at a fundraiser years ago where he and Magic Johnson were the key speakers. The two of them had partnered to create a positive impact on minority communities through jobs and education. He was a very impressive speaker without any notes or teleprompter assistance. His evolution has been ugly and in line with the kind of wealth growth that happens to people.
What I love about SSJ is that I'll take off my sarcasm hat that I swiftly put on whenever I read something about someone I have prior dislike for. Such as: "he partnered to create a positive impact on minority communities" or so forth. I just want to scream. "but that's fake gobbledy gook!" Here I take you at your word that he seemed like a good man. My gut reaction is that billionaires can spend an evening or even donate a millionor few dollars to something that seems good, for the betterment of their image and future endeavors. On Twitter/X or Reddit years back, I'd have probaby said something snarky, and that gets conversation nowhere. One of my 2025 resolutions was to treat every public space online like this one.
I don't hate billionaires. I really don't. The world needs them, as weird as it is to say. Most are creating or innovating *something* that people want in order to be that rich. Some amount of generational wealth or screwing other people over happens along the way (all too often) but I hope Kenneth Arthur becomes a billionaire. And you, Rick, Grant, Doug, Mike, Charile, Rusty, Aggie, Zezin, Mike Mac, and everyone here -and ME becomes a billionaire. As long as that doesn't mean the US dollar has collapsed to the point we are all literally billionaires.
But in a way, we already are. There's not a king or ruler in history who enjoyed what we take for granted. Just a hundred years ago a hot shower was a rare luxury for most around the entire globe. I'm not young at 55, but my mother told me about the "Saturday night bath" when the family would heat water on the stove and fill the bathtub. Once. The order of bathing was oldest to youngest; so my grandma and grandpa would bathe in it, and then their children, and finally the kids got to. The hot shower I take every morning (in a bathroom I wish that I could remodel) would have blown their minds. But they were able to keep the house free of ants and rodents, using traps and poison. Vaccines and antibiotics had been invented so that any toothache (or STD) wouldn't perhaps maim or kill you. Henry VIII could have only wished to be so lucky.
All this to say that that if I hung out with Howard Schultz for an hour, I bet he would come across as an okay guy. And he's a self-made of a rich guy as they come, if memory serves. I still think -and will go to my grave thinking -that selling to a group that was GOING TO move the team to Oklahoma City was a "hate this guy for life" offense. AND I still think that the city should have ponied up $200 million to repair and expand Key Arena. It took a lot of bad moves to make it happen. And it's crazy to think that Ken Behring almost sent the Seahawks to LA.
I spoke of an event that took place in the 90s and long before he was even close to being a billionaire. The work he and Magic were doing was real. I sure didn’t intend to set you off, just sharing my thoughts on the evolution from a community contributor to the evil greedy bigot he became through the extreme wealth growth and the people he associates with now that he’s in a wealth class that only cares about protecting their wealth. A trivial fact about Seattle that you may find interesting is there were 80 local billionaires in the year 2000. Schulz wasn’t one of them.
I am not & never have been impressed by wealth. I have an ex who hid “our” growing bank accounts for years while becoming more abusive by the dollar. I could see for myself the ugly side of wealth and I walked away with a very small share of the total.
I'm not sure that any amount of money alone can turn someone good into a bad person. But maybe I've just never had enough to find out! I'm sure that"being on every Fobes list" level-rich requires making decisions that your prior self would not have. And my apologies for assuming that the event you attened was post-Schultz becoming wealthy.
No, it just lowered the mask. The obsession to hide the money was to protect it. He knew I would reach the point where I wasn’t going to continue being abused. Mean people use cruelty to keep people from getting too close and seeing what frauds they are.
I like that Coach Mac is able to be more involved in 'buying the groceries' this year, now that he's settled in, and has his coaching staff in place. Almost everything they added via FA last year was a whiff, largely because they just didn't fit what the Seahawks now needed. Transition years are difficult. I'm sure Coach Mac had his doubts early on with the two LB's and Jenkins, but to his credit, gave them every opportunity.
Hopefully now that the coaching staff has Vulcan mind melded with the personnel folks, the batting average on new acquisitions will be much better. Same for draft picks, fingers crossed. The only guy that I felt that Coach Mac felt strongly about in the draft last year was Knight, and that proved to be a pretty good pick......probably the best overall value pick that they made.
JS could create a ton of cap space now if he needs it. Redo some deals, an extension or two, and cutting the obvious players......with the new cap going up so much, he can have quite a bit of cash in his pocket if he needs it. I don't expect him to be at the front of the line in FA......he almost never is.......but he might have a move or two earlier than usual at key spots.
Great point about Knight. He and Barner were the most productive picks of 2024, especially considering position. There doesn’t appear to be any buyer’s remorse re Murphy. Hopefully, he will come into his own this year.
I think he will. Great kid. Just needs some coaching up and practice.
I’m with you. Nobody said this game is easy, and MM himself says that Murphy’s minutes got limited because Williams played so brilliantly. Seattle will not regret drafting Murphy.
Well, maybe Jenkins would prefer to choose his landing spot and have his agent tell them he;ll renegotiate the contract for what he is worth, which is vet minimum, but at least he might end up where he wants to be, and we'd get "future considerations" or a 7th rounder conditional on him making the team. But it's not likely, as you say. And, sure, lots of other guys on the fringe's or not worthy of their salary. Jones did play better as the season wore on, but guys don't usually take a pay cut, but it happens. I think Tyler would like to end his career here, and might take vet minimum over what they owe him whether he plays or not, and that is partly due to the team restructuring his contract to push cap forward. Maybe he wants more than vet minimum, but not a massive payday, either, because who values him more than the Hawks? Maybe a KC would take him. His hands are still some of the best in the business. Hard to say. It's a business, but he's family.
Tyler Lockett is basically set for life as the Seahawks official real estate/housing broker for all NFL players that come to the PNW. Hope he doesn’t retire but hey he has spoken a lot in the past about he has “plans” for after football.
I never think of future scenarios of what the hawks might will do in the future. Found that interesting I really did. Keeping up on the new “core” almost blue chip players etc.
However one thing I will state though I do not agree with you on whether Lockett comes back next year, even if he takes a vet minimum. That’s what I believe will happen, he will retire a seahawk and he’s the unspoken TRUE leader of that team. Unless he retires and he ain’t gonna do that he’s still got plenty left. He’s also a licensed realtor so he’s also a businessman. Team friendly deal 2more prime years for Tyler.
I think letting Geno find out what he can get on the market is a great idea. I think 30 mill will be tops , if that. Safford would look great in a Hawk uniform and Geno will look good in Silver and Black.
I think the Hawks could save 50 mill plus by getting rid of the dead weight. That could bring in the players they need to improve the OL, TE and LB.
Y'know, I imagine it must be worse to find oneself not quite good enough than to discover you just can't make the cut.
I am reminded these are human beings, young men in the prime of their life, with extraordinary athletic gifts simply to be in the conversation.
This has to hurt for them. I mean, yeah, they get paid, but that's not everything.
So good luck to all of them, the guys that wash out of the league and the guys who hang on for another season, and that rare lucky fellow who ends up in just the right situation and shines.
Every season is tryouts for the players.
I don't feel too bad for them. I would have killed just to be good enough to don a Seahawks jersey for practice one time....
"Jordan Schultz, the NFL insider who bought all of his sources through his dad Howard, the Starbucks owner who moved the Sonics to Oklahoma."
And haven't spent money at Starbucks since. Howard Schultz the "keeper of the public trust". Talk about a lie and a sham.
Same. I didn't go to Starbucks very often prior to the sellout as I didn't like their coffee and the cost. However, I haven't spent money there since, even when meeting people there, I order nothing. I also haven't watched one second of an NBA game either.
Haha … yes. I love that. I get that it doesn’t make sense to other people and I don’t try to influence other people. Just a personal thing … I don’t spend money at Starbucks. Part of my code.
I do watch the NBA though, as I put the sonics blame mostly on Howard Schultz’ shoulders.
David Stern, may he rot in hell, was a huge part of the theft with his Oklahoma buddies. Also, the pro game was getting a lot less interesting for me, so easy to stop.
NBA is unwatchable at this point.
Yeah … That’s a good point
I just came here to say that I love your (sports fan appropriate) pettiness against the Schultz family in the first paragraph.
Crazy to think how he could have been a beloved man in the Seattle area.
True enough. However, I was at a fundraiser years ago where he and Magic Johnson were the key speakers. The two of them had partnered to create a positive impact on minority communities through jobs and education. He was a very impressive speaker without any notes or teleprompter assistance. His evolution has been ugly and in line with the kind of wealth growth that happens to people.
What I love about SSJ is that I'll take off my sarcasm hat that I swiftly put on whenever I read something about someone I have prior dislike for. Such as: "he partnered to create a positive impact on minority communities" or so forth. I just want to scream. "but that's fake gobbledy gook!" Here I take you at your word that he seemed like a good man. My gut reaction is that billionaires can spend an evening or even donate a millionor few dollars to something that seems good, for the betterment of their image and future endeavors. On Twitter/X or Reddit years back, I'd have probaby said something snarky, and that gets conversation nowhere. One of my 2025 resolutions was to treat every public space online like this one.
I don't hate billionaires. I really don't. The world needs them, as weird as it is to say. Most are creating or innovating *something* that people want in order to be that rich. Some amount of generational wealth or screwing other people over happens along the way (all too often) but I hope Kenneth Arthur becomes a billionaire. And you, Rick, Grant, Doug, Mike, Charile, Rusty, Aggie, Zezin, Mike Mac, and everyone here -and ME becomes a billionaire. As long as that doesn't mean the US dollar has collapsed to the point we are all literally billionaires.
But in a way, we already are. There's not a king or ruler in history who enjoyed what we take for granted. Just a hundred years ago a hot shower was a rare luxury for most around the entire globe. I'm not young at 55, but my mother told me about the "Saturday night bath" when the family would heat water on the stove and fill the bathtub. Once. The order of bathing was oldest to youngest; so my grandma and grandpa would bathe in it, and then their children, and finally the kids got to. The hot shower I take every morning (in a bathroom I wish that I could remodel) would have blown their minds. But they were able to keep the house free of ants and rodents, using traps and poison. Vaccines and antibiotics had been invented so that any toothache (or STD) wouldn't perhaps maim or kill you. Henry VIII could have only wished to be so lucky.
All this to say that that if I hung out with Howard Schultz for an hour, I bet he would come across as an okay guy. And he's a self-made of a rich guy as they come, if memory serves. I still think -and will go to my grave thinking -that selling to a group that was GOING TO move the team to Oklahoma City was a "hate this guy for life" offense. AND I still think that the city should have ponied up $200 million to repair and expand Key Arena. It took a lot of bad moves to make it happen. And it's crazy to think that Ken Behring almost sent the Seahawks to LA.
I spoke of an event that took place in the 90s and long before he was even close to being a billionaire. The work he and Magic were doing was real. I sure didn’t intend to set you off, just sharing my thoughts on the evolution from a community contributor to the evil greedy bigot he became through the extreme wealth growth and the people he associates with now that he’s in a wealth class that only cares about protecting their wealth. A trivial fact about Seattle that you may find interesting is there were 80 local billionaires in the year 2000. Schulz wasn’t one of them.
I am not & never have been impressed by wealth. I have an ex who hid “our” growing bank accounts for years while becoming more abusive by the dollar. I could see for myself the ugly side of wealth and I walked away with a very small share of the total.
I'm not sure that any amount of money alone can turn someone good into a bad person. But maybe I've just never had enough to find out! I'm sure that"being on every Fobes list" level-rich requires making decisions that your prior self would not have. And my apologies for assuming that the event you attened was post-Schultz becoming wealthy.
No, it just lowered the mask. The obsession to hide the money was to protect it. He knew I would reach the point where I wasn’t going to continue being abused. Mean people use cruelty to keep people from getting too close and seeing what frauds they are.