jammerhawk":3v0sqqf0 said:
The early away start curse as it seemed was really just an excuse for a team not properly totally prepared for the time change. Pete is a better coach than Holmgren, and his teams are more talented, bigger, faster, stronger, and better than any before Pete's arrival. Getting things coached up and the players believing is an annual task as is the job of keeping the core group together. Hats off to the whole organization as they have come back to seize their division.
One game to go, hopefully a nice Christmas present for the 12s, home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
I could buy into this, except for the rest of the league. West Coast teams, overall, are around a 34% winning percentage on the East Coast at a 10 am start time. It's a real thing, and not just indicative of the Seahawks.
I think Pete managed the times a bit better, as well as our style of play. It's not as hard to line up against someone and beat the crap out of them, whereas Holmgren's offense was all timing and precision. Once it was off, it was hard to get right.
As for losing at STL and KC, yea they were early games, but not EST zone. We're talking CST which is an hour earlier. If anything, the game should be slightly easier because you're an hour closer to your own time. I can't remember the last time we blew out STL in their house, and the Chiefs as well are very good at home.
