I can see how people think this year is done.
The Hawks are 3-5 with two tough games coming up.
There are very specific reasons why I think the Hawks are going to turn this thing around... It's not blind optimism..
1. They have been in position to win all of the lost games except one. This means they are competitive and they are just missing... There is a fine line of winning close games and losing close games . last year they were wining the close games this year not so much... What this tells me is that the team hasn't settled in yet. You can see the improvement in the D the last 3 games they are getting better.
2. They had some problems at corner. the FA they signed in the off season didn't work out like they thought... Getting Tre Brown back from injury was a Key... Jones is playing much better as he is learning the D and is becoming effective... it remains to be seen how Austin is progressing so we really don't know what the depth looks like but i think the coaching has been good in the secondary or we wouldn't see an improvement...Its clear that Carroll is gaining confidence in this group as we are seeing more man D, were seeing better disguised coverages
3. I think the D line is starting to come alive... we are starting to see more sacks and pressures from this D line.. we are seeing batted balls at the line and the run D has been improving as the jags have a good running game and the Hawks just shut them down cold... This really helps the secondary.. the D is starting to play together in this scheme. again the coaching is a key element here it's really been good.
4. Carroll made a choice to play the young linebackers Brooks and Taylor... It's been an adjustment for them in coverage... but they are starting to pick it up and understand their role better in this scheme... again good coaching just some growing pains in general for this group in certain area's..
5. I don't feel the O has been able to gain much continuity... we need to see better play at center, we need the O line to be healthy, I think coming off the win from the jags going into the Bye.. it going to give the O line a chance to get healthy going into the GB game that is going to be key...
6. I think losing Russ was a very bad thing... But I do have to say that I think it was unreasonable to expect Geno to come in lights out... bad call on my part I missed that one... He hasn't played much since 2014 and I had forgotten that he got hurt in pre season and missed all of it...
I think Geno is going to be ok... I saw some Russ like throws that were VERY accurate into tight coverage... I think Geno has been managing games effectively and growing in his role nicely... they just need to get on top of the sacks, the delay of game penalties and Geno needs to prove he can bring this team back and make that game winning drive when it counts... I feel confident that will happen as I think Carroll is doing a nice job managing Geno by not expecting him to do more than he is able building him slowly... Great coaching job!!
Its going to be an up hill battle the Hawks have dug them selves a hole...Now they just need to take one game at a time and work out of it...They have done it before under Carroll there is no reason why they can't do it again... People think Carroll has lost the lockers room because of a 3-5 start but nothing could be further than the truth... People think that the Seahawks have poor coaching but nothing could be further from the truth... It will be great coaching that will pull this team out of this hole...
Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers in Green bay is going to be an extremely tough game to win... But these types of games is what Carroll lives for... really... this is the pinnacle of what Carroll prepares his team for... as of this point it's the biggest game of the year and a win here would be the factor that pulls this team into a big run of wins...
Can they do it? I don't know..
Conventional wisdom says no.. but the thing is Pete Carroll has NEVER been conventional... It's going to be a great bench mark to see where this team is at...I wouldn't bet against them...
LTH
The Hawks are 3-5 with two tough games coming up.
There are very specific reasons why I think the Hawks are going to turn this thing around... It's not blind optimism..
1. They have been in position to win all of the lost games except one. This means they are competitive and they are just missing... There is a fine line of winning close games and losing close games . last year they were wining the close games this year not so much... What this tells me is that the team hasn't settled in yet. You can see the improvement in the D the last 3 games they are getting better.
2. They had some problems at corner. the FA they signed in the off season didn't work out like they thought... Getting Tre Brown back from injury was a Key... Jones is playing much better as he is learning the D and is becoming effective... it remains to be seen how Austin is progressing so we really don't know what the depth looks like but i think the coaching has been good in the secondary or we wouldn't see an improvement...Its clear that Carroll is gaining confidence in this group as we are seeing more man D, were seeing better disguised coverages
3. I think the D line is starting to come alive... we are starting to see more sacks and pressures from this D line.. we are seeing batted balls at the line and the run D has been improving as the jags have a good running game and the Hawks just shut them down cold... This really helps the secondary.. the D is starting to play together in this scheme. again the coaching is a key element here it's really been good.
4. Carroll made a choice to play the young linebackers Brooks and Taylor... It's been an adjustment for them in coverage... but they are starting to pick it up and understand their role better in this scheme... again good coaching just some growing pains in general for this group in certain area's..
5. I don't feel the O has been able to gain much continuity... we need to see better play at center, we need the O line to be healthy, I think coming off the win from the jags going into the Bye.. it going to give the O line a chance to get healthy going into the GB game that is going to be key...
6. I think losing Russ was a very bad thing... But I do have to say that I think it was unreasonable to expect Geno to come in lights out... bad call on my part I missed that one... He hasn't played much since 2014 and I had forgotten that he got hurt in pre season and missed all of it...
I think Geno is going to be ok... I saw some Russ like throws that were VERY accurate into tight coverage... I think Geno has been managing games effectively and growing in his role nicely... they just need to get on top of the sacks, the delay of game penalties and Geno needs to prove he can bring this team back and make that game winning drive when it counts... I feel confident that will happen as I think Carroll is doing a nice job managing Geno by not expecting him to do more than he is able building him slowly... Great coaching job!!
Its going to be an up hill battle the Hawks have dug them selves a hole...Now they just need to take one game at a time and work out of it...They have done it before under Carroll there is no reason why they can't do it again... People think Carroll has lost the lockers room because of a 3-5 start but nothing could be further than the truth... People think that the Seahawks have poor coaching but nothing could be further from the truth... It will be great coaching that will pull this team out of this hole...
Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers in Green bay is going to be an extremely tough game to win... But these types of games is what Carroll lives for... really... this is the pinnacle of what Carroll prepares his team for... as of this point it's the biggest game of the year and a win here would be the factor that pulls this team into a big run of wins...
Can they do it? I don't know..
Conventional wisdom says no.. but the thing is Pete Carroll has NEVER been conventional... It's going to be a great bench mark to see where this team is at...I wouldn't bet against them...
LTH
