ludakrishna":3jxb7tkg said:
What’s being overlooked is the crap drafting and free Pass John Schneider gets. 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 drafts....only two players still on the team. Jaran Reed and Tyler Lockett. That is pathetic. Pete needs to get talent on the team to continue his success...and Schneider failed from 2013-2016 to provide that to Pete. He has done average the last 3 drafts....but his complete stinkers put the team in the position it is in now. Terrible replenishment of talent through the draft.
Yeah, this team is in a horrible position. 8-4 and control their destiny for an NFC West Championship as well as a 9th trip to the playoffs in Petes 11 years. Other than NE, give me one other team that has shown consistency like the Seahawks! FYI, the draft is not the only means for player acquisition. I would be interested to see statistics on the overall quality of the 2013, 14, 15, 16 drafts before absolutely bashing Pete and John for their drafting. Did they make some mistakes? Sure. Name a team that hasn't made a drafting mistake.
As far as replacing Pete...absolutely not! Who?! Who is going to be able to match his success? There are no guarantees on coaching success. Pete is the closest guarantee we have. Every damn year there are hot coaching prospects. Most of them are fired within 2-3 years. Hot coaching prospects are much the same as hot draft prospects. There are duds and busts every year in draft prospects as well as coaching prospects. If you really hate the idea of winning more games than you lose with an almost guarantee of the playoffs every year, then by all means get rid of his ass but be prepared for the very real possibility that these Seahawks might not see another winning season for a few years, might not sniff the playoffs for awhile and as sure as hell won't be competing for a Super Bowl.
The playoffs are a completely new season every year. A team cannot compete for a Super Bowl if it doesn't first make the playoffs. Who hasn't heard the mantra that "anything can happen in the playoffs"? Playoff time becomes a time of which team is healthy, which team gets hot, and which team gets a little luck. Rarely do we go into a playoff season with an absolute lock to win it all.
My advice to all of the "fire Pete" crowd...quit looking at the style and start looking at the substance. If they don't win the way you want them to, then just appreciate that they win more than they lose. I want them to win the Super Bowl this year for more reasons than before. One of them is to silence the "fire Pete" crowd. Now that would be a sweet win.