After this Season

[Seahawk_Dan]

I think the team should let go of Schneider and bring in Scot McCloughan. Formerly with the team between 2010-2013, it's been argued that he was the real master mind behind a lot of the talent that Seattle brought in during the LOB era. Not to mention every team he has subsequently gone too has had huge success with drafting and developing offensive line players, something that Schneider as consonantly failed at his entire time with the team.

McCloughan left the NFL, at least Front office work, due to battling with alcoholism but has maintained a scouting agency. If he's sober, willing, and still has the drive for it, I think he is and would be a much better talent evaluator than Schneider. I think JS is too far gone and not going to make the necessary free agent grabs or more importantly, draft picks to keep this team afloat.

 

[pittpnthrs]

I think the team should let go of Schneider and bring in Scot McCloughan. Formerly with the team between 2010-2013, it's been argued that he was the real master mind behind a lot of the talent that Seattle brought in during the LOB era. Not to mention every team he has subsequently gone too has had huge success with drafting and developing offensive line players, something that Schneider as consonantly failed at his entire time with the team.

McCloughan left the NFL, at least Front office work, due to battling with alcoholism but has maintained a scouting agency. If he's sober, willing, and still has the drive for it, I think he is and would be a much better talent evaluator than Schneider. I think JS is too far gone and not going to make the necessary free agent grabs or more importantly, draft picks to keep this team afloat.

I'm all for it.

 

[Shane Falco]

I'd be for it too or going after someone else. I doubt Jody is going to get rid of John after just one season on his own. But who knows, they are expected to win now I think.

 

[Aircrew]

McCloughan was/is a brilliant football mind, I'd be all for it provided his demons are behind him.

 

[Seahawk_Dan]

McCloughan was/is a brilliant football mind, I'd be all for it provided his demons are behind him.

Agreed. I think JS is stuck in this cycle of the team just needs indefinite patches and plug in players, considering it's a team, culture, and philosophy that has his fingerprints all over it. Admitting that it's a failure would say that he's a failure.

McCloughan, with no attachments to the team and player currently, would be the cutthroat and wheeler and dealer the team needs right now to really come off fresh.

I honestly think JS is a reason why McD is failing. Yes, the coach has his own inadequacies that he needs to fix, but having a long time GM paired with a brand new coach can lead to conflicts on what each need and what, with JS giving McD the pieces he already bought, traded, and drafted and said, "Make it work". Considering it's being speculated that Grubb was a JS choice and not a McD choice, this is already cramping the coaching staff to work with nothing.

 

[MORGULON]

I may be the only one in disagreement but I want JS to have another off season or two. This team is actually the last of the PC era minus this draft and free agent additions.
Like someone said above , this is JS show on his own for the first time etc..

I know the last couple of years were 9-8 , that doesn't mean MM takes THESE particular players and go to the SB. He needs his guys , whether it's offense or defense. I have confidence . I could be out of my mind and completely wrong but I just have a feeling it will come together at some point .

 

[MORGULON]

McCloughan was/is a brilliant football mind, I'd be all for it provided his demons are behind him.

That's the thing with alcohol and drugs. You just never know when it's going to raise its ugly head. You're talking about putting him in charge of a billion dollar organization.

Why not bring him in to help?
He is a damn good personnel man.

 

[CouchLogic]

I'm in the replace camp for now, I don't need a few years to know what he can do. Theres a large enough sample size already, I don't need to see anymore.

Honestly, I don't care if they keep him or not at this point. I just want to see some kind of watchable football.

 

[ZagHawk]

John gets the end of next year to show signs of team improvement based on his decision making. The problem is we don't really know it he previous decision making was John or Pete, we really don't. But it is very clear it is his decision making at this point. MM gets 2 years (3 if they change John out at the end of next season).

my 2 cents