Frustrating Former Seahawks

[Aircrew]

Here's one for us old guys: Nate Odomes.

 

[Hawkinaz]

Rick Mirer
Dan McGwire
Aaron Curry

I second the vote for Dan McGuire I met him one time at Charlie’s Bar and Grill in downtown Bellevue of all the pro athletes I have met/known he is the worst

 

[SeaWolv]

Malik McDowell.

Wasted a high second round pick on a guy who chose not to wear helmet while popping wheelies on a quad on Detroit city streets. SMH

 

[SoulfishHawk]

So, the front office should have known that he was gonna' go do that? ^^^^

 

[Aircrew]

Malik, good one, what a dipsh*t.

Marcus Tubbs. A good player that played well when healthy, but that knee of his and the never successful microfracture surgery. The defense was noticeably better when he was on the field.

 

[Shane Falco]

I don't have guys that I don't like personally, I can easily separate that from football.

But for not living up to expectations, it's gotta be Rick Mirer, we needed a QB desperately.

And Aaron "safest pick in the draft" Curry.

 

[onanygivensunday]

David Hughes and Owen Gill come to mind.

 

[morgulon1]

I wanted so badly for Koren Robinson to be good... alas, it never happened.

Haha .. I still have my old school home Koren Robinson jersey .

 

[WarHawks]

Not former Seahawks, but those dudes throwing salmon at Pike's Place. For the love of God, there's an entire beautiful big city on the water to show, and what does tv always focus on? Guys throwing fish.

 

[AROS]

I wanted so badly for Koren Robinson to be good... alas, it never happened.

I played him once in a basketball game. If he was half as good on the field as he was on that court he would have been a Pro Bowler.

 

[kidhawk]

The Boz

 

[WmHBonney]

So, the front office should have known that he was gonna' go do that? ^^^^

I too, vote for McDowell. The warning signs were there. Other teams heeded them. Our front office did not.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Opinion. NONE of us know what happens behind closed doors.

 

[LeveeBreak]

Aaron Curry, what a punch in the gut he was. How perfect that he was drafted under Tim Ruskell and Jim Mora.

Supposedly the can’t miss pick of the draft. Set us back years but helped end the Russell/Mora fiasco.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

But MOST teams would have taken him at #4. That wasn't because the front office was stupid.

 

[LeveeBreak]

But MOST teams would have taken him at #4. That wasn't because the front office was stupid.

I never said they were stupid…I have and still say they were inept. You are correct that Curry would have gone high in the draft…comment was more about pundit grades…but also helping to build the momentum to bring in a new regime.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I hear ya.

 

[Aircrew]

But MOST teams would have taken him at #4. That wasn't because the front office was stupid.

You're right, everyone had Curry as a "can't miss" type of player. I just think, with the help of hindsight, that it was fitting that Tim and Jim were responsible for drawing the short straw when it came to finding out the hard way about Curry.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

That front office back then was absolutely clueless.
As far as Pete and John, I will never agree that they had any way of knowing that Malik Mcdumba** would go do that crap on his own.

 

[Rat]

I too, vote for McDowell. The warning signs were there. Other teams heeded them. Our front office did not.

Apparently his interviews were horrifically bad. His past issues were more attitude and work ethic rather than a history of making poor decisions, but I guess those red flags are there for a reason. Too bad because his upside was prodigious.

It was an especially frustrating miss because TJ Watt was there with our original pick. In the series of trade downs that eventually led to Malik, we netted the following:

Pick 1(26) to Atlanta for:
1(31) traded to the Niners
3(95) S Lano Hill
7(249) RB Chris Carson

Pick 1(31) to SF for:
2(34) traded to Jacksonville
4(111) S Tedric Thompson

Pick 2(34) to Jacksonville for:
2(35) DT Malik McDowell
6(187) S Mike Tyson

To recap, we turned one pick that could have been Watt into five picks, which we used on Chris Carson, who retired three years ago, two players who never saw the field for us (McDowell, Tyson), and two awful safeties who hurt us more than the two players who never saw the field (Hill, Thompson). More picks doesn't always equal better.