Hawks Coach Sean Desai Hired by Eagles, Per Pete Carroll

[Jville]

After offers from multiple teams, Seattle Seahawks associate head coach and defensive assistant Sean Desai has officially been hired by the Philadelphia Eagles to be their next defensive coordinator. The source? Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, who told reporters in an off-podium media session at the NFL Combine on Tuesday that Desai has landed the job.

https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/new...eagles-defense-hired-pete-carroll-nfl-combine

 

[Mizak]

That means the defense might be the same last season.

 

[Jville]

That means the defense might be the same last season.

I'm thinking it more likely means they will build on and evolve from last year. And there are a lot of personnel changes in the making.

 

[Jerhawk]

What a blow to the organization.

It's unfathomable and unforgivable that the team chose Clint Hurtt over Desai.

With each passing day, Carroll's control on this team falters. What a shame to allow this to happen.

I'm disheartened and angry. Good luck in Philly brotha, you will be missed.

 

[sutz]

Not sure he was here long enough to really be "missed."

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

We still don’t really know who “ran” this defense…

One could say, it is Clint Hurtt but what Carroll said sounds like Desai has some say in things.

Clint Hurtt as we said here chose the 3-4 defense and it didn’t work but what we don’t know is, if the principles and schemes ran by Hurtt clashed with what Desai wanted. And maybe that’s why it didn’t work? And maybe that’s why Carroll wanted or opt to keep Hurtt.

We honestly don’t know and can only speculate.

I’m not surprised Desai left, honestly, I was surprised when Seattle picked up Desai to begin with.

Maybe it’s for the best and we shall see who really holds the reins on the defense if it is proven to be Hurtt.

And if Hurtt blows again this year than bring in another talented coach the following year.

There are talented defensive coaches out there and we’ll just have to snag one.

 

[Maelstrom787]

What a blow to the organization.

It's unfathomable and unforgivable that the team chose Clint Hurtt over Desai.

With each passing day, Carroll's control on this team falters. What a shame to allow this to happen.

I'm disheartened and angry. Good luck in Philly brotha, you will be missed.

This seems kind of crazy to say without a deeper understanding of the organizational dynamics of the team. We simply don't have enough information to make this kind of declaration.

Desai's been known to run that 2 man front everyone hates here. Penny gashed the Bears for almost 200 when he was their DC.

 

[Jville]

What a blow to the organization.

It's unfathomable and unforgivable that the team chose Clint Hurtt over Desai.

With each passing day, Carroll's control on this team falters. What a shame to allow this to happen.

I'm disheartened and angry. Good luck in Philly brotha, you will be missed.

As I recall, the chronological order was ...... Hurtt promoted to defensive coordinator and given "full autonomy". Desai and Karl Scott were brought in for Hurtt's first year as DC in 2022.

Desai got caught without a gig when the music stopped during last years coaching equivalent of musical chairs. Creating a position for Desai was a class act by the Seahawk organization.

Much thanks to Desai for his 2022 contributions and best wishes for his next endeavor with the Eagles.

 

[getnasty]

Not sure he was here long enough to really be "missed."

Or that the defense was anything to right home about.

 

[sutz]

Or that the defense was anything to right home about.

"write"

 

[Mike D in 332]

Thank you Sean Desai for your contribution to the Seattle Seahawks during your time here I wish you the best of success in your new position except when we’re playing you, let’s continue to keep a great relationship

 

[nwHawk]

Thank you Sean Desai for your contribution to the Seattle Seahawks during your time here I wish you the best of success in your new position except when we’re playing you, let’s continue to keep a great relationship

Bump

 

[balakoth]

What a blow to the organization.

It's unfathomable and unforgivable that the team chose Clint Hurtt over Desai.

With each passing day, Carroll's control on this team falters. What a shame to allow this to happen.

I'm disheartened and angry. Good luck in Philly brotha, you will be missed.

How was it a blow? Our defense wasn't special and what do you know of what role he had in anything.. and if he did.. it sure wasn't a great result

 

[Polk738]

Honestly IMO, the more people they clear out that had anything to do with that garbage "Fangio" scheme the better, if you look at some of the worst defenses in the league this past season IE, Lions, Vikings, Chargers, they all had coordinators from Fangios tree, I really don't understand the obsession with Sean Desai.

 

[Appyhawk]

PC has always had a penchant for therapists and motivators. I think Desai's main function was in that capacity as compared to an actual technique and/or x and o scheme coach.

 

[WmHBonney]

Honestly IMO, the more people they clear out that had anything to do with that garbage "Fangio" scheme the better, if you look at some of the worst defenses in the league this past season IE, Lions, Vikings, Chargers, they all had coordinators from Fangios tree, I really don't understand the obsession with Sean Desai.

This is how I feel. It's not like we're losing Dan Quinn. I think we should have dumped more than one coach from the defense.

 

[Lagartixa]

Yeah, I don't "get" thanking Desai for his possible contributions to a not-good defense in which we don't really know exactly what his role was.

Either Desai was "contributing" significantly, and so he's partially responsible for the 2022 Seahawks defense (and I don't see any Seahawks fans thanking Hurtt for the performance of the 'Hawks defense in 2022), or he wasn't, and in that case, there'd be no reason to thank him even if the result had been good.

 

[hox]

Yeah, I don't "get" thanking Desai for his possible contributions to a not-good defense in which we don't really know exactly what his role was.

Either Desai was "contributing" significantly, and so he's partially responsible for the 2022 Seahawks defense (and I don't see any Seahawks fans thanking Hurtt for the performance of the 'Hawks defense in 2022), or he wasn't, and in that case, there'd be no reason to thank him even if the result had been good.

Desai was largely responsible for coaching the secondary, which was a top 10 unit in key metrics last season even with two starting rookies.

Front seven? Run defense? Ranked 30th. Talent matters here, but Hurtt's scheme and gameday playcalling wasn't good.

 

[Jville]

Desai was largely responsible for coaching the secondary, which was a top 10 unit in key metrics last season even with two starting rookies.

Front seven? Run defense? Ranked 30th. Talent matters here, but Hurtt's scheme and gameday playcalling wasn't good.

Where the notion came from that Desai was the defensive backs coach is a mystery to me. The defensive passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach was and is Karl Scott.

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[hox]

Where the notion came from that Desai was the defensive backs coach is a mystery to me. The defensive passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach was and is Karl Scott.

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He wasn't officially the DB coach with the title, but he worked closely with the DBs and was involved in their development.