johnnyfever
Well-known member
Remember the days of tuning into the hawks just to watch the game without having total confidence we SHOULD win? I would watch the game, and if we were totally sucking I would do other things at the same time. If we were doing well I would pay more attention, but either way there was no huge emotional reaction. I had seen this team do it for decades with some better and some worse.
Then this team did something different, they looked great and capable of more than just making the playoffs. When we lost that game in 2012 I was livid but excited. We finally had a team of young hungry guys who had the fire needed to never give up. Since then I have been much more invested. I am more critical, but also I am more proud. This team has had some absolutely butt kickingly great comebacks.
I guess I became more invested. Does this make me a fair weather fan? Partially I think it does. If the team goes back to 4-12, I wont plan my sunday around it, but I'll still catch the game to see if its worth watching. I have never been and wont be a fan of another team. I realize I am not part of this team and what I think doesnt mean squat to the seahawks organization, but I still cant help myself caring and wanting to point out everything I see that could be done to make the improvements to bring us back to clutch.
I have been watching a slow regression the last 3 years. I could care less what the stats say or our season record, whether we make or dont make the playoffs etc. I'm talking about the actual football being played and the strategy being implemented on the field. We dont look like a team capable of winning it all. We have coaches that more and more are proving themselves inadequate to make adjustments to improve. This is a competetive league and you have to adjust to the competition if you want to win. I just dont see us doing that.
I hope there is a big shakeup in the coaches (not pete or john, talking supporting staff) this offseason. I also hope they go younger again. We have some great young talent we have brought in this year. We have a great quarterback, great general manager and head coach, awesome owner, some key guys with quite a few years left (baldwin, thomas, wagner KJ etc). We can build and fill in around these guys and have that younger player hunger we had.
I just hope we make the necessary changes to stay competetive. I like being worked up on game day. I like caring when we lose. I love seeing them always find a way to win games.
The season isnt over by any means. It hinges on next weeks game. If we lose that game, then it will be time for pete and john too take an honest look at the team and staff and identify what needs to happen to get back to the mantra of always compete. All cards on the table. If we win the rams game, then we have a pretty good chance of making the playoffs, but lets be honest, how many of us in this current state with these coaches who seem to continually trip over their own shadow would put cash on the hawks to bring home another Lombardi.
Dont waste this window with russ and the boys. Get them what they need to succeed.
Then this team did something different, they looked great and capable of more than just making the playoffs. When we lost that game in 2012 I was livid but excited. We finally had a team of young hungry guys who had the fire needed to never give up. Since then I have been much more invested. I am more critical, but also I am more proud. This team has had some absolutely butt kickingly great comebacks.
I guess I became more invested. Does this make me a fair weather fan? Partially I think it does. If the team goes back to 4-12, I wont plan my sunday around it, but I'll still catch the game to see if its worth watching. I have never been and wont be a fan of another team. I realize I am not part of this team and what I think doesnt mean squat to the seahawks organization, but I still cant help myself caring and wanting to point out everything I see that could be done to make the improvements to bring us back to clutch.
I have been watching a slow regression the last 3 years. I could care less what the stats say or our season record, whether we make or dont make the playoffs etc. I'm talking about the actual football being played and the strategy being implemented on the field. We dont look like a team capable of winning it all. We have coaches that more and more are proving themselves inadequate to make adjustments to improve. This is a competetive league and you have to adjust to the competition if you want to win. I just dont see us doing that.
I hope there is a big shakeup in the coaches (not pete or john, talking supporting staff) this offseason. I also hope they go younger again. We have some great young talent we have brought in this year. We have a great quarterback, great general manager and head coach, awesome owner, some key guys with quite a few years left (baldwin, thomas, wagner KJ etc). We can build and fill in around these guys and have that younger player hunger we had.
I just hope we make the necessary changes to stay competetive. I like being worked up on game day. I like caring when we lose. I love seeing them always find a way to win games.
The season isnt over by any means. It hinges on next weeks game. If we lose that game, then it will be time for pete and john too take an honest look at the team and staff and identify what needs to happen to get back to the mantra of always compete. All cards on the table. If we win the rams game, then we have a pretty good chance of making the playoffs, but lets be honest, how many of us in this current state with these coaches who seem to continually trip over their own shadow would put cash on the hawks to bring home another Lombardi.
Dont waste this window with russ and the boys. Get them what they need to succeed.