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I'm not sure why people insist on calling the wins against Carolina, Houston, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay "Luck".
Luck is by definition: "good fortune; advantage or success, considered as the result of chance".
It's the word "chance" that we can clearly see that luck doesn't have as much to do with our victories or our record as some may think. Think about it.
1) Carolina: Williams has a gut wrenching fumble deep in the Red Zone and the Panthers end up losing. Luck or not? To me, luck would be a muffed punt, or Williams running and the ball slipping out. But it's called a "forced" fumble for a reason. It is a practiced and rehearsed skill. Just because it happened in a key moment and had game altering impact doesn't make it "lucky". ET and Sherm executed on a practiced skill and it worked. Luck?
2) Texans: Sea worked hard to claw back in the game. Many think Schaub "threw the game away", he "gave the hawks a gift", again, the "Hawks got lucky." In multiple interviews following the game Sherman talked about scouting, practicing, and being PREPARED for that very play. It was a rehearsed and practiced skill. Just because it happened in a key moment doesn't make it lucky. They were ready for that play because they had worked, scouted, studied, and saw it coming. Luck?
3) St. Louis: I'm not sure a goal line stand can be called "lucky". Luck would have been a bad snap, a mis-step out of bounds...... 5 plays inside the 6 yard line? If you don't think that was earned then you've never played the game. Period.
4) Tampa Bay: Outplaying a team 27-3 over 2.5 quarters is luck? The Bucs tried everything. They had nothing to lose. Onside kicks, Tebow jump passes.......they threw everything they had and caught us with our guard down. We were at home. We were playing a winless team. We came out soft and you could see it. But from that moment with about 3 min left in the half, the Hawks started playing good football. By the end of the game we had more yards, better 3rd down percentage, and most importantly more points. We won despite losing the turnover battle 3 - 0. What was "lucky" about it? It was earned IMO. They dug down and believed and they fought back in the 2nd half and won the game. It was not handed to them in any way.
I suppose what I'm saying is that this idea of getting "lucky" just doesn't hold water. The Seahawks played flat the last two weeks. They have injuries but so does every other team in the entire league. I just don't get the "lucky" part.
If someone can show me a game that we've won this year that had nothing to do with practiced skills and being ready for an opponent then I'd gladly change my point of view. But why are people so upset about winning "badly".
Now here's the mind blowing part.
This team has been BUILT on lower touted players with the "no one believes in me" attitude. Aside from a few, our core all had dings coming out of the draft or weren't on anyone's radar at all! Too small, too whatever......... Why is it shocking or "lucky" that a group of men used to fighting for what they want is able to gut out these types of wins? Why would we think that a group of young men who have fought their entire football careers would not be capable of fighting through temporary adversity? It's not luck at all. It's who they are. It fits with amazing beauty the exact DNA of the men that have been assembled this year. The mantra, "we all we got, we all we need." I mean, it's perfect. It's like they respond to being down because that's what they have always been. Being up is like foreign soil. The only game we lost this year is the game we shot out to the lead in! hahaha.
Let's just enjoy the ride knowing that this team won't quit, won't go away, won't ever stop believing, won't ever listen to the criticism. They won't. Ever. Be proud!
Luck is by definition: "good fortune; advantage or success, considered as the result of chance".
It's the word "chance" that we can clearly see that luck doesn't have as much to do with our victories or our record as some may think. Think about it.
1) Carolina: Williams has a gut wrenching fumble deep in the Red Zone and the Panthers end up losing. Luck or not? To me, luck would be a muffed punt, or Williams running and the ball slipping out. But it's called a "forced" fumble for a reason. It is a practiced and rehearsed skill. Just because it happened in a key moment and had game altering impact doesn't make it "lucky". ET and Sherm executed on a practiced skill and it worked. Luck?
2) Texans: Sea worked hard to claw back in the game. Many think Schaub "threw the game away", he "gave the hawks a gift", again, the "Hawks got lucky." In multiple interviews following the game Sherman talked about scouting, practicing, and being PREPARED for that very play. It was a rehearsed and practiced skill. Just because it happened in a key moment doesn't make it lucky. They were ready for that play because they had worked, scouted, studied, and saw it coming. Luck?
3) St. Louis: I'm not sure a goal line stand can be called "lucky". Luck would have been a bad snap, a mis-step out of bounds...... 5 plays inside the 6 yard line? If you don't think that was earned then you've never played the game. Period.
4) Tampa Bay: Outplaying a team 27-3 over 2.5 quarters is luck? The Bucs tried everything. They had nothing to lose. Onside kicks, Tebow jump passes.......they threw everything they had and caught us with our guard down. We were at home. We were playing a winless team. We came out soft and you could see it. But from that moment with about 3 min left in the half, the Hawks started playing good football. By the end of the game we had more yards, better 3rd down percentage, and most importantly more points. We won despite losing the turnover battle 3 - 0. What was "lucky" about it? It was earned IMO. They dug down and believed and they fought back in the 2nd half and won the game. It was not handed to them in any way.
I suppose what I'm saying is that this idea of getting "lucky" just doesn't hold water. The Seahawks played flat the last two weeks. They have injuries but so does every other team in the entire league. I just don't get the "lucky" part.
If someone can show me a game that we've won this year that had nothing to do with practiced skills and being ready for an opponent then I'd gladly change my point of view. But why are people so upset about winning "badly".
Now here's the mind blowing part.
This team has been BUILT on lower touted players with the "no one believes in me" attitude. Aside from a few, our core all had dings coming out of the draft or weren't on anyone's radar at all! Too small, too whatever......... Why is it shocking or "lucky" that a group of men used to fighting for what they want is able to gut out these types of wins? Why would we think that a group of young men who have fought their entire football careers would not be capable of fighting through temporary adversity? It's not luck at all. It's who they are. It fits with amazing beauty the exact DNA of the men that have been assembled this year. The mantra, "we all we got, we all we need." I mean, it's perfect. It's like they respond to being down because that's what they have always been. Being up is like foreign soil. The only game we lost this year is the game we shot out to the lead in! hahaha.
Let's just enjoy the ride knowing that this team won't quit, won't go away, won't ever stop believing, won't ever listen to the criticism. They won't. Ever. Be proud!
