MM Show Quotes

[ZagHawk]

So I just wanted to bring up a few huge quotes after this loss that Mike Macdonald said on his morning show that I never would hear from PC and it makes me very optimistic and it plays right into his mantra of accountability:

"It starts with me"
"I'm responsible for how they play"
"It starts with the head coach especially if I'm calling the defensive plays"

and my absolute favorite one "we gotta make sure we're asking guys to do things they can do"

The last one is the biggest one. Every morning after a loss, PC would talk about how there was just a few minor things that didn't go their way or needed to be tightened up on a game changing play and how his ultimate game plan just didn't open up like he wanted. That he had all faith in his guys and just couldn't get there (or something of that nature). Eternally optimistic, but zero accountability and adaptation. But again I want to go back to this quote especially...from MM "we gotta make sure we're asking guys to do things they can do". If your players skillsets are not there to execute what you want, it's a bad game plan. You have to work schemes and gameplans that the players themselves can actually execute.

Anyway, I am very excited after this loss to see what MM changes to the skillsets of the players that are on the field. Thoughts?

 

[Torc]

He's a good leader, and good leaders take responsibility. I'm 100% positive he's holding the individual players accountable for the things that are in their control, he just isn't going to throw them under the bus to the media. He's also going to hold himself to the same or higher standard, I'm sure.

Common phrase I've heard in many of his press conferences: "we're going to keep that internal".

 

[CalgaryFan05]

So I just wanted to bring up a few huge quotes after this loss that Mike Macdonald said on his morning show that I never would hear from PC and it makes me very optimistic and it plays right into his mantra of accountability:

"It starts with me"
"I'm responsible for how they play"
"It starts with the head coach especially if I'm calling the defensive plays"

and my absolute favorite one "we gotta make sure we're asking guys to do things they can do"

Love it. Said it a few times now, and I'll say it again - LOVE it.

Loved PC. Didn't love the soft ass style and word salads by the end.

MM had me at: "I'd cut you right now, except for the guaranteed money." on the lack of conditioning front. What I want to know: Who the **** he said that to!!!!

 

[Ostatehawk]

And here is a not so great leader -Doug Pederson (Jags) whom, after this statement :

“As coaches, we can’t go out there and make the plays, right?” Pederson said Sunday

Probably has lost the locker room.

Damn Doug - you can't go tossing them under the bus like that!

 

[Ozzy]

I love the honesty and non reliance on coach speak and catchy phrases. It’s refreshing and seems genuine. I continue to be impressed with him.

 

[DarkVictory23]

and my absolute favorite one "we gotta make sure we're asking guys to do things they can do"

This is great to me. We got burnt on SO MANY blitzes that never got there. Those second string guys just didn't have the ability to get home, and Goff would just screen pass it over the top for easy yards on those plays.

For Macdonald to be saying something like this it suggests to me, yeah, I saw where that plan was failing my team and I didn't adjust like I needed to. I mean, we can be honest here: We were seriously outmatched on talent in the trenches, particularly on defense, but that doesn't mean you can't do things to help your guys.

Very good sign going forward.

 

[knownone]

I guess I am in the minority who enjoyed Pete's interviews and never felt he failed to take accountability.

What's interesting to me is that Macdonald was also asked in the post-game press conference whether he had changed his game plan to account for injuries, and he said no. So, I'm wondering if this quote, "We gotta make sure we're asking guys to do things they can do," is a bit of reflection on his part because his initial comment slightly took me aback.

 

[Ad Hawk]

What PC said in pressers/to media and what he said to the team were probably very different things, and they should be.

MM is taking responsibility as he should, but has a different personality than Pete. Both have their strengths.

We have a lot to like as fans!

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He was pretty salty, I liked it. You could hear the tone when he was talking to Brock and Salk.

 

[SweepSanFran]

IMO Coach Mike is a pretty salty guy. He is a straight shooter and as guy that works for the same type leader it's refreshing. Everyone knows where they stand and no surprises. I think this will in the end endear his players to him and those guys will end up walking thru walls for him.

 

[Superbowl 48]

Is it to early to extent Mike's contract with the Seahawks? Looks like he has a great future ahead of him, might as well be with the Seahawks. Do you think Mike McDonald will do better, than Mike Holmgren?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Holmgren was a hell of a coach, obviously. But, IF coach Mike sticks around, I can see him surpassing what Holmgren did.
Yes, I know, pump the brakes blah blah blah.


Just a gut feeling, but I have a VERY good feeling he is going to take this team to very good places. And he WILL get us to an Owl within 5 years, imo.

 

[GeekHawk]

Just a gut feeling, but I have a VERY good feeling he is going to take this team to very good places. And he WILL get us to an Owl within 5 years, imo.

Not just *any* Owl, but a Superb Owl!

 

[SoulfishHawk]

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[CostaRicaHawk]

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[HawkRiderFan]

The comment about asking guys to do things they can do reminds me of the failed Tre Flowers experiment. Or more recently keeping Bobby on the field in passing downs and expecting him to stay with slot receivers across the field.