CelticWolf12
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If you give Pete & Company credit for the past success of this Seahawks organization, why would you not blame him for ALL the Seahawk failures in the last 5-7 years in particular? Pete has more influence and control over a (this) football team than any other coach in the NFL. He controls who the offensive and defensive coordinators are and/or will be. He controls which type of offense and defense the Seahawks play. He determined if Jamal Adams was/is a, “good fit” for this Seahawk defense and how much to give up in draft capital and how much $$$ to resign him for.
Regardless of who Pete hires or anoints as the offensive/defensive coordinator, inevitably the same old figured out, vintage, stale schemes will be implemented and run on both side of the football. It goes like this: We get a new offensive coordinator. They try to implement new and innovative concepts. Pete doesn’t approve, and at the next cheerleading press conference will say things such as, “we need to get back to who we are…”, etc. For example, look at Brian Schottenheimer in Dallas. The offense he is running there looks nothing like the old, tired, dated Peteball special he was mandated to run here in Seattle. The same is happening to Shane Waldron. Once he gets fired and moves on from Seattle to a new team, he will be able to run an offensive very similar to the Rams.
This is the new NFL. It is based on complex packages, mismatches, movement, deception and trickery. The rules limit what defenses can do and how they can combat these new schemes… by design! Pete thinks he can change, but inevitably and unfortunately, he cannot. Pete just isn’t an XXX and OOO type of coach. The proof is in the pudding! Just look at the lack of success he has had over the past 5-7 years. If you hire a defensive guru like Pete, you better have a competent, way above averaged defense to carry your team. Instead, what we have had in Seattle the past 5-7 years is a bottom dwelling defense which has been at times historically and embarrassingly bad!!! Even after years of drafting and signing FA’s to, “fix” the defense, still not even close to league average! I am convinced that if Seattle had the defensive personnel the 49’s has this year, based on our current defensive scheme (flex but not break, bs, etc.), the Seahawks would be middle of the pack at best defensively. The good news is that the defensive linemen aren’t dropping back into coverage much this year. I guess that’s a win.
Lastly, like many things in life, it’s not ALL good or ALL bad with Pete. As a coach, you need to me nimble, flexible and constantly evolving to copycat the latest and greatest schemes AND to keep the other 31 team constantly guessing on both sides of the ball! The early days of Peteball worked when Seattle had the best RB in the league along with a very good QB, and the NFL actually allowed the defense to change and alter a game with big hits and physical play. He (and his philosophy) brought this organization to the promised land, which should never, ever be forgotten!!! Unfortunately, things change. The NFL has changed. You can no longer win by playing a “not to lose” type of strategy. The “Keep the game close until the fourth quarter” mentality and plan equates to tons of pressure constantly on your defense as well as mental fatigue and immense pressure on ALL the players. The Peteball philosophy is useful when you have a young, inexperienced rookie/first year QB and you want to eliminate risk while allowing other parts of the team to pick up the slack. The problem is that Peteball doesn’t change or evolve, whether you have a rookie QB or a 10-year vet like Geno Smith! Much like investing with a covered call strategy. Yes, financial risk is drastically reduced. However, so isn’t monetary upside and reward! Fortune favors the brave…not the timid, and certainly not Peteball!
Go Hawks!
Regardless of who Pete hires or anoints as the offensive/defensive coordinator, inevitably the same old figured out, vintage, stale schemes will be implemented and run on both side of the football. It goes like this: We get a new offensive coordinator. They try to implement new and innovative concepts. Pete doesn’t approve, and at the next cheerleading press conference will say things such as, “we need to get back to who we are…”, etc. For example, look at Brian Schottenheimer in Dallas. The offense he is running there looks nothing like the old, tired, dated Peteball special he was mandated to run here in Seattle. The same is happening to Shane Waldron. Once he gets fired and moves on from Seattle to a new team, he will be able to run an offensive very similar to the Rams.
This is the new NFL. It is based on complex packages, mismatches, movement, deception and trickery. The rules limit what defenses can do and how they can combat these new schemes… by design! Pete thinks he can change, but inevitably and unfortunately, he cannot. Pete just isn’t an XXX and OOO type of coach. The proof is in the pudding! Just look at the lack of success he has had over the past 5-7 years. If you hire a defensive guru like Pete, you better have a competent, way above averaged defense to carry your team. Instead, what we have had in Seattle the past 5-7 years is a bottom dwelling defense which has been at times historically and embarrassingly bad!!! Even after years of drafting and signing FA’s to, “fix” the defense, still not even close to league average! I am convinced that if Seattle had the defensive personnel the 49’s has this year, based on our current defensive scheme (flex but not break, bs, etc.), the Seahawks would be middle of the pack at best defensively. The good news is that the defensive linemen aren’t dropping back into coverage much this year. I guess that’s a win.
Lastly, like many things in life, it’s not ALL good or ALL bad with Pete. As a coach, you need to me nimble, flexible and constantly evolving to copycat the latest and greatest schemes AND to keep the other 31 team constantly guessing on both sides of the ball! The early days of Peteball worked when Seattle had the best RB in the league along with a very good QB, and the NFL actually allowed the defense to change and alter a game with big hits and physical play. He (and his philosophy) brought this organization to the promised land, which should never, ever be forgotten!!! Unfortunately, things change. The NFL has changed. You can no longer win by playing a “not to lose” type of strategy. The “Keep the game close until the fourth quarter” mentality and plan equates to tons of pressure constantly on your defense as well as mental fatigue and immense pressure on ALL the players. The Peteball philosophy is useful when you have a young, inexperienced rookie/first year QB and you want to eliminate risk while allowing other parts of the team to pick up the slack. The problem is that Peteball doesn’t change or evolve, whether you have a rookie QB or a 10-year vet like Geno Smith! Much like investing with a covered call strategy. Yes, financial risk is drastically reduced. However, so isn’t monetary upside and reward! Fortune favors the brave…not the timid, and certainly not Peteball!
Go Hawks!