TwistedHusky
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I am not usually a voice of reason. I enjoy the discourse but this site does more as catharsis for me. Sometimes you just need to vent, and especially as a Seattle sports fan at times. That said, after all the b*tching and complaining, I know that we have it really good right now.
After all the enjoyment over the past 2 years, the great games and god-only-knows how much green and blue Seahawks merch purchases, kids dancing around the living room in Seahawk jerseys or drawing Seahawk posters for the game, or any of the other experiences that have been shared during or between the victories in this run or the few defeats, it sticks out just how close we were to missing it.
I remember back before Allen bought this team a lot of people were just tired of pretending to care. It was like the Mariners now, lots of promises but an FO that was so insanely clueless you didn't even hope for much.
I remember being somewhat ambivalent about the Seahawks leaving at the time, it would be like the Mariners threatening to do so now. They had lost for so long, broken so many promises and almost always seemed to be a threat to leave again - it seemed like they were just going to keep doing it forever.
But my brother pointed out to me then that if let them leave we would miss out on the moments when we had a good owner and a good team. After years of guys like that idiot from California owning the team, it seemed beyond hope to expect much would change but I understood his reasoning. However, luck was on our side and we somehow kept the Seahawks. Allen bought them, we got the votes we needed and they stayed.
And that changed everything.
Ultimately that move by Paul Allen saved the Seahawks for us, and all of this joy, excitement and everything else - came from that. The players won some amazing games and we have a stellar FO, great staff and the rest. But it wouldn't have mattered if Allen hadn't bought the team. We would have been like the Browns fans watching the Ravens win the SuperBowl knowing it should have been their team.
We still have a ways to go but damn we got lucky with Paul Allen stepping up.
After all the enjoyment over the past 2 years, the great games and god-only-knows how much green and blue Seahawks merch purchases, kids dancing around the living room in Seahawk jerseys or drawing Seahawk posters for the game, or any of the other experiences that have been shared during or between the victories in this run or the few defeats, it sticks out just how close we were to missing it.
I remember back before Allen bought this team a lot of people were just tired of pretending to care. It was like the Mariners now, lots of promises but an FO that was so insanely clueless you didn't even hope for much.
I remember being somewhat ambivalent about the Seahawks leaving at the time, it would be like the Mariners threatening to do so now. They had lost for so long, broken so many promises and almost always seemed to be a threat to leave again - it seemed like they were just going to keep doing it forever.
But my brother pointed out to me then that if let them leave we would miss out on the moments when we had a good owner and a good team. After years of guys like that idiot from California owning the team, it seemed beyond hope to expect much would change but I understood his reasoning. However, luck was on our side and we somehow kept the Seahawks. Allen bought them, we got the votes we needed and they stayed.
And that changed everything.
Ultimately that move by Paul Allen saved the Seahawks for us, and all of this joy, excitement and everything else - came from that. The players won some amazing games and we have a stellar FO, great staff and the rest. But it wouldn't have mattered if Allen hadn't bought the team. We would have been like the Browns fans watching the Ravens win the SuperBowl knowing it should have been their team.
We still have a ways to go but damn we got lucky with Paul Allen stepping up.
