What this team needs is a new identity on offense. We need to bring in amazing players in the vein of Koren “Doink” Robinson and Jerramy “Hands” Stevens. Another thing that needs to happen is that we need to draft a quarterback that doesn’t match our offensive system, is nearing the peak of his talent already as a rookie, and spend five years molding him into something approaching mediocre.

And I’m telling you, these offensive players that the LOSER RUSKELL has been bringing in are bringing this team down. Hard. Lofa Tatupu? Leroy Hill? Josh Wilson? The bustosity of Brandon Mebane? Pathetic. Give me hard-nosed, incredible football talents like Anton Palepoi, Michael Boulware, Solomon Bates, and Orlando Huff. Man, those were the days. We kicked some serious ass with those monsters on the field.

Ruskell will probably be extended, whether he should be or not. It would be awkward if he wasn’t considering the brand new coaching staff and the implied coaching turnover of a new GM.

If he’s not, Holmgren is probably an unlikely option since he already had a turn as Seahawks GM. How often do you see a GM return to a former team? Especially in cases where his first stint was a mixed bag?

This subject was fun to talk about a long time ago, but has been beaten to death and is now a boring, blase topic. Plus I just don’t see it happening. I do think Holmgren gets a lot more shit than he deserves for his time as GM and even-handed accounts of his GM tenure are hard to find. Holmgren improved as a coach when he dropped his GM duties. Its possible he may improve as a GM without HC duties. I don’t think he’d be a horrible GM if he returned, but I seriously doubt that will ever happen. Its not like he needs Seattle’s sympathy either. Teams will be lining up around the block for his services this offseason, either as GM or HC.

I think people forget that he has been Seattle’s most successful coach. Those that say he’s too old school need to realize that he was with the Hawks from 2000-2008 (or something like that), which is… not too long ago. Sure I guess you could say that it was due to his coaching, but most of the anti-Homgren guys seem to have gripes with his coaching style as well.
Holmgren had about 5 years of drafting? In my mind that’s too small of a sample size to declare him success or a bust.