Mora's Presser and General Feelings Towards Our HC

and as long as he keeps hiring smart assistant coaches, I’m cool with him.

The going for it in the Lions game was a bonus credit to him, not a bump. I think Billy B made the right call last night, too. Someday someone is going to come in and not give a rip about tradition and turn the league on its head by going for it more often then not, and possibly win more because of it. Certainly they wont lose more because of it if they do it right… The sweatshirt already wins more than pretty much everybody, AND he goes for it more than pretty much everybody, AND everybody calls him the smartest coach in the league. Not a coincidence, just most people haven’t caught on yet.

The fact that our guy is willing to go for it unconventionally thrills me, to be honest.

I like him. I also think he is smart, and that he hired good assistants for the most part. I’m a little worried about the hothead factor, but I think it is negotiable and not overwhelming. All in all, I’m extremely optimistic he can be a great coach.

Also, I’m PISSED Madden2010 gave us about the lowest coaching rating in the league. I can’t figure out how they decided on that, but it was pretty ridiculous…

Then again, with this team and how things have gone, I don’t blame him.

I like that they ran the Senecat a lot more yesterday. I like his explaination on why they rushed 3 guys on so many plays against Warner, it made a lot of sense. I agree with Hopefulmsfan, I loved when he was yelling for the refs to let them play. And while I’m disappointed that nobody on the Hawks stood up for Hasselbeck when Dockett was pushing down on his throat (I’m hoping they just didn’t see it, but are pissed about it now and will remember it next year), I loved when Mora said that if they’re not calling, we should be doing it to their QB too.

All around, I like him and his staff, and I hope we give him a few years to get things turned around here.

Young and energetic… Could be good for the FA hunting efforts.

Aside from chewing out Mare (and he backtracked on that, thankfully) I think he’s been very good. I liked the presser.

I think he’s got one bad dynamic to him, and that’s his hotheadedness. Looks bad in post-game reports — Mare — and I wonder about the screaming at the players. He, Bradley and Quinn. I like it, but I wonder if they’re appropriately, tactfully cognizant of the limits of when it’s warranted and when it’s helpful. I can accept if the players weren’t giving enough effort or focus during the Indy game. My untrained eye didn’t notice it, so maybe it’s OK, but it would be reassuring to see honey occasionally served beside the vinegar, something sometimes quite necessary after a hard loss, and I wonder if he runs the risk of the team tuning him out if his seat warms.

I love his energy, but I also see the competitive and gamesmanship value of the Belichick poker-face that even Sun Tzu endorses. I know, watching the Dallas game, if I saw his reactions on the other sideline, I’d make a concerted effort to turn the screw and get him even more riled up and try to make him lose focus on game management.

The energy is a positive asset as well, though. I think he’s detailed-oriented, I think he’s creative, not necessarily innovative but very open to innovation. I have faith in what he’s building for the future, with Ruskell.

I am a bit disappointed with the defensive scheme. I was expecting a lot more, and hoped for something groundbreaking. But after being rather pleased in the preseason with the new wrinkles, and not solely looking to organically conceive of innovation but embracing some of the newest innovations to the game like the fire zone blitz, during the season it’s been quite sparsely integrated into the games. I don’t see any real concerns of vulnerability, I don’t see enough use of it to gauge much about it’s effectiveness or our execution at all, it’s too soon to say. But it shouldn’t be. There’s not much else to lose, by this point, the front seven is the clear strength in talent on the team, why not get some West Coast Defense going?

Maybe Tim Lewis alone ever intended to call it that. Maybe he only meant to say they intentions were to be a good defense, that happened to reside on the West Coast.

Adjustments have been OK. Knapp, I’m fond of. I think he does a good job. The coverage-focused gameplan against Warner didn’t work, but for a while it seemed to. It was very bold, and I can appreciate that.

Premature, but I’ll go so far as to say I find Mora above-average across the board, in nearly every category, but the one glaring drawback is composure. But he built a very good coaching staff. He has a good handle on what the team’s personnel needs are, and any personnel polity issue we may have would stem from Ruskell — if he truly undervalues tackle. If he truly is planning on pushing out QB until the year after, like RB, WR, and soon, tackle. I like Ruskell more than Mora, though, heh.

My gut says that he’s a pretty average coach and a bit of a has-been but him and Ruskell get at least 2 full years together before I’m calling for any heads. His Atlanta team was pretty average, our secondary — which he coached – was bad last year and Knapp has also called plays for some pretty bad teams too. These guys don’t exactly have a stellar track record…

Alot of injuries, especially on the O-Line, really took some of the new scheme stuff off the rails. Now the team is basically healthy. Lets see what they can do. They’re not likely to beat Minny on the road. But if they can at least hang in there and make a game of it I’ll see that as a sign of progress.

I was very disappointed that when Arizona made adjustments on Sunday, that Seattle didn’t counter with any adjustments of their own. Holmgren was getting a bit over-ripe in Seattle and it was time for him to move on, but he always made great half-time adjustments. Maybe we got spoiled by that.

I like his passion, and I actually like his assitants. I just think he teeters on bad leadership when he loses his cool. He would be wise to accept responsibility for all things Seahawks from now one. The first six weeks were not a great lesson in team leadership, but he has adapted.

That said, he may have been able to let go of the season. Thus, what will he do when games matter again?

I would love to see our assistants creativity with some people on the line to give time to make them or take time away from others to make them.

Color me grey.

Not his, but his team’s. I watch teams like the Cincinnati Bengals, for example, scrap and claw to the last second and pull out late, come-from-behind wins. The Seahawks, on the other hand, tend to crumble, and stay crumbled. (The Lions game does NOT count for those of you thinking it).

The team’s mental toughness just isn’t there. Is this something attributable to the coach?