Mike Holmgren is the Man in Cleveland

Fullback draw with (Cleveland Browns Fullback).

Seriously though I wish Holmgren the best.

And, if you need a veteran QB to help Brady Quinn prepare and mature, we have one available for cheap— it’ll only cost you a 7th rounder, or even a simple plate of nachos.

We all chipped in on a house warming gift and got you a Matt Hasselbeck. Enjoy!

My pick still, unless someone throws their hat in.

er I mean Mr.Quinn.

and a lot of failure resulting in high draft picks. I’m skeptical of getting anybody from the cardinals. Too bad we didn’t just go after Whisenhunt last year.

I think he’ll have his hands full. Unlike his turn in Seattle, he doesn’t have a young, promising backup on a former team to trade for. If he somehow transforms one of Anderson or Quinn into a legitimate franchise QB, or finds one through other means, that would be pretty impressive. And without accomplishing that, I think he’ll fail. Without Hasselbeck or Favre, would he have succeeded in Green Bay or Seattle? I don’t think he would have.

I wish him luck in Cleveland. He’ll need it. Godspeed Big Show.

And should we be at all concerned about it if he does take anyone?

and good riddance to the Holmgren for GM Media Circus. Holmgren embarrassed himself and soiled his legacy a bit by cavorting with Softy on KJR over recent weeks. I am so glad that pathetic public campaign for fan support is finally over.

I wanted Mike back, but mostly for irrational sentimental reasons. He was a Great coach, but now he is an inexperienced rookie President who may or may not be a good fit for that job.

One of the best arguments I’ve heard lately for not bringing back Holmgren to Seattle was this: good GMs don’t move to a new team alone; they bring their people with them. Holmgren brought his guys from Green Bay in 1998 and Ruskell brought his guys in 2004. Who does Holmgren have to bring with him now? His cohort is getting pretty old. The young rising stars of NFL personnel operations are younger guys who have never worked with Holmgren and have their loyalties with others.

I’m not sure why the Seahawks need a President, but I think we all agree they need to straighten out their personnel operation. We need a GM who comes with young smart scouts guys in tow. Guys that have been scouting every day of the past four years, not guys who have spent their time riding a motorcycle around the desert and debating whether to work or retire.

but I also heard the last interview he did on KJR on Friday afternoon when he said the Seahawks “had never called him.” Then within 24 hours the story came out that the Seahawks had offered him total control of football ops with a salary commensurate to Parcells’. Pu-leeze, that entire negotiation did not happen in the space of a few hours. Obviously, Holmgren’s agent had been in contact and working with the Seahawks, and Holmgren was playing us. It just left a bad taste in my mouth.

Allen really went out on a limb by keeping him in ’05 (a time when he was close to wearing out his welcome here). Then the SB run happened and all was forgiven. But how did Holmy repay Allen? He immediately went into his “burnout” mode. Took his extended va-cay every offseason, then came back grumbling about the moves that took place and started taking his shots at Ruskell. He starting playing the retirement card, and really put the team in a bind. There were legitimate questions about whether he would be back after the ’06 & ’07 seasons. Then he got in a huff because the FO started putting together a contingency plan for the retirement drama he had created.

He was adamant about taking his year off, then acted shocked that the team didn’t keep his seat warm for him and decided to move in a different direction. He goes on the radio and creates a rush deadline for getting a deal done, all while his agent is probably on the phone leveraging Cleveland for more money.

But no one in the Seattle media would dare call him out on any of it. They fell for it all hook, line and sinker and are up in arms because Allen didn’t toss him the keys to the franchise, no questions asked.