But I’ll never forget being at the NFC title game with Matthew on the stage.

Thanks for the memories, Tim. You helped build the greatest moment of my adult sports fan life. I wish nothing but the best for you.

I really hope he was let go for the right reasons and not the wrong ones.

And I really hope we don’t end up with a Bavasi. GMs can single handidly make or destroy franchises, and a Bavasi type could destroy any chance of us contending in the next 6 years. That is what scares me the most.

I hope people remember it was Ruskell that got us that pick. He could of easily taken a player that would of contributed this season and hell maybe played well enough to save his job, but Ruskell did what was best for the franchise and for that I thank him.

But sometimes Ruskell made it a bitch to pull for the Hawks with his character constrictions.

if Cleveland and Buffalo are both actively looking to bring in Holmgren as a President/GM, he is certainly a top-tier candidate. Don’t forget, Holmgren brought in a future Pro-Bowler at the QB position for little more than a third round pick. I’d be interested to see how Holmgren could handle a GM role when he doesn’t have head coaching duties to take up the majority of his time.

I have a baaaaa-aaad feeling about this upcoming offseason.

but

We’ll always have Mebane.

isn’t necessarily true. We might get a terrible GM that decides Mebane isn’t worth it and decides to trade him for a fading big NT to convert us to a 3-4 in an attempt to make our defense good enough for a playoff run before Hass leaves us. Not remotely likely, but possible. Of course, it’s also possible a meteor strikes Qwest Field and all our players die during their next game, but it’s not going to happen (damn that’s a gruesome thought!).

I mostly trust our ownership group to make a reasoned decision, and choose a good GM. But in these kinds of situations, anything is possible. And that scares me a little.

Reflexively rehiring Holmgren without considering all candidates is bad business.

Although to hear John Clayton tell it (sorry, I couldn’t find the link to the King 5 sports video from last night), option three — hiring someone from outside the organization — would be bad. I know he feels that way because it will probably mean Mora would be gone within a year.

But the alternative is either Holmgren (like I said yesterday, preferred by many because of “The Devil you know …” factor) or someone who’s not a good GM.

Clayton forgot about option four (the correct option), which Mr. Morgan has mentioned in the above quote.

Is a brilliant scouting director or assistant GM with big ideas that we’ve never heard of. Remember when Jack Z was a last minute throw in for the final 4 Mariners’ GM candidates this time last year? Everyone was saying “who the fuck is this guy?” And a lot of people were not happy with him being included because he had the aura of a Howard Lincoln old school yes-man. Boy, we’re they wrong. Since he’s been hired, he’s been a wonderful GM who understands value as well as any GM in baseball.

That’s what I’m hoping for. I hope the Seahawks find their own Jack Zduriencik.

Sad to see him go.

I’m not against Timmy being let go but I’d rather he’d have stayed another year. Way back in March the FG banner on the side said “Previewing the biggest offseason of Tim Ruskell’s career”. Looks like he failed and won’t get another chance.

What I am against wholeheartedly is Holmgren coming back. His GM history is no more than average and I don’t think just bringing him back here is going to suddenly make us 12-4 next season.

Good luck elsewhere Timmay.

And we ended up with Bavasi?

I see this happening.

I’m just saying.

That’s irrational. I find it particularly confusing that virtually everyone praised his handling of the 2009 offseason, but some of those same people are now celebrating his dismissal. What did Ruskell do to generate such animosity? Did he hurt Walter Jones or cause Hasselbeck to grow old?

The Deion Branch trade is the most commonly cited critique. I wonder why similar criticism isn’t directed at Bill Polian for trading a first round pick for Tony Ugoh. I challenge Ruskell bashers to name one more by Ruskell that was worse than that decision.

I didn’t want it to come to this. I wanted Ruskell to stay. I believe it would have been the best course for the team. It’s too early to change horses. But he’s moving on. I hope he does well where he goes next. Unless it’s within the conference, of course. But even in the division a part of me would want to see him succeed because I’d like my opinion corroborated.

Todd just said they are going to not jump to GM conclusions and take some time to be extra thorough picking someone who fits.

The transition from Holmgren to Mora was handled well. This announcement of thanking Ruskell and letting him resign before actively seeking his replacement is a very classy move, and good for the organization. I now have a lot of trust in Todd Leweike.

I wish I had as much trust in Mora as coach… or Holmgren as GM… or Hasselbeck’s health… or home field advantage next Sunday…

I had talked myself into being ok with this but now that its happened it pretty much sucks. The team has the opportunity to improve at GM but theres a whole lot more ways for them to end up worse off.

The assumption that bringing Holmgren back is the solution to our problems at GM. Since when did rekindling a fire that hasn’t been lit in 5 years guarantee success?

garnered around the league and his ties around the league. Holmgren is a pure football guy too, where Rukell was more business minded.

I am not sold on Holmgren returning but wouldn’t mind if he did because at least I know this time he would do things differently.

If the organization’s direction was to change GM, then why not now? We can be in the hunt to interview candidates that the Browns and Bills (perhaps others) are pursuing or could pursue. It leaves the possibilities wide open, and we shouldn’t be rushed into a decision. This organization, and our owner have elite facilities and deep pockets. We should be an attractive option – however, having the coaching staff in place may exclude certain candidates (or cause a coaching change).

Looking back at his record he did a pretty good job…Plus he is still very familiar with this roster and probably has more insight on where we need upgrades and in what order. Our Offense is in serious need of a Rebuilding job. There is no one more qualified then Holmgren to do this. We need a new Franchise QB. I think the exit of Zorn and Holmgren have affected Hass more then he would say. Holmgren is the guy to usher in a new QB and that is the most important step for our franchise. I’m also on the Gruden coaching bandwagon also. With Matt probably being here another two years Chuckie took a veteran led Bucs team to the Championship with Brad Johnson in the latter stages of his career. Gruden also had great success with Rich Gannon. These are the people we need in place to bring us back to prominance..