Mora Has Ears

by abender20 on Feb 26, 2009 8:56 AM PST in Seahawks News & Rumors

Last year, with Holmgren to retire and Jim Mora Jr. already declared the walrus apparent, the Hawks' secondary had an inconsistent season. The new staff needed to come in and break down the tape from last year without the benefit of a rapport that would allow them to be critical of anything Mora-related. How Mora handles these issues is of no small insignificance. Clare Farnsworth put together a tidy little article about how Mora has worked with his staff.

After seeing that his coordinators were tentative to criticize poor play from last year's tape, Mora ran the elephant out of the room:

"I just told them, 'We're not going to be able to get to where we need to go if you guys have to walk on eggshells,' " Mora said. "I know what it was. Let's call it what it was and let's go on."

While it may not require CERN's best and brightest to ascertain that last year's secondary play left a lot to be desired, at least Mora is willing to hear it. That is good news for Seahawks fans.

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I was listening to Clare Farnsworth on KJR 950 this morning.

He said he thought the chances were high that we draft Jason Smith or Eugene Monroe, yet he thought they were from Texas and Virginia. Later he corrected Texas to Baylor.
Like everyone else, he loved Curry.
And he said there was a chance at Crabtree, but saw too many red flags.

This attitude of ’let’s get rid of the yes man’ seems to be a common theme in Seattle sports. The Mariners guys seemed to love the fact that they had differing view points and loved to argue their sides of the story, and I think this is obviously a very healthy thing. If Mora just said that he thought Russell was a great safety or that Leroy Hill was irreplacable, and no one stepped up and said that perhaps Jamar Adams should get some PT, or that Herring or some other LB, while not as good, would be serviceable, then the coach would be too locked into his own POV. Even if Mora doesn’t listen to others, it’s still good to have other ideas out in the open to mull over.

by LantermanC on Feb 26, 2009 9:09 AM PST reply actions

i like his approach

It’s a good way to figure out the problem areas and make the team better, regardless of egos. I wonder how it compares to Holmgren/Marshall, do you think maybe Mora tried to speak up and got shut down? I’m really excited to see what these new defensive coaches come up with this year.

Any idea what Clare’s going to do now? Hard to imagine him not covering the Seahawks.

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 26, 2009 9:51 AM PST reply actions

He coached the secondary.

which means….. he coached the secondary. He can’t get on the field and cover Fitzgerald , or Bruce. He designed coverages, but he can’t help it if the pass rush wasn’t there last season.

Cogito Ergo Sum

by censor1979 on Feb 26, 2009 11:21 AM PST reply actions