Coaches Worth a Damn: Pete Carmichael Jr
by John Morgan on Jan 5, 2010 11:45 AM PST
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PrintGreetings from the belly of the La Quinta Inn. I ducked in and took the stairs. No one takes the stairs--especially not on the fourth floor. I attempted to do this the semi-legit way. Went to a Denny's nearby and gave the menu a hard serious look before finding I couldn't connect. A couple older men were having a grave, slow and quiet conversation about business. One was doing the talking. The other, from what I could eavesdrop, was having his fading hopes crushed.
It's good to be young. One of the true, undeniable and timeless assets. Two straight seasons of frustration and incompetence have not crushed my hopes. I still believe a great Seahawks team can arise before my skin sags and teeth yellow. It's going to take an infusion of young talent, a person with the vision to find that talent and, maybe, a coach worth a damn.
Jim Mora isn't out. Yet. But let's pretend. I'm wet. I'm damn near bedraggled. I'm trespassing for sure. And I've about 30 minutes of battery life before I must steal. Therefore I've no time to debate the Mora matter. For the record: freeze and excise this growth. It's ugly but harmless now, but it's bad intentions and woe on us if it stumbles into success.
Pete Carmichael Jr.: Carmichael is the Saints offensive coordinator. It's his first year in the position and so he might not yet be ripe for promotion. Before serving the Saints at OC, he was the quarterbacks/passing game coordinator. He took that position in 2006. That's the season Drew Brees joined the Saints and metamorphosed from broken down, but talented young quarterback to Breesus. That's also the season Marques Colston went from seventh round "who" to rookie #1 receiver. Here's a quick snippet from Carmichael's bio:
As offensive coordinator, Carmichael will bring the perspective of having a wide range of coaching experiences, including working with nearly every position group on offense during his career. With the Chargers, he assisted wide receivers coach James Lofton for an offense that ranked 10th in the NFL in 2004 and 2005. Carmichael joined the Chargers in 2002 and served as offensive assistant/quality control until being promoted.
Carmichael graduated from Boston College with a degree in mathematics. Oh yeah. He's a fast riser with limited executive experience, but I have no problem with selecting a prodigy--and check his record. Prodigy is correct. We're left to wonder about his availability, but coaches find a way. If ever there was a time in Seahawks history to take a chance, it's now.
Onward. I better move around to avoid detection. Until then.
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From everything you’ve written, this guy is my number one choice for a head coach next year. He has had sustained success. He has experience in different areas (I never understood why an o-line coach who was an o-lineman would become a head coach), and he’s clearly smart since BC and a degree in mathematics are nothing to sneeze at.
I’d rather take a gamble at ‘the next great coach’ then spin the tires on a retread like Mora.
Wow, fantastic suggestion.
Sean Payton has been good at creating mismatches. And grabbed a QB who can excel from picking them off as they come.
So it’s pretty easy to comment from the palm pre
That’s good to know. Means I should be a bigger part of tonight’s game thread.
Unneccesariliy roughing and encroaching somewhere near Dennys I take it.
(Icognito).
San Diego would be my second guess.
Somewhere in Lakewood, but I think my stay will be very short.
I intended on taking a room in the Seattle area to work on my book, but found a shack with plastic bags for screen windows, without internet (wtf) and with paper thin walls that top 40 explodes through 24/7. Whatever this “Hot Mess” song is, its writers should die a thousand deaths.
I know exaclty the one you're talking about.
Cobra Starship. They are terrible.
Also a die-hard Hawks fan.
Googled it.
Ugh.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett
All I want for Christmas is Joe Haden, Eric Berry, and Nandamukong Suh in Seahawks blue.
by Wayward Llama on Jan 6, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
It's a Science Fiction novel
Where a group of good character vagabonds board a newly refurbished ship called the “Sea Hawk” and through a zany series of misadventures discover what it is to be a team.
The peglegs and eyepatches and hooks for hands
would be eerily reminiscent of all the horrible injuries the Seahawks had to endure the past 2 seasons. And the only booty we’ve plundered has been 3rd place in the NFC West.
Don't forget two casualty-less victories over
a pack of alien cats and moon mountain lambs.
It's about the Seahawks
Thought I shared that. Random House contacted me to write a book about the Seahawks. It’s a genre piece; a collection of essays.
You actually want Dwyer?
Have you seen him play or just read his draft notes?
I was excited to check him out this year to see what the fuss was about, saw a handful of games this year and boy was he underwhelming. Isn’t an exciting back at all, doesn’t really look explosive or like he can add another dimension in the backfield. He just looks like a good player who can plug and in expect okay results from…not bad at all obviously…but definitely not worth our 1st rounder. Or even a 2nd….
I’d take Forsett over Dwyer any day of the week
I Bleed Blue and Green
I like his numbers, but hadn't seen him play yet, so I don't know if I want him
I wouldn’t exactly compare him to Forsett though. He is 6’1" 235, so running him up the middle and Forsett to the outside would be an option.
So no, I don’t know if I want him, but with the kind of production he has had and his size make him worth a look.
I’d take Forsett over Dwyer any day of the week
My God, I just had a mind-boggling thought. Imagine J-Force running behind a better, maybe even competent O-line! I’d burn the first draft pick on a QB, the second at 14(?) on the best Left Tackle in the draft. Even if Big Walt does return next year God willing, he isn’t a spring chicken anymore.
I think that we have the receivers, just need to find the right combo. Butler, Burleson, T.J., Branch? Who knows?
With Forsett we obviously have a very good back that might be great if he had even an adequate line blocking for him.
QB is a glaring need, Left tackle is a glaring need.
After that, address the Defense. I like a healthy Trufant.Wilson combo at corner with an aging Ken Lucas in the slot and anyonebutkellyjennings playing nickel.
I like our linebackers.
Defensive line needs work and Gus needs to hide the blitz packages better. Sometimes they are too predictable.
What? No SOUL?
also prefer Forsett
Reasoning for Seneca into WR is he knows how much QB depends on WR being exactly where he is supposed to be and not shaving a route angle shallow or turnng in + or – a couple yards .
Bring Zorn in at OC with more knowledge of what his QB can and can not do and bring Largent in to show or athletic WR sharp routes …….
hmmmm Kreig was a player/coach bringing grey to the Lions . Wonder how he would be as a QB coach . While we are at the alumni roundup for coaching , perhaps we bring Easley in to teach the nastitude to the secondary LOL
Its weird to read "Browns' Holmgren to meet with media this afternoon"
It should make for an interesting comparison between Holmgren’s rebuilding process and the one the new Hawks GM initiates.
Another note:
The Seahawks have reportedly narrowed their general manager search to four candidates.
Ravens director of player personnel Eric DeCosta and Packers director of football operations John Schneider are believed to be two of the candidates. Cardinals director of player personnel Steve Keim could be a third. The team is still in the early-stages of their search.
I'm so happy De Costa is on the finalists list.
It gives me hope for the future.
Also a die-hard Hawks fan.
I just KNEW we'd be hearing something about the GM search within a few days after the season ended.
And I’m very, very pleased to see that DeCosta is believed to be a finalist! Bring it on!
Talents that I covet:
Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 5, 2010 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
No need for all the lies, Mr. John Morgan
We all know you’re at the VMAC interviewing for the GM job.
Another GM note:
In addition to the Browns, the Seahawks have requested permission to interview Eagles GM Tom Heckert for the same position in Seattle.
Mike Holmgren has competition. Philly already permitted Cleveland to interview Heckert, and figures to do the same for Seattle. Heckert has been a hot GM candidate for three years. He is eligible for a “lateral” move because he doesn’t have final say over the Eagles’ roster. Coach Andy Reid does.
Interesting tidbit for me is
Both Carmichael and Chip Kelly worked together in 1994 on the University of New Hampshire program under the same head coach; Carmichael as assistant offensive line coach and Kelly as running backs coach.
Did they both get innovative ideas about offensive football from the same source?
Jim Mora isn't out. Yet.
If next season starts out as bad as this one ended (getting blown out in 3 of their last 4 games) I expect he and Gregg Friggin’ Knapp will be fired by the halfway point. Right now the Washington Huskies are looking at the mess that is the Seattle Seahawks and thanking their lucky stars that their coach is Sark instead of that useless jackass Mora.
What? No SOUL?
Maybe the Hawks are going to let the new GM decide?
I hope he makes the correct decision, on day one.
I doubt half way through but , he will get one more year
except this time he is fixing his team and not a inherited one
I'm on my Palm Pre right now.
Didn’t something ‘click’ with Drew Brees a year ot two before San Diego let him go? Marques Colston had a huge impact on the offensive success New Orleans had that year.
One thing about the Northwest is that we like things to decay, mold, and rust...
before we do something about it. For a long time we were the broken ship yard of the NFL, Holmgren came in and fixed the culture – hopefully that has changed and we won’t have to endure more of the Mora era.
Was the guy from the Cards the guy who was there while Dennis Green was? It may seem outside the box but what about Dennis Green for GM? He is a terrible coach but the guy always had good drafts…that being said the guy from the Ravens might be worth a shot, they draft well and he has learned from one of the better GM’s Ozzie Newsome, I would stay away from anyone from the Broncos they have made some awful draft choices and FA signings that they can try to lay at the feet of Shanahan.
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