Monthly Archives: June 2011
Cyber surfing: Monday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, June 27: Adam Rank at NFL.com ranks his Top 6 quarterbacks who deserve to win a Super Bowl, and guess who checks in at No. 4? That’s right, Matt Hasselbeck. Says Rank: “Mentioning Hasselbeck on a list like this cannot be done without pointing [...]
Cyber surfing: Friday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, June 24: Scouts Inc.’s Matt Williamson breaks down the Seahawks’ receivers in this item from ESPN.com. Of leading receiver Mike Williams, Williamson says: “You have to give Pete Carroll a lot of credit for taking a chance on Williams, and you have to give [...]
Posterized
Remember John and Tock Costacos? Perhaps not. But you’d probably recognize one of the posters that lifted the Seattle siblings to notoriety from 1986-90. Like the one with then-Seahawks strong safety Kenny Easley standing on Easley St. in a leather vest, with his forearms taped and his face in full-intimidation mode. It’s called “The Enforcer.” [...]
Cyber surfing: Thursday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, June 23: Pat Kirwan at NFL.com continues his rankings of players by position, and guess who checks in at No. 5 among the safeties? That’s right; it’s the Seahawks’ Earl Thomas, a first-round draft choice last year. Says Kirwan: “The only person who has [...]
The 100 Club
A coach winning 100 games in any sport, at any level, is a big deal. But doing it in the NFL definitely pumps some extra-special into the accomplishment. Three of the eight coaches in the franchise’s first 35 seasons have done it while with the Seahawks: Chuck Knox, Tom Flores and Mike Holmgren. Knox arrived [...]
Cyber surfing: Wednesday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, June 22: Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times offers his Top 10 Seahawks games at Qwest Field, with the venue’s name being changes to CenturyLink. Says O’Neil: “It’s hard to feel wistful for what amounts to successful corporate marketing. It’s also hard to deny [...]
Three-and-out
In nine seasons as coach of the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, Tom Flores won a pair of Super Bowls and had six winning records. In three seasons with the Seahawks, he never even broke even. From 1992-94, when Flores was the third full-season coach in franchise history, the Seahawks went 2-14 and 6-10 twice. We’ve examined [...]
Cyber surfing: Tuesday
Good morning, on the first day of summer. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, June 21: Vic Carucci of NFL.com has this report on Leon Washington, and why the kick returner/running back decided to sign a new deal with the Seahawks in March rather than wait to test free agency. It had [...]
Meeting of the minds
Coach Pete Carroll chats with NBA Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, a Seattle coaching legend in his own right, during Carroll’s “Win Forever Workshop” on Friday night at VMAC. Wilkens was one of 200 in attendance, along with the 25,000 others who watched a live stream of the four-hour seminar online. [Photo by Corky Trewin, [...]
Cyber surfing: Monday
Good morning. Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, June 20, as was “out there” over the weekend: Shelly Smith of ESPN sat down with Pete Carroll to discuss his first season as Seahawks coach in this video report. Spoiler alert: Carroll declines to discuss whether Matt Hasselbeck will be the team’s quarterback [...]
