RT Garry Gilliam was thrilled with Seahawks’ decision to go smash-mouth vs. 49ers. Now 2nd in the NFL in rushing, the big deal is to keep QB Russell Wilson from further psychic scarring.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
Every box on Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto’s list for what he wanted in a manager was checked after the interview with Scott Servais, who is eager to join the plan to “understand how to conquer the mind.”
With K.J. Carta-Samuels making his first career start for Washington over injured Jake Browning, there was almost zero chance of upset at Stanford. It wasn’t as close as 31-14 indicated.
The absence of managerial experience is no drawback for Scott Servais, at least in GM Jerry Dipoto’s mind. In fact, not having a proven system may be asset in doing things a new way.
If Jack Zduriencik were still Mariners GM, he might make a free-agent run at sudden Mets star Daniel Murphy. Wrong. Instead, new GM makes crafty decision to help make Mariners’ average players better.
There was little choice in the matter: Either the Seahawks would revert to their natural state, or they would ruin the season. Fortunately, the inept 49ers were helpful in restoring order.
Carroll says RB Fred Jackson, who was cited for a $175 ticket, addressed the team and is “very fortunate” to have injured no one. No kidding. Said he wasn’t racing, but the story may not stop there.
A car driven too fast by Seahawks RB Fred Jackson ripped out a metal stop sign and blew through an intersection before striking a curb. Jackson was unhurt; police say there was no racing.
The once-hottest rivalry in U.S. sports has chilled into tapioca, but coming in second Thursday night will assure a lost season for either the Seahawks or 49ers.
The Seahawks pride themselves in preparing backups to become starters, but after paying the stars under the salary cap, the reality is the “next men up” aren’t as good as those in 2014 and 2013.