In a whirlwind 24 hours, the Seahawks made emergency hires of Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin. Kudos to Pete Carroll for not letting old wounds fester.
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.
Absent LT Brown, losing RBs Carson and Prosise along with Penny, the Seahawks offense fell apart against Arizona. Now all they have to do is fix everything in a week.
The first official act of Jimmy Lake as University of Washington head football coach was to fire two offensive assistants that he worked alongside Saturday at the Las Vegas Bowl, coordinator Bush Hamdan and tight ends coach Jordan Paopao, the Huskies announced in a statement Sunday afternoon.
Seahawks’ run-stopping DT Al Woods was suspended by NFL for four weeks after violating PED policy. On the health front, Wagner and Ansah look ready for Sunday.
Bad enough that Chris Petersen has to face his old school. QB Jacob Eason has to face Boise State’s sack-monster LB without Hunter Bryant and Trey Adams. Awkward.
The Cardinal franchise’s relentless mediocrity highlights what a great decade the Seahawks have had. Carroll’s prep for NFL success began with his first NFL failure.
They could have bailed on Washington with the coaching change, but all 23 recruits who gave verbal commits became Huskies on letter-of-intent day.
Apparently hung over from the loss to Gonzaga, the listless Huskies finally fired up late behind Isaiah Stewart to put away Seattle U for the 15th time in a row.
The NFL suspended indefinitely WR Josh Gordon for violating its drug policy. The risk was worth it for the Seahawks, the shame is that addiction is so powerful.
The way the Seahawks have reached the playoffs is ridiculous. But not to Pete Carroll, who said Monday he’s having as big a hoot coaching as any time in his career.