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Originally Posted by browna
Poor.
In retrospect he should've done something maybe more radical with the QB situation rather then wait and see if Hasselbeck was going to bounce back after two poor seasons. Instead, he stood pat, and put faith that Hasslebeck wasn't past it. He was wrong, Hasslebeck was worse then expected without excuses to hide behind last year.
Injuries didn't help on the O-line..but not having a team leader at QB hurt this team before, and since, the Superbowl, and becoming painfully clear that its still missing, and now cost a decent coach and nice guy, his job as a result.
I don't like this because they are putting the blame of last year soley on him, when he was just more or less assuming the duties, and the team, from Holmgren.
Plus, SEA still don't have a GM in place. Makes no sense to pick a new coach before that.
Management obviously doesn't want to get left behind with teams like BUF interviewing coaches (MIN's defensive co-ordinator, SEA's asked permission to talk to) and IMO made this snap decision because they have their eye on a guy.
The GM, especially with two top 15 draft picks upcoming should be the priority hiring, not the coach.
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I laughed out loud when I read that you're blaming this on Hasselbeck. This was clearly a coaching and o-line problem. Compare the amount of time Hasselbeck got before pressure and rush compared to even the league average, it was atrocious.
I'll also say you don't know much about Mora as well, he called out individual players many times after games, throwing them under the bus, one game verse Chicago he talked about cutting Mare the kicker because he didn't make every kick (hardly the fault of the kicker that game). He played Spencer at center with a broken hand, and when it fell back into his face three games later he then called him out (he actually said "I don't know what that cast is still doing on his hand" implying he was faking it), moved Unger to center, against Unger's wishes. They never had adjustments after the first half. They got embarrassed on multiple occasions and Mora's press response was "I don't know what happened".
Mora would consistently put Jones out as running back instead of Forsett, why don't you take a look at each of their stats, Forsett blew Jones away, in fact Forsett's yards per game were in the top 10 I believe in the NFL at the end of the year but Mora kept putting Jones in instead!
I've watched every Seahawks game multiple times this year and let me tell you Hasselbeck is still Hasselbeck, there was a terrible o line this year combined with terrible coaching and play calling. At the end of year interviews multiple players talked about not being on the same page as the coaching staff as well.
All in all, great move time to start clean, new coaching staff, new GM. One thing I will say about Mora though is, he's a genuine guy, a good guy, I think he would make a great college coach, but he wasn't right in Seattle unfortunately.
Also, it's not like he just came for one year and was gone, he was an assistant coach for two years prior as well.