Guest Will Scarlet Report post Posted February 11, 2003 4pers hire Dennis Erickson Well, sounds like a choice out of left field. It does not sound too wise to me, considering he did not set the world afire in Seattle, and only had one great year at Oregon St., but maybe he'll work out in the end. For now though, I see this move being a bad one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted February 11, 2003 Agreed, couldn't they hire some black guy instead? I'm sure Jesse Jackson will be pissed off at this one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ant_7000 Report post Posted February 11, 2003 I thought they were going to hire Greg Blache the Bears Defensive Cordinator. I wanted him to get a head coaching job he deserves it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 11, 2003 Yet another college coach bails out on his team. I bet Erickson told the new recruits he would leave Oregon St. if he got a better opportunity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted February 11, 2003 Why would Jesse Jackson be mad? S.F did interview Minorities...that's all Teams are required to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted February 11, 2003 Agreed, couldn't they hire some black guy instead? I'm sure Jesse Jackson will be pissed off at this one... Jesse might not, but I'm sure Johnnie Cochrane is fuming... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted February 11, 2003 No, Jesse will be mad, too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest imajackoff? Report post Posted February 12, 2003 If it will get him on camera, Jesse will be mad. He's the political Don King. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted February 13, 2003 I like how ESPN has been calling his Seahawks stint "disastrous." The man was 31-33 in four seasons, for chrissakes. Sure, he never made the playoffs (though he was cheated out of it by that dubious Testaverde TD call), but how is two games under .500 over four years a disaster? Of course, Mike Holmgren's four-year record is identical, but you don't hear much about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 "Mike Holmgren's four-year record is identical, but you don't hear much about that." Mike Holmgren also won a Super Bowl before he came to Seattle. Dennis Erickson didn't have quite the same experience Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crazy Dan Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Being a Niner fan, I am really disliking John York more and more. I don't get why he fired Mooch, which I wouldn't have a problem with if he replaced him with a better coach. But Erickson isn't a better coach than Mooch, IMO. Erickson is a good college coach, but I am not too sure about if he will do good. And I will be even more pissed if Erickson does jack, and Mooch turns the Lions around and guides them into the playoffs. I want Eddie D. back. He was a good owner who loved owning the team. John York probably doesn't even know who is on his team, or what a football looks even looks like. All he cares about is the bottom line, and boy do I hate owners like that. I hope and pray that Erickson will do a good job, of course, but I have feeling this is going to get ugly once again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Mike Holmgren also won a Super Bowl before he came to Seattle. So? Erickson won a national title in college ball. My point was that ESPN is painting him as some kind of terrible coach, when his four-year record with the Seahawks (31-33) is identical to that of Mike Holmgren. Considering Holmgren won a Super Bowl before getting to Seattle, I think his lack of success would be looked at as the bigger failure, but then again, I don't write for ESPN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted February 13, 2003 I don't get why he fired Mooch... Because Mooch showed himself to be a gutless coward. If I were the owner, I would have fired him immediately after the Tampa Bay debacle, then chased him out of town with flaming pitch. I hope $25 million buys him a set of balls in Detroit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Mike Holmgren also won a Super Bowl before he came to Seattle. Dennis Erickson didn't have quite the same experience Shouldn't that mean Holmgren should of done better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Shouldn't that mean Holmgren should of done better. That was my point, Verne. Looking at their W-L records in Seattle, they're even. Yet Erickson's era was a "disaster," but no such scorn is heaped upon Holmgren. Taking into account the considerable success he had in Green Bay, I think a sub-.500 record from Holmgren after four years would be much more of a disaster than the same record from Erickson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the pinjockey Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Did Erickson have the GM power in his Seattle stint that Holmgren did? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Shouldn't that mean Holmgren should of done better. That was my point, Verne. Looking at their W-L records in Seattle, they're even. Yet Erickson's era was a "disaster," but no such scorn is heaped upon Holmgren. Taking into account the considerable success he had in Green Bay, I think a sub-.500 record from Holmgren after four years would be much more of a disaster than the same record from Erickson. I know that Doc. It was directed at Rob. Holmgren does get a free pass from ESPN, because he's buddies with Chris Berman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
