Wonder if the same same fate awaits Belichick…
My understanding from reports is that Belicheck is willing to give up all GM duties, and OC and DC duties, he just wants to keep coaching the team. The other thing I read is Kraft is on the fence. He's sensitive about firing Bill, but also hasn't honestly made up his mind what he wants to do.
There are other questions here. If Bill brings in McDaniels as OC, and Vrabel as DC, and they move up a spot or two in the draft to take Drake Maye, will that make Kraft happy? Or does Kraft see a future with Mayo (who has spoken glowingly about a few years now) as HC leading his team into the future? Kraft is also getting older. Is he setting up the team for Jonathan to take over? Or is he going to follow what Al Davis did into senility with numerous bad decisions, and leave a barely prepared son with a mess to pick through?
That said, this turn of events and Jody Allen's involvement may also signal the imminent sale offering of the franchise... Hopefully a strong local purchaser will take over as Seattle doesn't need another Clay (insert appropriate term here) who lied and moved the Sonics to OKC.
I don't see that happening. The Seahawks are fully entrenched in Seattle, with a huge fan base, and Lumen field was upgraded just a couple years ago, new seats, boxes, new field, etc. I am still a little confident the person who will buy the Seahawks is Jeff Bezos. He would be the richest owner in sports history, and could pull out some change between lint in his pocket and buy them tomorrow. He's shown interest in buying an NFL team (Washington) but bailed out of that process of dealing with Snyder, and he's from Seattle. I'm sure the league would welcome Bezos, and rumors are the NFL have talked to him about buying the Seahawks.
Article from last April about Bezos interest in the team.
The group at Vulcan (Allen's old company, now a trust dissolving and holding company) have been very mum, but a reporter in Portland seemed to believe the Trailblazers would sell before the Seahawks. In fact, last year Nike founder Phil Knight and his family showed sincere interest in buying the Trailblazers, but the word from Jody was akin to, "not just yet". There are issues with the Trailblazers though, there is a lease on the Moda center where the play that will need renewing, there lacks stability in the front office, and the coach is widely considered one of the worst in the league, and the team sucks, is rebuilding. This all puts the team at a potential diminished value if they were to sell soon. But when will they look like they have a bright future, and how they will get there? Who knows?
Inversely, the Seahawks have never been worth more money than they are now. And while they are heading into perhaps a rough 2024 season, they are not a bad team at all. They have a foundation, several good players, aren't in salary cap hell. So they could easily re-tool and be competitive in 2025 and beyond.
I disagree. Really good DC, but not a HC.
Maybe. He was loved by his players in Atlanta. Everyone, every, single, person, points to them botching that lead in the Super Bowl against New England, but he led his team there, and to the divisional round the following year. Yes, the wheels somewhat fell off after that, but his players in Atlanta were defending him until the very end. Maybe he's learned enough to take the job on, presuming they hire an ace OC, and Schneider continues his magic with draft picks and FA signings?
Dave Canales, Mike Vrable, and Clint Hurtt are other names currently being floated for the HC job. But more will appear.
There's another angle here though. Owners usually like to hire their own staff. So if Jody and Schneier hire, say, Quinn, then sell the team, how does that make sense? Unless a sale is already in discussion, and part of this entire process? There's likely a lot going on behind closed doors we know nothing about.
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