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Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Here's the counter to the Tim Ruskell sucks argument: Ruskell inherited a franchise with a small handful of top tier talent, virtually no depth, and few players behind that top tier that were even NFL caliber. Want to argue that, look at the roster Ruskell inherited . Many of the problems the current Hawks face started in the final season of GM Mike Holmgren and flourished under...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
RENTON, Wash. — The many in Seattle who are desperate to see the University of Washington football program turn around are wondering whether the contract Jim Mora has to succeed Mike Holmgren as the Seahawks' coach in 2009 is ironclad.The Seahawks aren't nearly as desperate to clear that up. They are letting the signed contract speak for itself.Both Mora and team president Tim Ruskell walked...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Web CBSSports.com Web CBSSports.com Track your favorite teams and players.Free membership, Already a member, Log-in ID: Password: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Seattle SeahawksLocation: Renton, Wash. | Stadium: Qwest Stadium (67,000) | Chairman: Paul Allen | President/CEO: Jody Patton | GM: Tim Ruskell Coach: Mike Holmgren | League Championships:...
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Talkin' Hawks (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
... Crabtree definitely could deliver a dynamic that is missing from this offense. What club president Tim Ruskell and his staff will have to determine is whether Crabtree will have the same kind of impact when playing against much better defensive backs than he has faced in college this season. Q: This is a combo from a couple of readers wondering what the team will be like under Mora's control.A:...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... way too late to worry whether that "stuff" might have worked in Seattle, if general manager Tim Ruskell had promised Zorn the Hawks head coaching job after this final season for Holmgren instead of assistant coach Jim Mora.And it's too early to doubt whether Ruskell made the right choice in Mora.But Sunday, as the Hawks lost for the ninth time in 11 games and the fourth time in a...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
"But that's not the only thing, now. We've got to look hard at this thing -- people are going to have to look hard at this," Holmgren said, referring to Mora and the staff of team president Tim Ruskell. "And be real honest about it, like I asked the players to be when they looked at the film, and see: Do we have enough? Is it good enough? If it is, let's go. If it isn't, you make changes."
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
"But that's not the only thing, now. We've got to look hard at this thing - people are going to have to look hard at this," Holmgren said, referring to Mora and the staff of team president Tim Ruskell. "And be real honest about it, like I asked the players to be when they looked at the film, and see: Do we have enough? Is it good enough? If it is, let's go. If it isn't, you make changes."
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
"But that's not the only thing, now. We've got to look hard at this thing _ people are going to have to look hard at this," Holmgren said, referring to Mora and the staff of team president Tim Ruskell. "And be real honest about it, like I asked the players to be when they looked at the film, and see: Do we have enough? Is it good enough? If it is, let's go. If it isn't, you make changes."
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... to have to look hard at this," Holmgren said, referring to Mora and the staff of team president Tim Ruskell. "And be real honest about it, like I asked the players to be when they looked at the film, and see: Do we have enough? Is it good enough? If it is, let's go. If it isn't, you make changes."Holmgren said flatly there will not be an early transition period in which Mora assumes more...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... to have to look hard at this," Holmgren said, referring to Mora and the staff of team president Tim Ruskell. "And be real honest about it, like I asked the players to be when they looked at the film, and see: Do we have enough? Is it good enough? If it is, let's go. If it isn't, you make changes."Holmgren said flatly there will not be an early transition period in which Mora assumes more...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... I hope you will never know how much it hurts." And yet this has slowly become less of his team. Tim Ruskell, the team president hired before the 2005 Super Bowl year, has replaced several of the players Holmgren and his former general manger, Ted Thompson, picked in the early part of this decade. Special featureA 1-32 breakdown of the league's best leaders.Much of this was necessary as players...
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Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
Backers, haters, recent detractors, today Tim Ruskell's creature is unveiled in near complete form. It's young and it's facing an opponent fit to rebristle its toothbrush with Seattle's short hairs, but the foundation, method and most of the defense of the future will be displayed today. Hold your breath. Piecemeal and talent poor receiving corps Some would say the laboratory exploded. Certainly...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... backs. When Holmgren announced that 2008 would be his final season with the team, club president Tim Ruskell made the move to hire Mora as a successor.
