| Seahawks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
9 Jan 2009 at 12:53am
It didn't take long for Jim Mora to make the move everybody expected him to make since the day it was announced he would succeed Mike Holmgren as Seahawks coach after the 2008 season.
Mora hired Greg Knapp as his offensive coordinator. Knapp was Mora's offensive coordinator in Atlanta, and the two worked together in San Francisco as well.
This move likely means that Holmgren's long-time offensive coordinator, Gil Haskell, will be out.
Knapp was the offensive coordinator in Oakland, but he was relieved of his play-calling duties by Raiders interim coach Tom Cable, who assumed that task. Cable also served on Mora's staff in Atlanta. Mora needed someone he could trust to run the Seahawks' offense because it has become clear that he will be calling the... |
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| AP Source: Seahawks to hire Knapp as coordinator (AP) |
7 Jan 2009 at 11:57pm
Greg Knapp will be the new offensive coordinator for the Seahawks, the first of many moves to be made by Seattle under new coach Jim Mora. A person familiar with the hire confirmed Wednesday that the 45-year-old Knapp has agreed to leave the Oakland Raiders to reunite with Mora, Knapp's former boss in Atlanta.
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| Browns get Mangini; other teams looking (AP) |
7 Jan 2009 at 7:17pm
| Eric Mangini didn't waste much time finding a job after being cut loose by the New York Jets, agreeing to a four-year deal Wednesday to coach the Cleveland Browns. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that Mangini will be introduced Thursday at a news conference at the team's headquarters in Berea, Ohio. |
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| Holmgren leaves Seattle on own terms (AP) |
31 Dec 2008 at 8:23am
| Maybe Mike Holmgren's biggest accomplishment through 17 years, 12 postseasons, three Super Bowls and more wins than any other active coach: He's leaving on his terms. With huge smiles, a waiting family and a new Harley, to boot. "It's allowed me to have closure," a composed, jovial Holmgren said Tuesday in his final public goodbye after 10 years as the coach of the Seattle Seahawks, a day after... |
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| Injuries not only thing facing flopped Seahawks (AP) |
29 Dec 2008 at 7:48pm
| Walter Jones lamented how tough it was to finally miss the postseason. Matt Hasselbeck kept repeating one word: "Disappointing." Leonard Weaver had two boxes loaded onto a blue hand truck. For the first time in six years, the Seattle Seahawks were packing for the offseason before the playoffs even began. |
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| Warner, Fitzgerald lead Cards past Seattle 34-21 (AP) |
28 Dec 2008 at 8:24pm
Kurt Warner found his rhythm, Larry Fitzgerald was a glue-fingered marvel, and Edgerrin James was back. The Arizona Cardinals' offense, even the running game, kicked into gear Sunday in a 34-21 victory over Seattle that spoiled the final game of Mike Holmgren's decade as Seahawks coach. "Somewhere in the second quarter we woke up and we played like the Cardinals," Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said,...
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| Boldin inactive for second week with sore shoulder (AP) |
28 Dec 2008 at 2:55pm
| Arizona wide receiver Anquan Boldin was inactive for the second week in a row on Sunday with a shoulder injury. Boldin, selected to the Pro Bowl along with fellow wideout Larry Fitzgerald this season, did not practice all week. Steve Breaston again started in Boldin's place in the regular-season finale against Seattle. |
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| Seahawks give Harley to Holmgren (AP) |
27 Dec 2008 at 10:19am
| Mike Holmgren always said that when the 2008 season was over he wanted to return to his home in the Phoenix area and ride his motorcycle. Thanks to the club for which he walked the sidelines for the last 10 seasons he'll have a new bike to break in. After Holmgren's final full practice as coach of Seattle on Friday, eight-year Seahawks' veteran Bobby Engram stood up to address the team. |
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| Family, philanthropy up next for Holmgren (AP) |
24 Dec 2008 at 12:47pm
| Mike Holmgren is happily leaving the job he's loved and mastered for the last 17 years in the NFL. The reason is on the second floor of the Pike Market Medical Clinic. His wife, Kathy, a registered nurse who specializes is treating diabetes, is ending a checkup with a patient, a small, older man with bright eyes for whom English is a second language. |
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