Holmgren To Return To Seattle?
Tim Ruskell resigns as Seattle Seahawks general manager weeks before his five-year contract with the team ends.
Immediately after this news was released, rumors and suggestions swirled all over the sports scene about a possible return from Mike Holmgren to Seattle.
Mike Holmgren has already said that he is coming back to the NFL next season. Others have predicted that Mike Holmgren will go to take over the Cleveland Browns franchise and try to turn things around there.
However, Steve Kelley, a Seattle Times staff columnist, quoted that “Mike Holmgren would have to be paid LeBron James money to go to Cleveland” in a previous article Kelley had written.
Mike Holmgren was already the GM for the Seahawks back when he first came to the franchise in 1999 from the Green Bay Packers. Holmgren was terminated as Seahawks GM in 2002 and Ruskell took over as Seahawks GM in 2005.
Even though Holmgren was once terminated as the Seahawks GM, many argue that he needs to take over because of the fact that he built the core of the 2005 team that went to Super Bowl XL in Detroit.
Mike Holmgren has made some questionable picks before as the Seahawks GM but also has made some of the best picks in Seahawks franchise history with Shaun Alexander, Steve Hutchinson, Marcus Trufant, and Sean Locklear.
What made Holmgren such a success here in Seattle is the fact that he brought a winning atmosphere to the city.
“I loved it when we were winning all the time a few years ago,” Nick Howe, a Seahawks season ticket holder said. “I think if we bring back Holmgren, it will restore our attitude to win.”
But the biggest move that Holmgren had made as the previous Seahawks GM was the trade that landed the Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. If it is anything that Holmgren knows how to do, he knows how to build quarterbacks.
This becomes a main point for many fans and critics to evaluate on who should receive this GM job because Hasselbeck is nearing the end of his career and a quarterback is the essential part of the team.
“I hope Holmgren comes back to Seattle, we are in big need of a quarterback and he builds quarterbacks better than anyone,” Andrew Prince, a Seahawks season ticket holder.
The Seahawks have two first-round picks this year in the 2010 NFL Draft and the big question becomes whether or not this is the season to take a quarterback.
“Holmgren needs to come back to this city, he was the one that brought us a winning franchise and made the Seahawks the respectable team they are today,” Garrett Richardson, a Seahawks fan said.
Within a few months, the Seahawks will announce whether or not Holmgren will become the new GM. Whether or not the Seahawks make Holmgren the GM, he will always be remembered as one of the most critical pieces in Seahawks history.
Sources
Nick Howe – 206-948-0489
Andrew Prince – 206-909-4301
Garrett Richardson – 425-214-2420
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Speech Story
The Amphibian Decline
The Zoology Club held its last meeting Wednesday night and Andrew Storfer, a biological sciences professor at WSU, was the guest speaker.
The topic that Storfer focused on was the amphibian decline of frogs throughout the world, but went into much more detail about the amphibians in North and South America.
Storfer started out his speech by talking about a brief history of frogs and some interesting facts that scientists had done with frogs back in the 80s and 90s.
Back in the 80s, scientists didn’t realize that amphibians were heading towards extinction as fast as they thought. The Golden Toad disappeared and this brought much attention to many scientists throughout the world, they eventually held a conference and many scientists were able to concur that some sort of amphibian in their region was moving towards extinction.
However, much of the surprising facts and details started to spill their way out when he Storfer made a comment about a new book that has just come out.
Storfer didn’t mention the title of the book but in it is a survey that was conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which is an amphibian specialist group. The IUCN conducted this survey and found out that 43% of all amphibians’ population is declining.
Not only is the amphibians population declining this drastically, less than 1% of all amphibian species show a population increase and already 180 amphibian species have gone extinct.
Chase Sanderson, a student at WSU, was surprised by these facts.
“I figured that frogs would be down towards the bottom of the food chain,” Sanderson said. “But I didn’t expect 180 species to be extinct already and less than a percent to be increasing.”
Storfer went on to talk about some of the reasons that have contributed to this amphibian decline and how they will continue to affect the amphibians.
“There are six hypotheses that have caused this amphibian decrease in population,” Storfer said. “These hypotheses are habitat destruction, invasive species, over exploration, global climate change, contaminants, and emerging diseases.”
These causes have been contributed by natural causes and the human population.
Storfer went into detail about a problem of the extinction rate in particular which is over exploration. An interesting fact was brought up during the speech: 95% of peoples demand for frogs is taken from the wildlife. This can be the demand for frogs as food, pets, collecting, etc.
Zoology club member Jennifer Conne found this statement interesting.
“I can’t believe that 95% of frogs are taken from the wildlife,” Conne said. “I thought there might have been frog farms or something, no wonder they are decreasing so quickly.”
Amphibians are very important to the environment and many people don’t realize this. Storfer made a comment about if that amphibians go extinct, there is going to be a lot more insects in the world.
The speech was held at 6:30 p.m. at the Eastlick Building Lobby.
Sources
Andrew Storfer – astorfer@wsu.edu 509-335-7922
Chase Sanderson – 253-332-3821
Jennifer Conne – jconne@wsu.edu
3 Questions for speaker
• What got you so involved in amphibians and their populations?
• What is one thing you hope to achieve in the amphibian world or for the amphibians?
• Which one of the hypotheses do you think has led to the greatest amount of population decline?
The Zoology Club held its last meeting Wednesday night and Andrew Storfer, a biological sciences professor at WSU, was the guest speaker.
The topic that Storfer focused on was the amphibian decline of frogs throughout the world, but went into much more detail about the amphibians in North and South America.
Storfer started out his speech by talking about a brief history of frogs and some interesting facts that scientists had done with frogs back in the 80s and 90s.
Back in the 80s, scientists didn’t realize that amphibians were heading towards extinction as fast as they thought. The Golden Toad disappeared and this brought much attention to many scientists throughout the world, they eventually held a conference and many scientists were able to concur that some sort of amphibian in their region was moving towards extinction.
However, much of the surprising facts and details started to spill their way out when he Storfer made a comment about a new book that has just come out.
Storfer didn’t mention the title of the book but in it is a survey that was conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which is an amphibian specialist group. The IUCN conducted this survey and found out that 43% of all amphibians’ population is declining.
Not only is the amphibians population declining this drastically, less than 1% of all amphibian species show a population increase and already 180 amphibian species have gone extinct.
Chase Sanderson, a student at WSU, was surprised by these facts.
“I figured that frogs would be down towards the bottom of the food chain,” Sanderson said. “But I didn’t expect 180 species to be extinct already and less than a percent to be increasing.”
Storfer went on to talk about some of the reasons that have contributed to this amphibian decline and how they will continue to affect the amphibians.
“There are six hypotheses that have caused this amphibian decrease in population,” Storfer said. “These hypotheses are habitat destruction, invasive species, over exploration, global climate change, contaminants, and emerging diseases.”
These causes have been contributed by natural causes and the human population.
Storfer went into detail about a problem of the extinction rate in particular which is over exploration. An interesting fact was brought up during the speech: 95% of peoples demand for frogs is taken from the wildlife. This can be the demand for frogs as food, pets, collecting, etc.
Zoology club member Jennifer Conne found this statement interesting.
“I can’t believe that 95% of frogs are taken from the wildlife,” Conne said. “I thought there might have been frog farms or something, no wonder they are decreasing so quickly.”
Amphibians are very important to the environment and many people don’t realize this. Storfer made a comment about if that amphibians go extinct, there is going to be a lot more insects in the world.
The speech was held at 6:30 p.m. at the Eastlick Building Lobby.
Sources
Andrew Storfer – astorfer@wsu.edu 509-335-7922
Chase Sanderson – 253-332-3821
Jennifer Conne – jconne@wsu.edu
3 Questions for speaker
• What got you so involved in amphibians and their populations?
• What is one thing you hope to achieve in the amphibian world or for the amphibians?
• Which one of the hypotheses do you think has led to the greatest amount of population decline?
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