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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