by A.J. Coltrane
The Seahawks have fired Offensive Coordinator Jeremy Bates. Also:
Quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch left to go University of Miami to be its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Defensive line coach Dan Quinn is leaving the team to become the defensive coordinator at the University of Florida.
Defensive backs coach Jerry Gray left to become an assistant head coach and defensive backs coach at the University of Texas.
I think it’s interesting that the other coaches who “left” all went back to coaching college.
ESPN writer Mike Sando’s take on it:
…The Seahawks ranked 28th in total yards, 31st in rushing yards, 29th in time of possession and 28th in first downs per game. Those depressed rankings seemed understandable, in my view, given the state of the roster in general and the offensive line in particular.
Carroll could have lived with poor first-year production, I think, if he thought Bates were the right coordinator.
Making this move after only one season suggests the fit wasn’t right. Carroll is resoundingly upbeat. He doesn’t cuss out players. Bates isn’t much of a people person. He’s gruff and takes a harder line in his approach to players. Of course, Carroll would have known these things about Bates, it seems, because the two worked together at USC in 2009.
Absent something more, this is the sort of move that makes greater sense when the head coach has another candidate in mind.
Josh McDaniels’ name comes to mind immediately. Talks between McDaniels and the St. Louis Rams hit a snag this week, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported. McDaniels also interviewed with the Minnesota Vikings…
Of course, the baggage associated with Josh McDaniels may include … TIM TEBOW!!
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Late edit: Less than three hours after this post, the Rams hire McDaniels as Offensive Coordinator. Whew.
FlatbreadGarden 
Thrilled to see we didn’t get Josh McDaniel which hopefully means we don’t get Tim Tebow.
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Can you name the WORST all-time coach at the University of Idaho??? Here’s a hint – with a record of 11-35, it is NOT Tom Cable. LOL!
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Who are you thinking of? Nick Holt?
Cable was 11-35 (.239). Holt (who immediately preceded him) was 5-18 (.217).
Erickson was 36-23 (.610).
Complete list is in the sig.
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Boy, the spam filter did *not* like that link.
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The Tebow baggage associated with Josh McDaniels finally landed in New England, where McDaniels is now the Offensive Coordinator and QB coach.
I’m guessing H-back/TE/FB, though officially listed on the roster as QB. He’s the exact phenotype for that combo role in NE.
More broadly, he has the type of build that NE looks for in all players at all positions.
Now let’s see if he can keep his mouth shut.
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Coltrane I new there was a Tebow baggage post and I found it about to say exactly what you did and see you beat me by a couple of hours
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It’s kind of fun to look up stuff like this after a transaction.
Just don’t look up what I said about Whitehurst…
“I seem to be in the minority in that I think Whitehurst may still prove that he can play.”
http://cheapseateats.com/2011/07/26/uglier-and-uglier/
Though to be fair, the options were Tavaris Jackson, Leinhart, or Whitehurst.
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It is a good thing you didn’t take the under in 2011 on the Seahawks wins either.
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Wasn’t the over/under 6.5 wins? They cleared it by a whopping .5 games.
In further related news, the Seahawks are reportedly re-signing Tavaris Jackson.
It’ll be an Epic Backup QB Battle! Brady Quinn vs Tavaris Jackson!
Here’s a clue. The winner will not be the Seahawks.
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I was watching the news last night and the sports guys said something like “Football people think that Tavaris Jackson is an upgrade over Brady Quinn.” Honestly, I am not so sure that I am not an upgrade over Brady Quinn.
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Blaidd I agree. every time I think of Brady I remember him on draft day in that pin strip suit that looks like it might be his dads the way it fit. That first impression was not great, my opinion of him has not changed much since.
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