From Discussing Seahawks (@DiscussSeahawks):
Discuss, honestly, I don’t see this being too complicated. The Seattle Seahawks were looking for a coach that could pick up the baton from Pete Carroll and build off the energetic culture he built over the last 14 years, while also injecting new ideas and concepts into it.
That’s Mike Macdonald. It’s what he did at Michigan, when Jim Harbaugh plucked him off his brother’s staff in Baltimore to replace five-year defensive coordinator Don Brown (who had done a lot of good things in Ann Arbor, but his system had become outdated in the Big Ten). It’s what Macdonald did when John Harbaugh hired him off Jim’s staff a year later, supplanting a mentor of his, Wink Martindale, and evolving the Baltimore Ravens defense.
So, on paper, the hire makes perfect sense. What’s next is hiring a staff, which is going to be interesting. All of Macdonald’s NFL experience came in Baltimore over two stints with the Ravens. The most recent offenses he’s been tied to, run by Greg Roman and Todd Monken, have been specifically built around a unique quarterback in Lamar Jackson. So based on that, where do Macdonald’s feelings on offense land? He did, at one point, work with Gary Kubiak, and maybe there’s some string for him to pull on there with the Shanahan tree?
Anyway, that one hire, to me, will be the most important one, but how the whole staff comes together will be very relevant for a head coach who doesn’t turn 37 until the end of June.
