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Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:08 am EDT

Holmgren interested in running Seahawks

By Mark J. Miller

“MikeIt's been long rumored that Mike Holmgren wants to be back with an NFL team next season. It's now becoming clear which one he'd like to be with. Not surprisingly, he's most desirous of one of the teams that he formerly coached: the Seattle Seahawks. According to National Football Post, Holmgren still has a great relationship with team owner Paul Allen.

Current Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell has a contract that runs out at the end of this season and there is no indication that he's getting an extension so Holmgren may be in luck as far as coming back to the team he loves. This time he'd be looking at the field from a big executive suite, though, instead of right on the sidelines. He apparently sees himself as sort of a Bill Parcells kind of character.

If they don't call him, there are plenty of other teams that would love to have Holmgren aboard. Until he gets the call, Holmgren can spend his time hanging out with his wife, who he apparently proposed to when they were 15, and his four granddaughters.

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  1. UGLY
    1. Posted by UGLY Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:31 am EDT

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    Who wouldn't want that man up in the box???
  2. Mygwai
    2. Posted by Mygwai Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:31 am EDT

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    Is this guy going to pull a Bret F. and want back in again & again.
  3. booty
    3. Posted by booty Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:59 am EDT

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    That would be a smart hire by Seattle.
  4. tsylvia
    4. Posted by tsylvia Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:54 am EDT

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    How about Chicago, Mike? They need you real, real bad.
  5. Adam D
    5. Posted by Adam D Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:14 am EDT

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    Tim is done son!!!! I highly doubt that Mike would have let Hutchinson go to say the least. Bring him back!!
  6. Crux
    6. Posted by Crux Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:45 am EDT

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    He has to be Craig "The Walrus" Stadler's step-brother.
  7. Crux
    7. Posted by Crux Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:46 am EDT

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    Hmmm...change that to long, lost brother.
  8. Shaheen S
    8. Posted by Shaheen S Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:49 am EDT

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    @ #2,
    He specifically said he was taking a 1 year sabbatical and planned on returning to football later.
    -SS
  9. fried r
    9. Posted by fried r Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:55 am EDT

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    He said like 3 years ago that he'd be taking 1 year off. Why are people surprised when he wants to come back after the 1 year?
  10. JAMES
    10. Posted by JAMES Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:07 pm EDT

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    (4. Posted by gregneck Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:52 am EDT Report Abuse ) "He proposed to his granddaughters. F'in sicko! "
    You might want to take a few reading classes before you post again !!!
  11. Dave
    11. Posted by Dave Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:08 pm EDT

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    When that happens, Seattle will shoot to the top it that division. That should have been his role on this team two years before he left coaching.................
  12. evillordfowl
    12. Posted by evillordfowl Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:37 pm EDT

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    If you don't go to Dallas or back to Seattle, we would love it if you took over the Cleveland Browns! They need help!
  13. Wife of the Wolves
    13. Posted by Wife of the Wolves Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:48 pm EDT

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    @13
    Don't know the history of the Browns and if they were ever more than an "average" team in the past (I assume so because all teams have their ups and downs) but I'd love to see the Browns make it to the top. I'm sure Mike can lead them there if they were to pick him up.
  14. Hey what the?
    14. Posted by Hey what the? Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:53 pm EDT

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    C'mon Allen, make him an offer he can't refuse!
    If he did come back I wonder if he'd want to keep Mora.
  15. Matt
    15. Posted by Matt Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:54 pm EDT

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    I thought he spent his time shotgunning cans of creamed corn with John Madden.
  16. The Profiler
    16. Posted by The Profiler Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:00 pm EDT

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    Watch out that could turn the seahawks into a competitor again
  17. BaNdiT
    17. Posted by BaNdiT Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:20 pm EDT

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    Mike Shanahan as coach, Mike Holmgren as GM.....hmmmm, smells good :)
  18. scoobie
    18. Posted by scoobie Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:31 pm EDT

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    #4, that's funny. What does reading have to do with it.
    #11 you not so funny.
  19. Carlo
    19. Posted by Carlo Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:48 pm EDT

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    Please somehow someway come to Chicago.
    We are cursed by the sports Gods.
  20. nep617mvp
    20. Posted by nep617mvp Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:52 pm EDT

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    Man Adriann P is a bull .Did u see him truck over that DB Gay for Pitt? Pitt won the game but that was an awesome run.
  21. southeastmania
    21. Posted by southeastmania Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:19 pm EDT

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    Hey mike, why don,mt you run the redskins, after tonite give dan a call please!!!
  22. Kyle
    22. Posted by Kyle Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:05 pm EDT

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    Bring big Mike back! He deserves to be back with the 'Hawks, especially in the front office! We need some classic 'strategry' when it comes to personnel, the draft, free agency, etc. Injuries have devestated this once powerful team, and we need to find the right pieces of the puzzle to be able to withstand any kind of injury dilemma, especially at the offensive line. So much for a run oriented offense, too, the 'Hawks need to stay true to Homgren's West Coast O style, which can effectively completment Mora's punishing defense as seen during the two rare shutouts this year.
  23. Incredibly_Disrespected
    23. Posted by Incredibly_Disrespected Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:42 pm EDT

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    Man...... I was hoping Mike would stay retired or go work for Jerrah Jones.......
    I dont like the idea of someone as smart as him being involved in any way with a division rival......
    DONT DO IT MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ..
  24. David R
    24. Posted by David R Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    If his 15 year old wife would have said no, his grandaughters were like an insurance policy. I hope he lives in Utah.
  25. John C
    25. Posted by John C Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:15 pm EDT

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    If you come to the cleveland browns i will buy you a lifetime of quakerstate wings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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