Tuesday, February 07, 2006
A few ideas for the 'Hawks
I wanted to wait a couple of days to see whether national coverage of the questionable officiating would materialize.
As conspiracy theories and their squattier cousins abound, the focus in Seattle should be around updating the public perception of our football franchise, so that Sunday's debacle can't happen again. A few thoughts for your consideration:
What the Seahawks need is to import a Japanese football star. That will help with our visibility problem, much like it helped the Mariners become Japan's team.
... Actually, perhaps using the Mariners (63-99 in 2004, 69-93 in 2005) as a model for success isn't the best idea right now.
What we need is a catchy product that can be distributed and marketed to casual and non-fans.
We could rename the team to the Seattle Starbucks and our terrible towels could be extra-hot lattes. Crowds would dig it. Can you imagine 67,000+ fans whipping their lattes through the air to unnerve an opposing offense?
Maybe rally birds? The rubber-chicken answer toAnaheim LA #2 and the monkey? I'd like to see Leavy return from under the hood to validate a questionable call to a crowd wielding rally birds.
Or maybe the team should jump on the state beer commission bandwagon as the Seattle Redhooks. It's geared at attracting attention with exactly the right demographic. Stranger things could happen.
As conspiracy theories and their squattier cousins abound, the focus in Seattle should be around updating the public perception of our football franchise, so that Sunday's debacle can't happen again. A few thoughts for your consideration:
What the Seahawks need is to import a Japanese football star. That will help with our visibility problem, much like it helped the Mariners become Japan's team.
... Actually, perhaps using the Mariners (63-99 in 2004, 69-93 in 2005) as a model for success isn't the best idea right now.
What we need is a catchy product that can be distributed and marketed to casual and non-fans.
We could rename the team to the Seattle Starbucks and our terrible towels could be extra-hot lattes. Crowds would dig it. Can you imagine 67,000+ fans whipping their lattes through the air to unnerve an opposing offense?
Maybe rally birds? The rubber-chicken answer to
Or maybe the team should jump on the state beer commission bandwagon as the Seattle Redhooks. It's geared at attracting attention with exactly the right demographic. Stranger things could happen.
# posted by kevin @ 5:15 PM 
Comments:
Did you know I used to work for WashingtonVotes.org? Yes, the Beer Commission is causing a lot of consternation as of late. SB 6661 got an emergency clause smacked on it, too. Blah. (J was interviewed on the Lars Larson show recently on this very issue.)
Anyway, I'm all for a Japanese player on the Seahawks, perhap a Sumo wrestler?
Anyway, I'm all for a Japanese player on the Seahawks, perhap a Sumo wrestler?
I wasn't aware of that, but it fits with what I do know. And I think you're right; I could see some of those guys playing the line. Hopefully we'll re-sign Hutchinson, but that's a good plan B.
