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What happened to the dude from WSU, Bumpus?
Bumpus is out there playing. He was the intended receiver yesterday on a pass that Marcus Trufant made a great play on.
This Shelton feller is fodder.
Not necessarily. The guy did well for Indy, he played Gunner on special teams and did pretty well. Indy is loaded at wr like Seattle thought they were.
From the sound of the article, he was pretty good. Be hard for him to beat out the guys who have a year in our system--maybe he'll end up a practice squadder.
Michael,
You wrote in the Holmgren transcript thread:
"Anyone curious if Hutch actually left of his own accord? He loves to hunt, and never seemed fond of the Pacific Northwest."
I wanted to bring this forward so it doesn't fall off the end of our discussions where you wouldn't notice my response. 
This subject is one of my "hot buttons" concerning the Seahawks. Sorry if I put in in the middle of an incongruous thread.
What are you suggesting here as far as Hutch and hunting goes? The Pacific Northwest is one of the greatest hunting areas in the country. From Whitetail and Mule deer to Elk for large game to upland game birds such as pheasant, grouse, quail, and chuckar for scattergunners, Washington State is a great place to live for a hunting enthusist. You've got more exotic stuff like turkey, dove, snipe (yes, they do actually exist), and pigeon as well as ducks and geese galore for waterfowlers since Washington is right smack in the middle of the Pacific flyway.
When I lived in Washington, I hunted everything I've listed above all around the state. My particular love was duck hunting and I can tell you Washington has several species of ducks and geese that can be hunted in a variety of ways depending on where you hunt them throughout the state. Close to Seattle is the South fork of the Skagit River which has been developed by the state game department as a premium waterfowl hunting area comprising several hundred (maybe thousand) acres of tidal wetlands and managed cropfields with corn and grains grown to be the perfect habitat to attract ducks, geese, and snipe as they travel on their annual migration from Northern regions to their Southern wintering grounds.
While Minnesota is another state that has vast hunting opportunities, Washington State is filled with opportunity as I've detailed in this post for anyone so inclined. Same goes for fishing with Washington having saltwater opportunities that Minnesota does not. Wasnington is a hunting, fishing, and general outdoor enthuist's dream come true. Hutch would be giving a real weak ass argument to say he didn't want to be with the Seahawks because he wanted to go somewhere where he could do those activities in his offtime from football.
What annoys me the most with Hutch was his assurances right up until the poison pill hit that he wanted to stay in Seattle and his telling Ruskell and reporters that he was happy in Seattle when in reality if you can believe what he said afterward, he felt disrespected and unappreciated. I do believe that he wanted out of Seattle and none of those reasons were really the truth either. I hate liars and two faced people and Hutch turned out to be one of the worst. If he felt disrespected by Ruskell using the transition tag, he should have said so before it was done. It was talked about in the media that Ruskell was deciding which one to use before it actually happened and Hutch had ample opportunity to discuss his feelings if it was that big of a deal to him. The use oif the transition tag didn't come out of the blue as a big surprise. Instead he said to both Ruskell and the media that he was happy in Seattle and really wanted to remain with the team. Ruskell must have felt comfortable using the transition tag after hearing that from Hutch and I'm sure was as stunned as the rest of us when the poison pill contract was presented and it became apparent that Hutch wanted out of Seattle.
Hunting, Fishing, and a love of the great outdoors had nothing to do with it unless Minnesota just had specific attractions that he craved. Even then, did those things outweigh playing for a winner and leaving a team that he'd helped build into an annual contender? I actually have no problem with him if he does feel that way. He should have manned up and said so instead of telling everyone how much he loved Seattle and how he wanted to do a long term deal here and so forth. He should have said that he wanted to look at other opportunities and that he missed Minnesota's unting and fishing if that was the case. Just tell the truth. Don't lead us on and say everythings alright and how much you love us and then crap all over us at the last minute. Jurevicous said so after his one year contract was up. He wanted to play closer to home. No problem.
Hutch was smiling as he shoved the knife in the ribs of the Seahawks. I have absolutely no respect for him whatsoever left. Hence my curse which is still in full effect that Hutch will never get within sniffing distance of a playoff game for the rest of his career. He will have the maximum time off every year to hunt, fish, and enjoy his 49 million ill gotten dollars all of which he could have accomplished in Seattle if he wanted to. He didn't.
From the Times blog:
The Seahawks were back in Kirkland today for practice. Nothing new on the injury front -- the same guys who have been out or are choosing not to attend were still out Wednesday.
Come to find out that rookie DT Kevin Brown is not with the team because UCLA hasn't held graduation ceremonies yet, so per NFL rules he cannot set foot inside team headquarters until then.
Observations from today:
-WR Jordan Kent had a good May camp, and he had a good practice Wednesday. He got the better of cornerbacks Jordan Babineaux and Kelly Jennings for catches on deep routes.
-RB Julius Jones has shown signs of being the real deal. He put a move on a very fast linebacker, starter Julian Peterson, and got himself wide open with plenty of separation during a drill in which linebackers were covering tight ends, running backs and fullbacks on short passes.
-Special teams coach Bruce DeHaven broke out the microphone/speaker contraption, urging on his charges on kick coverage drills. At one point, coach Mike Holmgren turned around to look at reporters on the sideline and said "I want to get one of those things so you can hear everything I say at practice." He was being sarcastic, of course.
Clare at the PI has his minicamp comments for today:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.c...ives/
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Holy crap Billt! Tell us how you really feel!
Who knows what was/wasnt said behind the scenes between Ruskell and the Ice Fisherman?
You got to move on, the Hawks finally have. Wahle will make us able to heal from the Ice Fisherman debacle.
Well, we've definitely got enough receivers now. What's our total now, 146?
Hey Billt, That wasn't me who said that, must have been a different Michael. In case you were addressing me.
But I got yer back! Huck Futchenson! Traitor!
Yea Bill T!!! Get some!
Ok Michael. Sorry. I thought you had said that and it didn't make sense to me.
Hey, SlaveToTheBusinessman, I generally don't dredge up the old thing about Hutch but once in a while when someone triggers something I've got to get it all out again. I was really, really, really, po'd when that all came down (you could probably tell huh?) because I knew that was going to screw things up for awhile but I never blamed Ruskell for it in the slightest. I put it all on Hutch as far as him leaving.
Actually, I was being pretty nice this time. You should have seen my rants back then as it was happening and for some time after. I wanted him with two broken legs and well........ I'm better now.
You really don't want to know how I really feel. Michael would censor my post if I really let it rip. Like you though, I'm looking for Wahle to put some balm on that particluar hurt.
I actually think that Hutch leaving wasn't the whole story behind our collapse the next two years anyway although a lot of fans like to lay all our troubles on that loss and then give Ruskell a huge black mark for it. Tobeck leaving was just as big a loss with his mastery of calling the offensive line sets and at the line of scrimmage adjustments. These are the things where Spencer still has a lot to learn before we can have the kind line we had in 2005. I also credit Gray with a lot better play in 2005 than he gave the last two years as age caught up with him. If you had removed Hutch and still had a very much active Tobeck and Gray, it wouldn't have been near the impact that it turned out to be overall. Remember that Jones is also going downhill with his shoulder problems and hasn't been the stalwart that he was in 2005 either.
I'm over it for the most part but somewhere depp inside me it keeps simmering and probably will always be there. Now don't get me started on Bosworth who was one of my favorite players and the bad rap I thought he got.
Yeah, Ice Fisherman's loss wasnt our only issue, but it was the biggest glaring hole, and Ruskell didnt bother to fill it for two years. Whoops!
Drafting Spencer was a mistake, as the dude couldnt possible have scored high on the Wonderlic unless he cheated, and C is usually as smart as the qb, as he is the qb of the line.
Sims...well, I dont know what his problem is. All the talent in the world, little to show for it...
I think the line will play very well this season. Solari and Wahle will make all the difference.
Ruskell has not drafted as well on offense--I hope that changes soon. I am tired of wasted first and second round picks. And Wilson seems like a fourth round pick, not a second rounder.
Overall, I think Ruskell is a fine GM, and we have a good shot at the Stupor Bowl.
I hear what your saying about The Boz. He really did play pretty well. The problem was the injuries, due to his being overbuilt with roids. And the expectations--Knox and everyone else thought he was the next Butkus, not the next David Wyman.
On the NFL production of the top ten bust ever in the NFL, the predictably had Boz as third in the list.
What I found interesting was that while interviewing him he said that "The Boz" and Brain Bosworth were two different individuals. Knox and the Seahawks administration wanted him to portray "The Boz" to give the Seahawks an outspoken character with a flair they could get behind on the field and to draw fans and that when "The Boz" was born. Bosworth himself outside of that personna was a soft spoken guy who drew little attention to himself except for his amazing play.
In his rookie year before his shoulder was injured and the arthritis set in, he was a beast and had Tatupu like instincts with 4.3 speed and was hard hitter and sure tackler. Making plays all over the field, he was selected for the all rookie team. If he hadn't been injured and had the arthritic shoulders, he probably would have had a HOF career following as he learned the NFL game. Personally, I don't call that a bust but an unfortunate happenstance where the most you can say is that he wasn't able to live up to his contract through no fault of his own. To me a bust is like Rick Meier, a guy who was highly touted but couldn't play at the NFL level not some guy who had it all talent wise and had his career cut short by injury. Steve Emtmen from the U of W comes to mind as another one who had a great career ahead of him and then got it cut way short because of injury. Tubbs fits that mold so far. Does anyone remember David Sims? RB from Georgia with Seattle in the 70's who looked as if he had a spectatcular career ahead of him when he got a neck injury and his career was over just like that. I just can't call these guys busts. The talent we expected them to have when they were drafted was displayed and verified. No one can predict how or when an injury can alter all that. To later call them busts is like turning on them and blaming them for something that was out of their control. They paid a real high price with their bodies to play for our team and to label them as busts is a travesty of appreciation.
They also pointed out in that little blurp on Bosworth that at the time Seattle drafted him, there wasn't a team in the league that would have passed on the opportunity to draft him coming out of college. How can you call that a mistake except in hindsight and everyone is 100% accurate in that world.
I'm stopping now while I'm still in control.
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