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http://profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
POSTED 3:57 p.m. EST; LAST UPDATED 8:42 p.m. EST, January 17, 2005
MUELLER, REINFELDT BACK TO SEATTLE?
We're hearing unconfirmed reports out of Seattle that Seahawks owner Paul
Allen is in the process of hiring former employees Randy Mueller and Mike
Reinfeldt.
Mueller would serve as G.M. and Reinfeldt would serve as team president.
We're in the process of confirming and/or debunking, as the case may be.
The 'Hawks have dumped president Bob Whitsitt and have been looking for a
new person to run the football side of the operation, a search that doesn't
bode well for Bob Ferguson, the current G.M.
Also, we've confirmed that (as we rankly speculated), the Packers moved
quickly to tab Ted Thompson as the team's new G.M. in order to prevent
Seattle coach Mike Holmgren from finagling a promotion to G.M. with the
'Hawks.
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Then I found this old rumor. Same names, different dates.
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http://www.profootballtalk.com/1-1to1-31archive.htm
POSTED 8:50 a.m. EST, UPDATED 9:20 a.m. EST, January 31, 2002 (FRIDAY)
WHITSITT PROTECTING HIS TURF
A league source tells us that the protracted delay in the selection of a new
G.M. in Seattle traces to one factor -- the desire of team president Bob
Whitsitt to ensure that he'll retain some relevance in owner Paul Allen's
sports kingdom.
According to the source, Whitsitt soon will be getting the boot as the
President/G.M. of Allen's NBA franchise, the Portland Trail Blazers.
Whitsitt is catching the brunt of the blame as the Blazers disintegrate, and
as former Blazers employees Rick Adelman and Geoff Petrie continue to shape
the Sacramento Kings into an elite team.
Allen and Whitsitt, but not many others, are aware of Whitsitt's impending
exile from Portland. The source tells us that Whitsitt is hoping to focus
his efforts on the Seahawks after the shoe falls in Portland, and he knows
that a high-profile G.M. in Seattle will make it harder for Whitsitt to have
any juice.
So Whitsitt is supporting candidates like Ted Thompson and Bill Kuharich,
and shying away from guys like Randy Mueller and Tom Modrak.
The problem is that Allen wants Mueller, according to the source, and
Whitsitt is trying his best to persuade his boss to go with someone else.
Squarely in Whitsitt's corner on this one is coach Mike Holmgren, who
likewise benefits from a weak and/or familiar G.M. who won't try to trump
Holmgren -- or to edge him out so the G.M. can hire his own coach.
Tim Douglass
wrote:
>I cannot stand the wait so I searched rumors.
>--
>Then I found this old rumor. Same names, different dates.
>--
>http://www.profootballtalk.com/1-1to1-31archive.htm
>POSTED 8:50 a.m. EST, UPDATED 9:20 a.m. EST, January 31, 2002 (FRIDAY)
>WHITSITT PROTECTING HIS TURF
>
[snip]
>So Whitsitt is supporting candidates like Ted Thompson and Bill Kuharich,
>and shying away from guys like Randy Mueller and Tom Modrak.
>The problem is that Allen wants Mueller, according to the source, and
>Whitsitt is trying his best to persuade his boss to go with someone else.
>Squarely in Whitsitt's corner on this one is coach Mike Holmgren, who
>likewise benefits from a weak and/or familiar G.M. who won't try to trump
>Holmgren -- or to edge him out so the G.M. can hire his own coach.
Sound like Holmgren bet the wrong horse, didn't he?
Tim Douglass
"Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up". -- Knute Rockne
Rusty
"Tim Douglass" <tdou...@bendcable.com> wrote in message
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Only problem with this is I read (can't find a link, darn it) that Holmgren had
pushed for Meuller to be retained just prior to his leaving for New Orleans.
And based on the recent info about the dynamics in the head office regarding
Whitsitt and Holmgren, I really doubt they agreed on much of anything.
Rusty
Mike Kohary
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:03:16 -0800, "Pack Sea" <sliptestatcomcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I cannot stand the wait so I searched rumors.
>> --
>> Then I found this old rumor. Same names, different dates.
>> --
>> http://www.profootballtalk.com/1-1to1-31archive.htm
>> POSTED 8:50 a.m. EST, UPDATED 9:20 a.m. EST, January 31, 2002
>> (FRIDAY) WHITSITT PROTECTING HIS TURF
>>
> [snip]
>> So Whitsitt is supporting candidates like Ted Thompson and Bill
>> Kuharich, and shying away from guys like Randy Mueller and Tom
>> Modrak.
>> The problem is that Allen wants Mueller, according to the source, and
>> Whitsitt is trying his best to persuade his boss to go with someone
>> else. Squarely in Whitsitt's corner on this one is coach Mike
>> Holmgren, who likewise benefits from a weak and/or familiar G.M. who
>> won't try to trump Holmgren -- or to edge him out so the G.M. can
>> hire his own coach.
>
> Sound like Holmgren bet the wrong horse, didn't he?
Of course, we've since found out that Holmgren backed Mueller back in the
day, so now we see just how full of shit this stupid website is.
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Pack Sea
> wrote:
>
>>I cannot stand the wait so I searched rumors.
>>--
>>Then I found this old rumor. Same names, different dates.
>>--
>>http://www.profootballtalk.com/1-1to1-31archive.htm
>>POSTED 8:50 a.m. EST, UPDATED 9:20 a.m. EST, January 31, 2002 (FRIDAY)
>>WHITSITT PROTECTING HIS TURF
>>
> [snip]
>>So Whitsitt is supporting candidates like Ted Thompson and Bill Kuharich,
>>and shying away from guys like Randy Mueller and Tom Modrak.
>>The problem is that Allen wants Mueller, according to the source, and
>>Whitsitt is trying his best to persuade his boss to go with someone else.
>>Squarely in Whitsitt's corner on this one is coach Mike Holmgren, who
>>likewise benefits from a weak and/or familiar G.M. who won't try to trump
>>Holmgren -- or to edge him out so the G.M. can hire his own coach.
>
> Sound like Holmgren bet the wrong horse, didn't he?
That's what I thought, he was trader bobs buddy when it suited him.
Pack Sea
"Mike Kohary" <so...@no.spam> wrote in message
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> Tim Douglass wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:03:16 -0800, "Pack Sea" <sliptestatcomcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I cannot stand the wait so I searched rumors.
>>> --
>>> Then I found this old rumor. Same names, different dates.
>>> --
>>> http://www.profootballtalk.com/1-1to1-31archive.htm
>>> POSTED 8:50 a.m. EST, UPDATED 9:20 a.m. EST, January 31, 2002
>>> (FRIDAY) WHITSITT PROTECTING HIS TURF
>>>
>> [snip]
>>> So Whitsitt is supporting candidates like Ted Thompson and Bill
>>> Kuharich, and shying away from guys like Randy Mueller and Tom
>>> Modrak.
>>> The problem is that Allen wants Mueller, according to the source, and
>>> Whitsitt is trying his best to persuade his boss to go with someone
>>> else. Squarely in Whitsitt's corner on this one is coach Mike
>>> Holmgren, who likewise benefits from a weak and/or familiar G.M. who
>>> won't try to trump Holmgren -- or to edge him out so the G.M. can
>>> hire his own coach.
>>
>> Sound like Holmgren bet the wrong horse, didn't he?
>
> Of course, we've since found out that Holmgren backed Mueller back in the
> day, so now we see just how full of shit this stupid website is.
<devils advocate>
I eat lollipops.
Notice TB did hire Thompson though, as he is a scouting personnel type of
guy, and our 'GM' is the silent type.... maybe at that point the
Thompson/Ferguson team seemed like less of a threat. (Homey was losing his
title.)
I 'guess' Mueller actually would have a personal relationship with Paul
Allen because when he bought (or was purchasing) the team who would he have
talked to? Ken and his kid were probably inflating everything so Mueller
would have been his only straight shooter.
Which brings us back to Holmgren endorsing Mueller, he must have not seen TB
as a threat at that time or he would have wanted Mueller back as a conduit
to Allen.
Ok... I'll turn off.
'As Kirkland turns'
Marvin the Martian
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