Holmgren will return; changes staff

[Chief]

http://columbian.com/sports/localNews/2008/01/01222008_Holmgren-will-return-changes-staff.cfm

Mike Holmgren will return for a final season as coach of the Seattle Seahawks — but only a final season.
The 59-year-old veteran of 16 seasons as an NFL head coach announced his decision Tuesday to fulfill the final year of his contract, after spending the weekend with his wife at their offseason Arizona home.
“Kathy and I came to this decision to finish my contract,” said Holmgren, who had hinted at retirement for weeks. “This will be my last year. We are going to make it the best year ever.
“And then probably after that, I will take a little time off — but not yet. We are going to go after it hard.”
Two days after Seattle lost at Green Bay in the NFC divisional playoffs, Holmgren was asked if there was a third possibility beyond retiring or finishing the final season of his contract. He signed that extension soon after the Seahawks lost in the Super Bowl to Pittsburgh 23 months ago, at the end of a deal that was paying him about $7 million per season.

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[Waterbuffalo]

Hope there is an improvement on the Seattle's running game and they will be able to keep those starters that are going on free agency.

But with any other business, things change and next year we'll see more new faces on that team at many different levels.

Matt probably will be retiring within the next couple of years and Seneca will finally be able to step and in to the position. And some new faces at the Offensive coordination level might actually get this team to the superbowl.

So we'll see how things go in the future.

And going to also say, that every person on that team is expendable and there might be some controversial changes on both sides of the line to make sure that this team has a fighting chance.

I'd like to see SA actually do some thing other than get hurt.

But like I said, he's the one who's up to be traded if the opportunity is right and ripe.