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Holmgren will return to Seahawks; changes staff
The Columbian ^ | January 22, 2008 | AP

Posted on 01/22/2008 7:04:45 PM PST by Bean Counter

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Associated Press

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at columbian.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: holmgren; seahawks
Whew! Now if only we had Manning the Younger...
1 posted on 01/22/2008 7:04:47 PM PST by Bean Counter
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To: Bean Counter

Captain reports back to bridge, begins issuing orders about deck chair arrangment.

This don’t belong here in News/Activism, and Holgren can’t help the Hawks. Hutchinson’s in Minnesota, doing for Adrian Peterson what he used to do for Shaun Alexander, who, incidentally, will probably not be a Seahawk much longer.


2 posted on 01/22/2008 7:35:33 PM PST by flowerplough ( Reality sags.)
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To: flowerplough

Oops. Guess I wasn’t reading “News/Activism”. Sorry for that particular error, but still stand by the rest...


3 posted on 01/22/2008 7:40:51 PM PST by flowerplough ( Reality sags.)
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4 posted on 01/22/2008 8:09:43 PM PST by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: Bean Counter

This announcement is good news! Now let’s win the Superbowl next year.


5 posted on 01/22/2008 8:17:50 PM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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