Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald is feeling testy. Normally, he gives fairly jovial media meetings, while not always being forthcoming in terms of information. He is a football coach after all. But this week was different.
Maybe it’s because Seattle has just a week left until the real games begin. Maybe Macdonald didn’t sleep well. Whatever the reason, he was curt with his answers, but somewhat bold in his responses. One thing is certain: Don’t ask him about how he feels his team holds up against its NFC West rivals.
Macdonald was asked such a question on Thursday, and he was in no mood to truly answer kindly. He gave a five-word answer that probably speaks volumes about the Seahawks’ attitude ahead of Week 1.
Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald delivers blunt response to silly question
The exact question was how Macdonald thought Seattle stacked up against the rest of the division. He answered, “Bro, I really don’t care.”
The run was that he only cared about what his own team was doing, not his future opponents. That is exactly how a coach of a team with promise should approach the season. If the Seattle Seahawks execute the scheme given to them by Macdonald on defense and Klint Kubiak on offense, the team is going to be difficult to beat.
Seattle should have a very good defense with talent on all three levels. The offense could be much more efficient with an improved offensive line and a design that gets the most out of its talented running back group.
Why worry about other teams when those teams should be worried about the Seahawks is Mike Macdonald’s belief, and it should be. The team could have a coach who spells out the reasons why the Los Angeles Rams or San Francisco 49ers are going to be good, but why?
Instead, the head coach wants a singular focus by his players on what they need to do. 12s know that Macdonald’s defensive scheme is going to work. After being fairly bad in the final years of Pete Carroll, Macdonald turned the unit into a top-10 one in his first season with the Seahawks.
The biggest question is how well starting quarterback Sam Darnold will do. Yet, he will be playing in the same kind of system he was successful in last year when he was with the Minnesota Vikings. Instead of the Seahawks worrying about other teams, other teams need to worry about Seattle, and Mike Macdonald knows it.
