Seahawk Let Down; What Went Wrong?

Wow where do you start?  Sacs, dropped balls, confusion on the plays, and they wanna blame it on the injuries?  No.  Ok so you lose a few key players during the week, and then beginning of the game.  You Don't play like your hurt, the second string is supposed to step it up and get it done.  That clearly didn't happen today.  Tate goes out a bit, his replacement did nothing. Tate wasn't catching the ball anyways before he got hurt.  So what excuse can we come up with for that?  Can't blame Hasselbeck, he was actually tossing them up correctly for the most part.  Thats was just an example, other offensive receivers were just not catching the ball to begin with. Oh yea, then when they do get a hand on it, they decide to drop it or give it to the Raiders.  Really?

Then there was all the Sacs.  I dont even remember how many they had the whole game, but 3rd quarter, there were like 5 back to back, within just a couple minutes.  Blame it on Hasselbeck?  Maybe, but his job isn't to block the defenders, plus he stepped up a few times to try and reduce the loss on the play.  No, clearly the offensive lineman were not doing their job.  How is it maybe 80% of the Sacs came from up the middle?  Really?  We just gonna part  like the Red Sea now and just let Hasselbeck deal with it?  Were they even trying to block?  I know im not the only one thinking that was ridiculous.

Oh and did we forget all that we did in practice?  Are the plays totally foreign now?  When you are at the line, you need to be aware of whats goin on, at all times.  That's what the huddle was for.  You need to know what the play is before the snap, period.  How many times did we end up turning the ball over because no one knew what was going on?  Chyea, enough said.

But let's not forget how the Defense was pretty much on point today for the most part.  They played hard, they were doing ok with holding it down at the line of scrimmage in the beginning.  Of course with a 33 to 3 loss, obviously something fell through, but it wasnt until the end of the third and fourth quarter. Not saying thats acceptable, just they were pretty much doing what they were supposed to most of the time.

Bottom line, I stand by what I said last week.  Yes it was great we beat Arizona, but we could not play like they did that game and expect to Oakland.  I think we played worse then that game, but it comes back to what I said about consistency.  They need to work on being consistent in how they run plays, play defense, etc.  They Play the Giants next week, and they just need to get it together period to win next week.  Play like they did against San Diego or Chicago.  You can't blame the injuries for all the mishap or bad game, for second string is supposed to step it up and play better.

The Current Elections

Ok, I just want to put down a few of my thoughts, roughly so I don't forget them later, on the elections here in good ol rainy Washington and just politics in general.  To be honest, I usually keep it real low key when it comes to Politics and my views on such.  But come on, I cannot be the only person pretty fed up with how things are going and can't wait for these elections to be over.  So lets get started.

I guess I will begin with how I do view things to get a better understanding on why I think the way I do on this matter.  Big question everyone always wants to know when talking Politics is are you  Democrat or Republican? Well, my answer is neither.  It took me time to really think about where I stood on everything, and I don't really fit anywhere since im not gonna vote on someone based on their Political stance as it appears most people do.  Why would I?  I dont always agree with everything a Democrat would think of, as I dont always agree with the Republicans.  If im voting for someone, it's going to be on the issues at hand and who seems more fit to solve them.  And lets be honest, half the time we have no idea who the best person would be because we actually dont know what these people who want to lead us actually can do.

This leads me to my next bit on the current elections for Senate and Mayor, and so forth here in Washington.  The main headache im having is how everyone is so hellbent on this Republican/Democrat stuff.  Sum people are seriously voting against various propositions just because one side or the other thought it up.  Like really? Actually take a look at the issues present, the laws we have in place pertaining to that issue, and compare it with is being proposed.  Then go ahead and shoot it down, not because it was drawn up by one side or the other, but because it just doesn't look like its going to make a difference or help the situation.  And this Murray and Rossi thing?  Omg, if I hadn't actually gone on the Internet and actually research what each person was proposing, stood for/against, and what they were going to do to fix the situation, i be voting blind. I said this before in the beginning of these elections and their campaigning, "what can Rossi actually do?  What exactly is he proposing?  WHY vote for him to represent me?"  If I were to guess, Id say maybe 8 out of 10 of his speeches, arguments, and ads are all talking about what Murray has done, will do, and cant do.  I wanna know what Rossi has done, I wanna know what Rossi has drawn up to best represent me, I wanna Know what Rossi can do to turn things around.  If I wanna Know about Murray, I'll go listen to her talk.  And dont get me wrong, Murray is not saint.  She tends to do it too, not as much, but she does it.  No, what she does is give half ass answers.  She is a vet in this Political game and I feel is using that as a crutch.  She campaigns like this election is in the bag, that since she been in the game for so long she doesn't have to explain herself, prove anything, convince us that she is still relevant and can do the job.  Not exactly sayin she been so peachy thus far, but still.  I wanna know hat Murray has done, I wanna know what Murray is going to do next.  I wanna know what she is fighting for to help better my life.

OS bottom line.  Thats what is going through my head.  It makes me sad to see people actually so torn over what position they are or no. Blaming one side or the other for various issues.  Lets face it, it wasnt a Democrat that messed up the Economy, nor was it truly a republican. I was whoever had the better punch line against the other in the end that messed everything up. So bottom line to my thoughts on this at the moment would be to really look at the issues, not who proposed it when determining who should represent us.  I mean because if we continue to choose the way we do now, we, as a people, are going to continue to run this great country of ours downward.  Lets face it, thats how we got Bush for the second term the first time.

So it Begins

My first blog post.  Wow exciting.  haha.  This blog will end up full of great stuff to read, ponder, talk, and argue about hopefully.  Just cant really do it the way I like on Facebook, plus I cant stand the white background.  For wutever reason, I prefer backgrounds and such to be sum sort of dark color with light writing, not the other way around.  So yes, keep an eye on my post, comment, and follow me.  Oh and check out my website.  It was just easier to have that than post on Facebook as well being as I wanted my music and poetry seperated, and also a non white background.  Haha,

I was gonna create another more elaborate post on the Seahawk vs Cardinal game today but changed my mind. I'll just sum it up and say my Seahawks have to tighten up on their plays and basic fundamentals if they want to win next week.  Mistakes that were made and what I would call laid back or lazy ball handling that they were doing this game will not cut it against Oakland.  Blog over