HOLMGREN IS SEATTLE'S BIG CHEESE; PACKERS LOSE THEIR SUPER BOWL COACH TO SEAHAWKS.Byline: Don Pierson Donald Grey Pierson (born October 11, 1925, died March 30, 1996 in Eastland, Texas) was a well-known business innovator, communications pioneer and civic leader. He became famous both as the founder of the British offshore radio stations Wonderful Radio London, Swinging Radio Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper Mike Holmgren Michael George Holmgren (born June 15, 1948 in San Francisco, California) is a National Football League American football coach, and was named as the sixth head coach of the Seattle Seahawks on January 8, 1999. left the glorious tradition of the Green Bay Packers on Friday for the ominous challenge of the Seattle Seahawks abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga history at a reported $5 million a year. Holmgren went from a place where winning is the only thing to a place where winning never has been anything. The Seahawks, an expansion team in 1976, have not been to the playoffs since 1988, the longest drought in the NFL. Holmgren went from quarterback Brett Favre <noinclude>  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , a three-time league most valuable player, to Jon Kitna, a World League product who replaced 42-year-old Warren Moon toward the end of doomed coach Dennis Erickson's four-year tenure. ``Our time in Green Bay was wonderful,'' Holmgren said. ``It has been a real honest relationship the whole way. They knew at some point in my career I would like to have the job I'm privileged to have now. Now it's my job to come in here and do everything in my power to get the Seahawks to the Super Bowl.'' The Packers did not immediately name a successor, apparently bad news for Holmgren's offensive coordinator, Sherman Lewis, who interviewed for the Bears' job Thursday. Speculation centered on Dick Jauron, defensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars and a Green Bay assistant from 1986-94 under Forrest Gregg, Lindy Infante and Holmgren. The Jaguars play the New York Jets New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Seattle must surrender a second-round draft choice for signing Holmgren, who had a year remaining on his Packers contract. The lure of running his own show for unprecedented money and security - eight years at $40 million for billionaire owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen - was too much for Holmgren to refuse. In seven years in Green Bay with general manager Ron Wolf, Holmgren compiled a record of 84-42, and the 1996 Super Bowl title awakened the echoes of Vince Lombardi's five championships in seven years in the 1960s. Holmgren even managed to get a street named for him, although it is not as prominent as Lombardi Avenue, the address of hallowed Lambeau Field. Holmgren is expected to take defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur with him to Seattle, but Lewis is more likely to leave the coach who brought him from San Francisco's staff in 1992. Holmgren and Lewis had worked under George Seifert and Bill Walsh. Holmgren's legacy was that he overcame Lombardi's overwhelming shadow by reaching consecutive Super Bowls. But the last year was a disappointment, starting with what the Packers considered an upset loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII Super Bowl XXXII was the 32nd championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 25, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California following the 1997 regular season. when Holmgren ordered his defense to lay down and allow the Broncos to score the go-ahead touchdown to give Favre a last chance to pull it out. Playing the fourth-easiest schedule in the league this season, but beset by injuries, the Packers finished 11-5 and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 1993. ``We had Super Bowl expectations coming into the season, and we fell short,'' Holmgren said. ``We just didn't get it done in some areas, but I think if we look back on it there will be some reasons for that.'' Holmgren refused to believe that lingering uncertainty about his future affected the team's play, although it drove him to distraction when he got into a heated exchange with a heckling fan at halftime of the Nov. 29 game against Philadelphia. LOOKING FOR Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. A FEW GOOD COACHES Here's a look at NFL teams without a head coach and possible candidates for the job: Baltimore Ravens Brian Billick, Jim Haslett, Emmitt Thomas, Chris Palmer, Gary Kubiak Philadelphia Eagles Haslett, Dom Capers, Andy Reid, Willie Shaw Green Bay Packers Ray Rhodes, Sherman Lewis Cleveland Browns Billick, Kubiak, Art Shell Chicago Bears Lewis, Haslett, Kubiak, Reid, Billick CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (Color) Mike Holmgren's will become the highest-paid coach-executive vice president in league history. Barry Sweet/Associated Press Box: LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD COACHES (See text) |
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