Looks like the Seattle Seahawks have a new strength and conditioning coach. According to Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times, USC’s strength coach Chris Carlisle is headed North to Seattle.
The Trojans announced Carlisle’s departure to Seattle in a press release today.
Mike Clark had held the position of strength coach for the Seahawks for the last six years.
The video above gives you a good idea of what Carlisle is about.
Here a few links to check out this week as the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama gets underway. Seattle Seahawks new head coach Pete Carroll and the rest of the team’s coaching and scouting staff are down there this week.
Todd McShay of ESPN previews the Senior Bowl in the video above.
Chad Reuter of CBS Sports discuses the scrutiny Florida Quarterback Tim Tebow faces, as he sets out to prove that he can be a full-time quarterback in the league.
Reuter also offers some story lines to watch for this week.
Check out the rosters for the North and the South squad here.
Join us as we talk football and watch Peyton Manning work his magic against the Jets defense.
According to Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis offensive line coach Art Valero interviewed with the Seattle Seahawks. Valero could come in as an assistant offensive line coach to help with Alex Gibbs.
According to the report, Valero has been with the Rams for the past two seasons, working as assistant head coach/running backs coach in 2008.
The East-West Shrine game in Orlando, Fla. begins in a few minutes, so I thought I’d point to a couple players to watch for heading into this afternoon’s game.
Bowling Green’s Freddie Barnes is an interesting prospect. According to reports he’s been the most polished receiver in camp. He finished as the NCAA’s leading receiver last season with 155 catches and 19 touchdowns.
He doesn’t have the explosive speed that you’re looking for in a No. 1 receiver, but he catches everything and could be a nice complementary receiver for Seattle to pick up later in the draft.
KJR-AM’s Mitch Levy talked with Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll this morning about how his evaluation process is going with his new team, and what changes might be coming down the pipe this season.
Carroll said he’s going about the evaluation process in a patient matter, and that he’s only two-thirds of the way through looking the defense in performing an individual study on each player. Carroll has not started the evaluation process on offense yet, but he did offer up a few nuggets worth noting.
“I think the easy thing to nail when you look at it is if we’re going to go about this and run the football the way we want to we’ve got to make the sure the offensive line is situated and stocked with guys who can block in the manner we’re going to do with the approach that Alex (Gibbs) helps us generate here,” Carroll said. “We need really athletic guys who can move the line of scrimmage, get down field and get to the second level of their blocks so the scheme, the zone principles that we block with, can be executed properly.”
Got a question that you’ve been wanting to ask Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke? Well, here’s your opportunity.
KJR-AM’s Mike Gastineau will host Leiweke in studio beginning at 5 p.m. today. Click here to submit a question regarding the team’s recent events over the last two months.
Here’s a roundup of other team-related news that happened today.
According to a Washington Post report, the Seahawks hired former Washington Redskins offensive coordinator Sherman Smith to coach running backs. Smith is a former Seahawks player who also coached with the team.
As expected, former Seahawks offensive line coach …
There’s a lot of links to get to, so let’s jump right in.
You guys might have already seen this, but this video that Carroll appeared int to promote an event for his charity foundation A Better LA shows he has a good sense of humor.
My story today emphasizes the fact that new Seahawks GM John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll are speaking the same language. Carroll said he’s not afraid to play younger players, and the key is finding what they do well and giving them specific roles.
Schneider comes from a team that had the youngest roster in the league, and said Carroll’s philosophy of giving players specific roles makes it easier to find players to fit those roles.