I have a message for Mr. Ruskell and Seahawks management who have forgotten what we on the east side of the Cascades did for them. KISS MY GRITS. (I can’t swear on the blog) I seem to remember a statewide vote and a grass roots movement in Spokane to save the Seahawks when Ken Bering tried to move them to California. Paul Allen put up the proposition and we passed it to build Qwest Field. Well, now that the stadium is done, it appears the Seahawks have decided they don’t need the east side of the state. It appears we aren’t good enough to warrant a few weeks of time as a home for a training camp. Eastern Washington was nothing more than a springboard to get Qwest Field built and now the Seahawks are listening to the millionaires they employ and have decided that we have seen enough of the Seahawks. Meanwhile we are paying tax dollars for the stadium. Classy move Seahawks.
The businesses around Cheney and Spokane had planned this year for one more training camp, well I guess they will have to bite the bullet because a 9 million dollar running back doesn’t want to get to hot. If the Seahawks had any sense of trying to win and be a football team to be proud of, they would look at the history of the past Seahawks playoff runs and not listen to the players.
Here is a reminder for you fans. The Seahawks have never made the playoffs when they trained in Seattle. Never. The runs in the 80s and now all began in Cheney. That hot dry air is great to work out in. But they prefer the cool breeze and the ability to go home during training camp. From what I saw this year at training camp and the results of this season, it appears the players are running the team. Perhaps they can have valet parking at their new facility as well. We don’t want them to overwork themselves.
As for Ruskell, I remember a quote he said when the plans for the new facility were announced. He said it would be good the fans. WHAT??? How is it good for the fans Tim? What fans do you care about Tim? Are fans on the west side the only people you care about? I won’t go in to the disaster some of the decisions made at the top of the Seahawks management have been over the past year, but I will make this statement. I am disappointed in Seahawks management and I don’t appreciate what they have done to our team. They should also be ashamed of themselves for how they have treated this community.
With all that said, I still want them to beat the Bears. GO HAWKS!!