Ever since
Pete Carroll took over the team, HBO has tried their damnedest to
pursued the team to let their camera crews inside the VMAC for an
intimate peek at what makes the Seahawks tick. With every season comes
the same answer-- no thanks.
Hard Knocks is a show like no other, giving fans the
unique opportunity to see what goes on behind the closed doors of
practices and meetings. It doesn't matter which team signs on, it is
almost always compelling if you call yourself a fan of the game.
The past few seasons, it appears as though HBO has
found it increasingly a more difficult to find a team willing to forfeit
their privacy in exchange for some excellent PR and increased
celebrity. As of right now, there isn't a team signed up for this season
and it went down to the wire last year before the Miami Dolphins
eventually agreed.
It's no mystery why teams wouldn't want the world to
have an all-access pass to the inner workings of their organization.
While offering a tremendous service to fans like myself, curious how
practices are ran and how meetings are conducted, it definitely puts the
team under the microscope at a competitive disadvantage. Argue that
point if you want, but until the Packers or Patriots agreed to be
featured on the program, I'll rest my case.
The question is not "wouldn't it be great to have the Seahawks on Hard Knocks?"-- of course it would!
I
would love to watch Russell Wilson come of age, listen to Sherm trash
talk his teammates in drills and get an up close look to see how Pete
and John work together to make the counter conventional decisions that
have parlayed this team into a Super Bowl contender.
Alas, in the Championship starved city of Seattle, I
don't want to invite any unnecessary distractions that could compromise
the season that might well be the most anticipated in Seattle sports
history.
Like John and Pete, I'd prefer to err on the side of
caution. Mr. Allen deserves some praise from the fans-- ultimately,
it's his decision to make. This organization, top to bottom, is only
focused on winning.
In closing, I would like to make one suggestion to
the powers that be at HBO-- why not strike a deal with the NFL to
profile EVERY team in the league? Not only would fans be frothing at the
mouth for this, no one is at a disadvantage by opening themselves up
for the world to see.
This seems to me like the next logical step to make the NFL a year round, global enterprise. Make it happen, Rodger.
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