Tim Ruskell Is Seattle Seahawks’ Scapegoat, Jim Mora’s on Hot Seat

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Published: December 4, 2009

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... Mora is officially on the hot seat for 2010.

CEO Tod Leiweke told reporters that Mora will be back next year. But, if Ruskell’s departure confirms one thing, it’s that Mora has to win or he’s most likely out.

Whether the new general manager is Mike Holmgren or someone else, Mora will have little leeway. Leiweke seemed to make that clear by stressing that the team had not won enough in the last two seasons and had to do much better than eight wins in 27 games.

Ruskell took the fall for that deteriorating record, and he certainly deserves blame for a few things: poor first-round draft picks, a few bad contracts and—most of all—letting the offensive line deteriorate so badly that it is the main reason the Seahawks are not a playoff contender.

Of course, Ruskell haters also can thank him for drafting Lofa Tatupu, Leroy Hill, Aaron Curry, John Carlson, Josh Wilson, Brandon Mebane, and Justin Forsett, finding David Hawthorne, and keeping Tatupu, Hill,...

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