Field Gulls
The new Seahawks offensive coordinator discussed Geno Smith and more in his first press conference.
Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak had his introductory press conference at team headquarters in Renton on Tuesday. He is Seattle’s third OC in as many seasons following the respective departures of Shane Waldron and Ryan Grubb. For good measure, Kubiak also brought over his New Orleans Saints assistants John Benton and Andrew Janocko to coach the offensive line and quarterbacks, respectively.
Kubiak said a lot over the span of the 30-minute presser, but I’ll highlight the most notable quotes and leave out as much coachspeak as I can. For instance, Kubiak preached the value of balance on offense and needing to win more than one way. You’ve heard that quote 10,000 times from many different coaches and coordinators. Here are the nuggets that are either new bits of information or something you can interpret a little bit more deeply.
All quotes are courtesy of Seahawks media, which provides these transcripts.
“Number one was having a chance to coach with Mike (Macdonald). To be on a team that’s coached with a dang good defense because you know how powerful that is. We want to be able to contribute to that and play complementary football with them. Geno Smith, DK Metcalf, Jaxon (Smith-Njigba), Charles Cross, the list goes on. There are a lot of really dang good football players on this roster that I’d love to coach. I want to be a part of helping their careers and helping them so we can win as a team. I think the personnel, the coaching staff here, John Schneider, the reputation the Seattle Seahawks have as a first-class organization. That’s just common knowledge around the NFL.”
“[I] certainly love playing with a fullback like being in 21 and 12 personnel. Again, that’s going to come down to the strength of our players who we have on our roster and let’s use the best 11 out there, let’s get the five best eligible deployed out into the route scheme. So those are things we’re working on right now, who that’s going to be, but we’ve got to adapt as coaches to our best players on the roster.”
“We’re going through that process now with John (Schneider) and Mike (Macdonald), but I think we’re going to take a look at all those things. I’m excited about the guys we do have on the roster, we will play tight ends in the fullback position for sure, but that’s a process right now.”
“I’ll start with coach (John) Benton. If our identity is going to be a running football team, it starts with coach Benton and his approach. Just really impressed with his ability as a teacher, number one. He’s an excellent teacher. The way he...
