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Would Matt Hasselbeck have succeeded here?

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I just watched a piece on him on the NFL Network and he got booed his first year in Seattle during the Home Opener because he was innefective.. He got benched for Dilfer for a bit, before getting his job back.

If he got booed so quickly in SEATTLE, I cant imagine he would have lasted here.. Particularly with a HC who had no concept of offense and how to develop a QB...

IMO, Hasselbeck would have ended up like Feeley here..
 
Agreed, I think he would have been ran out of town by his second year. Remember, Ronnie Brown was a bust after 3 games right? Too many of our fans have no patience, I don't think he would have survived here long enough to flourish.
 
I think so.Not when Wanny was here.I think him and Saban will be in the Super Bowl this coming year...
 
kingfin said:
I think so.Not when Wanny was here.I think him and Saban will be in the Super Bowl this coming year...
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You think he would have lasted 4 years with Wanny?? I dont think Hasselbeck would have been here by the time Saban came in..
 
SkapePhin said:
You think he would have lasted 4 years with Wanny?? I dont think Hasselbeck would have been here by the time Saban came in..
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Wanny had alot of faith in Jay Fielder..Hasselbeck is a much better QB then he is..
 
Wanny horrible offensive philosophy would have destroyed Hasselback...
 
kingfin said:
Wanny had alot of faith in Jay Fielder..Hasselbeck is a much better QB then he is..
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Not when he wouldve been acquired.. It would have been the same exact situation that happened with Feeley.. Hasselbeck got Benched for a year and a half in Seattle I believe..

Hasselbeck wasnt ready to start.. Fiedler would have gotten his job back, and Hasselbeck would have never played again barring injury..
 
i remember when the dolphins were in hot pursuit for hasselback...

i remember at that time, we had yet to decide upon a offensive coodinator...had hasselback came in, im sure we would have employed a turner or even west coast offense to suit him...

but when gailey got here, we wanted guys with foot speed, regardless of their arm strength...

i think hasselback could have lasted, when you consider how long it took the dolphins to get rid of fiedler...the question is, whether he would have become a pro bowl qb in miami...i know his first few years in seattle were difficult...
 
aj13 said:
i remember when the dolphins were in hot pursuit for hasselback...

i remember at that time, we had yet to decide upon a offensive coodinator...had hasselback came in, im sure we would have employed a turner or even west coast offense to suit him...

but when gailey got here, we wanted guys with foot speed, regardless of their arm strength...

i think hasselback could have lasted, when you consider how long it took the dolphins to get rid of fiedler...the question is, whether he would have become a pro bowl qb in miami...i know his first few years in seattle were difficult...
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You are giving Wanny alot of credit here.. At the time I think Turner was still Washington HC.. And they didnt seem to pick an offense based on QB at all..

Afterall, didnt Turner's philosophy clash with Fiedler's style? Yet they still got Turner and kept Fiedler.. Wanny didnt know what he was doing when it came to offense.
 
SkapePhin said:
Not when he wouldve been acquired.. It would have been the same exact situation that happened with Feeley.. Hasselbeck got Benched for a year and a half in Seattle I believe..

Hasselbeck wasnt ready to start.. Fiedler would have gotten his job back, and Hasselbeck would have never played again barring injury..
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It's really not that difficult to distinguish a Jay Fiedler from a Matt Hasselbeck talent wise. It's all about the player's ceiling, and Hasselbeck's was always much higher.

To assume Hasselbeck would've never gotten his job back is short-sighted. Wannstadt felt comfortable with Fiedler, but was never as enamoured with him as people believe. And it was also Wannstadt who would've traded for Hasselbeck, so if anything he would've gotten the benefit.

All it would've taken is for the coaching staff to pick up that Hasselbeck was "getting it", which is something AJ Feeley was never able to sell them on.
 
kingfin said:
Wanny had alot of faith in Jay Fielder..Hasselbeck is a much better QB then he is..
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Ya, and Mike Holmgren is a better coach than Wanny was. We simply did not have the right people putting together the right team in order for Matt to be successful down in Miami.
 
It took a while for Hasselbeck to get it, even while being tutored by Holmgren. Could Wanny have found anyone as good as Seattle had to teach him?
 
SkapePhin said:
I just watched a piece on him on the NFL Network and he got booed his first year in Seattle during the Home Opener because he was innefective.. He got benched for Dilfer for a bit, before getting his job back.

If he got booed so quickly in SEATTLE, I cant imagine he would have lasted here.. Particularly with a HC who had no concept of offense and how to develop a QB...

IMO, Hasselbeck would have ended up like Feeley here..
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I think it was Greg Cote who wrote the story on the Fins just missing out on Hasslebeck I am not sure, but anyway I wrote him back and said IMO Wanney would have ruined his career that offense they had was so conservative and simple it set QBs up for failure.
 
skape...its a tough argument to make but i think wanny would have not employed turner...but employed a turner-like offense...

im trying not to give wanny credit as much as giving hasselback credit...
 
Maybe, maybe not. Feeley got a chance and he didn't take advantage of it. Hasselbeck would have IMO.
 
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