SeaTown Sports Pod, Ep. 102: Sounders Are a Mess, Seahawks Rookie Outlooks, and Evaluating Seattle Coaches
Episode Description
Episode 102 opens with Brian Elsner’s Odyssey IMAX review (which becomes a metaphor for people who don’t know soccer telling the world how to fix it), before Kevin Cacabelos and Brian dig into the Sounders’ identity crisis, run a 0-10 impact scale on every Seahawks rookie, roast or toast every Seattle head coach, and read Logan Gilbert’s full-throated Dan Wilson defense on KJR. Kevin nails the Seattle Storm all-time All-Star Top 5 in one go.
Chapters
* 00:00 — Late night podcasting + Brian’s Odyssey IMAX review
* 06:38 — Sonics gone 18 years / Odyssey metaphor
* 08:18 — Leadoff: Sounders lost 5-1 to Portland after World Cup break
* 08:46 — Loyal listener James’s Sounders meltdown texts
* 10:00 — What are the Sounders doing? Zero dollars spent this offseason
* 12:16 — Sounders 18 goals scored (Inter Miami has 38)
* 13:00 — The Clint Dempsey / Obafemi Martins era vs. now
* 15:00 — Every Seattle team has a plan except the Sounders
* 17:19 — Sounders defensive identity: nobody wants to watch it
* 18:42 — Seahawks lightning round: rookies 0-10
* 20:37 — Nick Emmanwori on PUP list — panic level?
* 32:38 — Coaches in Seattle: roast or toast
* 33:31 — Mike McDonald: TOAST
* 33:56 — Brian Schmetzer: TOAST (still)
* 34:20 — Laura Harvey: middle
* 34:47 — Tina Langley: on the upswing + Hannah Stein lawsuit
* 38:32 — Lane Lambert: little roasty
* 40:04 — Sonia Raman: too early / 1-11 in close games
* 42:44 — Danny Sprinkle: full roast, no identity
* 45:00 — The three types of college basketball coach hires
* 49:46 — Jedd Fisch: has an identity, “be a pro”
* 53:16 — Dan Wilson: more toast than roast
* 54:53 — Logan Gilbert’s full KJR quote defending Dan Wilson
* 56:32 — Clubhouse is behind Wilson — game over
* 1:01:04 — They’re not firing him before the 50th anniversary weekend
* 1:03:12 — Top 5: Most All-Star appearances as a Seattle Storm player
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