Brock and Salk

Brock & Salk discuss how the Mariners have strengthened their bullpen in a huge way this weekend after trading away Prelander Berroa, Zach DeLoach, and a draft pick in exchange for RHP reliever Gregory Santos from the White Sox. Jason Benetti joins the show to share his insights into Santos and Polanco before Brock's Blue 88. 

Salk opens the show with some takes on the Grammy Awards before Maura takes us Around the Wekeend of sports featuring Seahawks performances in the Pro Bowl, Senior Bowl and MBB Huskies vs Cougs. 

We continue to discuss what we learned about new Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald yesterday and it seems like he will differ from Pete Carroll. Then, we take your phone calls on Macdonald and the possibilities for his coordinators. Plus, Justin prepared his very own edition of Ranked today.

The Seahawks are the only team with a new coach and Brock & Salk are joined by the new man on Montlake: Jedd Fisch. What is the future of the program? How will he recruit (and retain) players? How was the interview & hiring process like? And what is his relationship to new Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald? Gee Scott makes his usual Friday appearance to discuss the new era in Seahawks land & much more. 

Now that the guys have had a day to listen, think, reflect and wonder - the guys share what they've gathered from the new coach... but what are the next things they'd like to learn about Mike Macdonald? Brock's Blue 88. 

Salk opens the show by explaining what he heard, saw, and experienced by attending the first press conference by the newest Seahawks coach in 14 years: Mike Macdonald. What makes him so impressive? What questions/answers convinced Salk he's the guy? And what did we learn about his philosophy and what to expect from a future coaching staff?

We answer questions about Russell Wilson, Jedd Fisch, Kalen DeBoer, Ben Johnson and Patrick Mahomes. Then, Brock shares a story from Mike Macdonald's days coaching defense at Michigan and we rank top 5 Ravens free agents we would want in Seattle.

Brock & Salk dissect some of the differences between the former coaching regime and this new era in Seahawks coaching history. We learn about more Seahawk coaching candidates from around the league who are either staying put or moving on - namely Dan Quinn - before Brock's Mike Macdonald Takeaways. 

Now that the coach was settled, how much different will this team be from the Pete Carroll era of teams? Salk wishes that Pete would have hired Macdonald because a combination of what we've heard of both guys sounds like a magical recipe, but is he the 'opposite' of Pete without being the opposite? What will be his biggest challenges? Brock answers what the most impressive stat he saw with Macdonald’s Baltimore defense in Blue 88.

After 3 weeks of speculation, the wait is over in Seattle for a new head coach as Mike Macdonald was officially announced yesterday and a new conversation begins about who/what he'll be bringing with him to fill out a coaching staff. We hear from Seattle Sports fans who share their thoughts on the hire.