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RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Ryan Grubb said he was all-in on making the move to Alabama and being the offensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide.
That was until someone Grubb connected with a year ago at the NFL combine reached out to gauge his interest in an opportunity that allowed him to stay put in the Pacific Northwest and fulfill a desire to coach in the NFL.
“This is like the unicorn event in coaching,” Grubb said during his first availability after being named the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive coordinator. “So the fact I get to stay right here and do it in a city and in a place that I already love and I’ve had two years to kind of let it marinate as far as what (GM) John Schneider does here, and the ownership with the Seahawks and just how classy an organization this is and how driven they are to success it makes it really special.”
Grubb was introduced Thursday, along with defensive coordinator Aden Durde and special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh. Seattle will be full of firsts at the NFL level next season — a first-time head coach in Mike Macdonald, along with first-time coordinators in all the key positions on the coaching staff.
“You get together and you communicate, and you think about things, and I think Mike is very good at creating a vision,” Durde said. “One thing that I come in here and I really understand what we’re trying to achieve from a defensive aspect, and I think he’s created that vision. So now it’s kind of creating that mission mindset of let’s go get it.”
Grubb was the main attraction because of spending the past two years nearby as the offensive coordinator at Washington. But his relationship with Macdonald went back 12 months, when the pair first met at the combine, and grew from there.
“I got to know him throughout a couple of different conversations and just kind of built that relationship over time,” Grubb said. “Kind of knew that potentially there’d be an opportunity like this down the line. Didn’t…
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Author : The Canadian Press
Publish date : 2024-02-16 04:46:12
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