This is the Sea Hawkers podcast.

I'm Brandon Schultz and I am joined by the Protector, Mr. Phil Leidick.

Adam probably going to join us here soon as we have some big, big news happening this Wednesday, January the 10th,

as we just watched Pete Carroll wrap up his press conference with the media.

And oh man, that was a little bit tough to sit through because there were some moments within that that I think

we all got a little bit emotional by. And it is a little bit, here's how I know it's a little bit

of a shocker for some folks, Phil, is because I've had multiple people who aren't so much

connected to the Seahawks text me and say, oh my gosh,

I had no idea that Pete Carroll would be on his way out. Yeah, I guess this was happening while

you were in your interview for the replacement there, Brandon. I told people kept wondering when

you were going to do the live reaction. I said, well, Brandon's in a meeting. And they say, and someone in the discord said, yeah, I think Brandon's interviewing for the spot. So we got to wait for him to get out of his interview with Jody. So I'm glad to, I'm interested to hear how that interview went. But all joking aside, it was tough to keep back the tears. It's been a long time since I've felt that in any, I don't know if that's ever happened in a press conference for me.

And then looking at the pictures, some of the great moments.

It was, I was feeling a little squeeze there in the tear decks.

Hey, Adam.

Sad day for Seattle sports history here.

The winningest era of Seahawks football now comes to an end.

And obviously, there's going to be lots of time to get excited about the next person and what can come out of that.

But in the moment, I'm pretty bummed out, man.

And like you guys said,

with the presser definitely was feeling a little emotional about that too. So, yeah, man,

the Rumsfeld's got their way. Congratulations on your hissy fit. You got what you wanted.

And I would have taken one more year and let him go out the way that I think that he has earned. And the organization fell differently. So here we go. And

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