Colin Cowherd Accuses Mike Holmgren of "Mailing It In" in 2008

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Colin Cowherd, host of the The Herd on ESPN Radio, accused former Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren of "mailing it in" during the Seahawks abysmal 2008 campaign.

Here is what Cowherd had to say:

"A source told me late, like week thirteen or week fourteen in the NFL season...that Mike Holmgren had essentially mailed it in. [Holmgren had] Very little energy, looking forward to retirement, was putting in nine-to-five hours...

"[Holmgren] was on his way out before Jim Mora took the job over, and it was just sort of an unenergenized last year in Seattle. Not that he mailed it in by your standards or my standards, but by NFL standards, seventeen hours a day, Holmgren wasn't there emotionally."

Cowherd continued on his show to attribute part of the Seahawks 4-12 season to Holmgren's lack of work ethic, which in my opinion, is quite misguided.

I have two main points of contention with Cowherd's statements. First, I don't believe that you can attribute the Seahawks 2008 shortcomings solely to Mike Holmgren. Second, even if Holmgren did "mail it in" at the end of last year, the repercussions were not as terrifying as Cowherd would have you believe.

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