BwareDWare94 723 Posted December 24, 2011 Ex-49ers exec predicts Seahawks win over former teamBy Marc Sessler NFL.com ACCORDING TO one member of the surging Seahawks, Saturday's game against the NFC West champion 49ers is a foregone conclusion. "They come to our place Christmas Eve, and we’re going to beat the hell out of 'em," Scot McCloughan told Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports, in a piece released Friday. McCloughan, a senior personnel executive with Seattle, certainly knows San Francisco's roster better than most. He spent five years with the team from 2005 to 2010 -- the last two as the 49ers general manager -- before he was abruptly fired by the team in March of 2010. While the Seahawks (7-7) have won five of six and cling to a fingernail's chance of making the playoffs, McCloughan's heart, to a degree, is still invested in the team into which he put half a decade's work. McCloughan told Silver of a Sunday afternoon earlier this month when he sat in an Indianapolis sports bar, on a scouting trip, and witnessed 49ers running back Frank Gore break the team's all-time rushing record. "I got up and walked away," he said. "Just to know that he did it, it was so cool. And that's all I wanted to see. The guy deserved it. He blew out both knees and both shoulders, and the son of a gun still goes to work. He represents everything I tried to build." McCloughan said he won't attend Saturday's game, hoping to avoid becoming a distraction for his current -- and former -- team, but it's clear he's deeply invested in how this one plays out. I think he's right. I would love to see Seattle finish 9-7 and get a playoff berth. Anybody know if they get in if Detroit loses out, which is likely? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBen07 285 Posted December 28, 2011 So how'd that plan go Scotty? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
