A day after the Seahawks parted ways with offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, head coach Mike Macdonald held his end-of-season press conference, and among several topics, discussed the decision to make that change.
Macdonald did not want to get into specifics about Grubb's offense that led to the change, but from a big-picture standpoint, said, "It just didn't manifest itself the way that we expected. The offense, the direction that was going, it just wasn't the way that I wanted it to go."
Saying the offense wasn't going the direction Macdonald wanted it to go of course begs the question, what is his vision for the Seahawks offense.
"We want it to mirror our football team," Macdonald said. "All the things we've been talking about. It isn't that we weren't doing these things on offense throughout the year, we've done a lot of great things, but we want our offense to be a physical unit and dictate terms to the defense, and play complementary football, and get the ball to our playmakers frequently in space, and let our quarterback play fast. We were doing a lot of those things, offensively, we just decided to go a different direction.
"It really just was an alignment thing and a vision thing, and that's why we made the decision."
Parting ways with Grubb means finding a new offensive coordinator become one of Macdonald's top offseason priorities. It's a hire Macdonald wants to get to quickly, but he also wants to be thorough in the process.
"There's a balance," he said. "You want to be efficient and be fast so you can get ahead of it, but you want to make sure you're making the right decision too. So there's a balance there of being quick, but you want to be thorough as well."
Macdonald said a candidate doesn't necessarily need to have NFL play calling experience to be considered, and also said that, as of now, he isn't considering an in-house promotion for the role.
Asked if any interviews were already lined up, Macdonald said, "We put in a couple of slips right now, we'll kind of let that play out."
As for how much Macdonald plans to be in this hiring process compared to when he helped build the coaching staff last year, he said, "I was 100 percent involved last time, I'll be 100 percent involved this time."
As for the rest of the coaching staff, Macdonald said more changes could be coming, largely determined by what happens with that offensive coordinator hire.
"It's tricky," he said. "When you decide to bring in a new coordinator, there's probably going to be some movement with it. We want our new coordinator to feel like they have a lot of influence on their staff, so we might have some movement when that happens, and we might not. We'll go through the process and figure it out as we go."
And the way Macdonald sees it, plenty of candidates should be interested in the offensive coordinator position because it's "a heck of a job."
"I think this is a heck of a job," Macdonald said. "It starts with the organization. All the reasons why I felt like this was such a great place to be have been backed up tenfold, so it starts there. And our players—shoot, we've great players man, we've got a great young core. I think it's a heck of a job, I think it's the best job out there."
Seahawks players cleaned out their lockers on Monday, January 6, 2025 following the end of the 2024 season.
Seahawks wide receiver Jake Bobo (19) and safety Coby Bryant (8) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks defensive end Mike Morris (94) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety Coby Bryant (8) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks cornerback Josh Jobe (29) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks running back George Holani (36) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks guard Laken Tomlinson (70) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks tackle Charles Cross (67) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver Dareke Young (83) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks tackle George Fant (74) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety K'Von Wallace (24) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety K'Von Wallace (24) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks tackle Charles Cross (67) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety K'Von Wallace (24) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety K'Von Wallace (24) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks guard Laken Tomlinson (70) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks guard Laken Tomlinson (70) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks tight end Pharaoh Brown (86) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon (21) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks tackle Stone Forsythe (78) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks linebacker Dre'Mont Jones (55) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen (27) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon (21) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen (27) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks guard Anthony Bradford (75) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks running back George Holani (36) and running back Kenny McIntosh (25) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks running back Kenny McIntosh (25) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks defensive end Leonard Williams (99) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety Julian Love (20) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety Julian Love (20) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver Jake Bobo (19) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver Jake Bobo (19) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Seahawks safety Julian Love (20) and linebacker Tyreke Smith (59) in the locker room following the end of the 2024 season on Monday, January 6, 2025.
