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SeaTown Sports Pod, Ep. 108: A Downer Weekend in Seattle Sports, Told Through the Press Conferences
Kevin and Daniel take one of the more deflating three-day stretches in recent Seattle sports memory and walk through it the honest way — by reading what the people responsible actually said. Jedd Fisch takes the blame for a two-minute clock blunder in an ugly home loss to unranked Minnesota. Mike Macdonald explains the Seahawks' first loss since last November. And Jerry Dipoto opens his end-of-season presser with a line that will get quoted all week, on a day the Mariners moved on from Dan Wilson and most of his staff. Plus a Rick Rizzs sendoff and a UW quarterback rushing-yards Top 5.
Chapters
* 00:00 — Blue Scholars, high school dances, and Seattle nostalgia
* 02:03 — Setup: one of the most downer three-day stretches in Seattle sports
* 02:30 — The Huskies lost at home to unranked Minnesota
* 03:29 — Fisch’s two-minute clock blunder — “That’s my fault”
* 04:49 — Does Fisch have too much on his plate with no true OC?
* 06:46 — The resurfaced 2018 tweet: Fisch was McVay’s clock-management guy
* 13:30 — The three-year slow-start pattern
* 14:25 — Something’s missing: the “belief” factor
* 15:43 — Demond Williams isn’t the player he was last year — yet
* 16:51 — The Seahawks lost for the first time since November
* 17:03 — Macdonald: “We were minus-three in the takeaway department”
* 18:34 — Darnold looked healthy and mobile
* 19:30 — 31 points despite the turnovers; the Jadarian Price fumble problem
* 20:10 — Why the loss might actually be good for them
* 20:55 — 44 rushing yards — worried about the run game?
* 25:56 — The Mariners cleaned house
* 26:30 — Wilson out (leaked Sunday); Acta, Seitzer, Hill, Young let go
* 27:19 — Keeping Woodworth and Edgar
* 28:00 — Dipoto: “If I didn’t have a job today, it’d be justified. We failed.”
* 28:51 — Does Dipoto deserve a third managerial hire?
* 31:07 — The Pete Carroll-style “mutual” exit framing
* 32:29 — Dan Wilson’s solo presser was hard to watch
* 34:04 — The clubhouse liked him — so whose fault is this?
* 36:51 — The manager candidates board
* 42:09 — A Rick Rizzs sendoff after 41 of the franchise’s 50 years
* 49:17 — Top 5: UW quarterbacks by career rushing yards
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21 Sept 2026
SeaTown Sports Pod, Ep. 107: The Mariners' Lost Season, Seahawks 2-0, and Sonics Getting Real
Brian's on the PUP list, so Daniel Salle slides in for a football-heavy Sunday episode. Kevin and Daniel try to diagnose a Mariners season gone sideways — the offense that never clicked, the piggyback that didn’t work, the murky front-office and manager questions heading into the offseason — before pivoting to the good news: a 2-0 Seahawks team dominating with Drew Lock under center, a 3-0 ranked Huskies squad with a discipline problem to fix before Big Ten play, and genuinely real Sonics expansion momentum out of the NBA Board of Governors meetings. Daniel closes with a UW all-time receptions Top 5 that runs through Reggie Williams, Rome Odunze, and Jaydon Mickens.
Chapters
* 00:26 — Daniel Salle subs in; Brian’s on the PUP list
* 00:52 — “The Seahawks are the opposite of the Mariners” (a first grader’s wisdom)
* 01:46 — Laz Montes learned Coors Field on PlayStation
* 02:30 — Woo and Kade Anderson shine in Colorado
* 03:11 — Diagnosing the Mariners: what’s wrong isn’t obvious
* 03:37 — Dan Wilson reportedly not expected back
* 04:35 — Do you want Jerry and Justin to keep making the decisions?
* 07:24 — The ownership-spending talking point (Kevin doesn’t buy it)
* 08:30 — Cal Raleigh’s turnaround: AL HR co-lead since Aug 16
* 10:38 — The pitching staff’s rough second half
* 12:47 — From a game away from the World Series to 10 under .500
* 13:00 — The piggyback post-mortem: it didn’t work
* 14:20 — The Refsnyder / Taylor Ward mystery
* 14:59 — Is something off at the plate philosophically?
* 15:56 — No manager could’ve saved this (Cal, Donovan, Woo bad luck)
* 16:37 — Daniel’s offseason stance: be ready for anything
* 17:13 — Seahawks are 2-0 and dominating (31-7)
* 18:11 — The Sam Darnold injury and Brian Fleury’s baptism by fire
* 19:53 — Drew Lock is the perfect experienced backup
* 21:16 — Is Fleury an offensive coordinator upgrade? Get JSN the ball
* 22:48 — Next week vs. the 0-2 Commanders (Jayden Daniels hurt)
* 23:24 — Huskies 3-0, ranked #26, beat Eastern Washington 48-16
* 25:43 — Demond Williams looked his best yet
* 25:50 — The discipline problem: self-inflicted penalties
* 29:07 — Does UW have a run game? The Minnesota test
* 30:00 — Daniel’s ceiling worry: Sark-era vibes, 8-9 wins
* 31:33 — The secret ingredient is experience (Indiana’s senior-laden title team)
* 34:48 — Building the all-time Husky team + future legacy recruits
* 35:03 — Titus Huard, Bryce Tuiasosopo, Rush Williams (legacy recruits)
* 38:55 — SONICS: Adam Silver says Seattle is “far along”
* 39:59 — Excitement meter + confidence it actually happens
* 43:32 — So much NBA has happened since 2008
* 44:23 — Kevin Durant involvement speculation
* 47:40 — Top 5: UW all-time receptions leaders
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30 Aug 2026
SeaTown Sports Pod, Ep. 106: Macdonald Is a Top-2 Coach, the Sounders Finally Spend, and UW Women’s Basketball Targets Nation’s Best
Brian opens by vowing not to talk about the “stupid Mariners” again until they reach .500 (a bases-loaded walk on a wild pitch was the final straw). From there it’s a football-forward episode: two weeks of Hard Knocks and the growing case that Mike Macdonald is a top-2 NFL coach, Myles Gaskin as Seattle Legend of the Week ahead of the Apple Cup, an Apple Cup rivalry that may have run its course, the Sounders finally spending real money on striker Dejan Joveljić, and a UW women’s basketball program suddenly recruiting against UConn and South Carolina. Plus a chaotic “that guy rocked” trivia game to close.
Estimated Chapters
* 00:29 — Episode 106 / the 106 bus route
* 01:23 — Lincoln got issued Kam Chancellor’s number 31
* 02:02 — Leadoff: the stupid Mariners (bases-loaded walk on a wild pitch)
* 06:41 — Hard Knocks two-week catch-up
* 07:55 — The growing case: Mike Macdonald is a top-2 NFL coach
* 09:04 — Macdonald as a masterclass in teaching + relationship building
* 11:03 — “Cura personalis” — reaching each player where they are
* 11:22 — Cooper Kupp sat vs. the Titans; Jake Bobo’s ACL injury
* 12:32 — Macdonald’s empathy + Leonard Williams checking in on him
* 12:45 — Leonard Williams signs an extension / becomes a favorite
* 13:22 — Did the culture create the Super Bowl or vice versa?
* 15:47 — Bud Clark’s injury shown on Hard Knocks
* 18:24 — John Schneider’s Three Amigos movie-quote bit
* 19:43 — Movie quotes segment (Speed, Point Break, Toy Story)
* 24:42 — Seattle Legend of the Week: Myles Gaskin’s Apple Cup dominance
* 27:48 — Chris Polk’s 284-yard Apple Cup counter-argument
* 29:18 — Three things to watch in the Apple Cup opener
* 33:22 — Quaid Carr projected RB1, not Jayden Lamar
* 35:33 — Has the Apple Cup rivalry run its course?
* 38:19 — The Sounders finally spent money: Dejan Joveljić
* 42:09 — UW women’s basketball is swinging for the fences
* 43:54 — Kaleena Smith: the #1 recruit in the 2027 class visits UW
* 46:44 — Kaylor Buse (top-52, 2027) names UW in her top 5
* 48:19 — Finley Parcher (Lynden)
* 53:06 — Top 5 game: “That Guy Rocked” roster trivia
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