KIRKLAND, Wash. – Tim Ruskell doesn’t believe in tinkering. There’s really no such word as “adjustment” and no such phrase as “minor change” in the vocabulary of the president of the Seattle Seahawks football operations.
In Ruskell’s world, there’s status quo and complete overhaul. The space between the pair is as thick as onion-skin paper. Be it falling in love with Seattle after spending close to 30 years of his life in Florida or the decision to move the Seahawks’ long-time training facility in suburban Kirkland for a monstrous, high-end facility alongside Lake Washington in Renton, Ruskell embraces change the way most people embrace their children.
“Sometimes what you have to do is just start over and completely change what you’re doing,” Ruskell said. “We did that with our safety position last season when we felt we were having so many problems with big plays at the end of games in 2006. Two new starters there, added another coach, revamped what we were doing and I think it worked for us.
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