Frank Hughes, our soon-to-be Seahawks beat reporter, asked me to post this note for him ....

As many of you now know, I have been asked to replace Mike Sando on the Seahawks. The first thing I want to assure you all is that both the newspaper and I am committed to sustaining the same level of coverage on this important beat that Mike provided, both in print and particularly on the blog. Mike built a solid, devoted readership, which I fully respect, and we all want to offer the same type of information dissemination to a deserving fan base.

I will say that you will have to be starved for a few more weeks, or at least continue to enjoy the exclusive offerings of Mssr. Boling. Some of you may have noticed, but the Sonics beat has been an intense, non-stop affair since Clay Bennett took over. I am taking the month of July to decompress from a regular season that started last October and has not stopped, as well as to spend valuable time with my family, whom I have seen far too infrequently recently.

Speaking of family, I too have Frankwife and Frankids, as well as Frankdog. When I undertake the blog and the beat on a full-time basis, I want to get some insights from the blog readership about the aspects of Mike’s blog that were most liked so that we can continue the popular offerings, which included the inclusion of family. I certainly can’t promise that everything on the blog will be the same, but I do want to strongly maintain the positive aspects.

I look forward to the new job and I hope you do too.

Frank