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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Posted by Frank Hughes @ 02:13:24 pm
There was an interesting side note that came out of Mike Holmgren's press conference on Monday. Regarding Seneca Wallace, he was asked what the team had to do since only one radio helmet -- with the green dot -- is allowed on the field at a time. Holmgren said that the team had to get Wallace an additional helmet, and they went so far as to designate a guy to keep track of Wallace's helmets. Now I don't know if this is hyperbole or not, but Holmgren said he turned around during the game and thought that a guy was stealing Wallace's helmet until he was told that the guy was keeping track of both. (How do I get that job?) Holmgren, a part of the competition committee, said that this one-radio-helmet rule came out of Pittsburgh's Kordell Stewart because he used to come off the bench as Slash. The rules committee felt there was something unfair about two players on the field being able to communicate via radio so they banned it -- though Holmgren wasn't entirely sure how they enforce the rule.
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The defensive players have been illegally using helmet radios for years. There have been lots of instances where you can see the defensive captain plugging his earholes in order hear the play call. I've seen Bruschi do it many times. And before everyone gets indignant, I think I've seen Lofa do it too.
Plugging the earholes, I'm pretty sure, does not mean there is a go-go-Gadget cheat radio inside, buddhabrad. I'm not saying there isn't one, but if you've ever worn a helmet, noise leaks in through the side. You can hear a directional sound (such as a person yelling) better by plugging the holes and pointing the helmet opening at the source of the noise. I'm sure it's either the parabolic effect or the coriolis syndrome, something like that. ;)
I didn't want to take you behind the woodshed with my superb science skills, but it had to be done.
Dear Mr Science.... your lecture was not germane to the issue. It's no secret that the Belichick spy scenario also included allegations of defensive players using radios. Jimmy Johnson said the whole league does this stuff. Common practice.
Do you think the green dot is really about preventing two offensive players on the field at the same time? It's about tracking the radios and taking away the excuse of "oh i grabbed the wrong helmet" as Urlacher or Bruschi gets caught red-handed with a radio-equipped helmet. Comments are not allowed from anonymous visitors. Please login or register to comment. |
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Frank Hughes took over the Seahawks beat and Seahawks Insider blog in July of 2007. Hughes covered the Sonics for The News Tribune from 1997-2007. Frank also contributes to ESPN.com, KJR-AM radio and Pro Sports Exchange. In 2005, Frank co-authored "Slick Watts's Tales from the Seattle SuperSonics." Frank lives in Seattle with his wife, two sons and yellow lab. News Tribune columnist Dave Boling and sports reporters Eric D. Williams, Ryan Divish and Darrin Beene also contribute to the Seahawks Insider blog. Category
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