HOLMGREN IN PLAY FOR 2009 COACHING GIG?

We haven’t been paying much attention to the Seahawks this season because, well, they stink like the stuff under the fingernails of the guys who catch the flying fish out there. But there are signs of some potential intrigue. Apparently coach Mike Holmgren was having second thoughts about his looming retirement, and he might have received the Brett Favre treatment. Asked on Thursday whether the organization made Holmgren feel that he was not welcome for the 2009 season, Holmgren said, “You’re asking a very unanswerable question.” Holmgren also compared his situation to that of the aforementioned Favre. “Kathy and I had talked about what we were going to do,” Holmgren said. “I communicated that fairly with the organization, but like a friend of mine, Brett Favre, people change their mind on occasion. But while this is going on, organizations have to make decisions.” Translation? The Seahawks didn’t want Holmgren to return for a tenth season. The possible message from all of this is that the Big Show might be in play for any/all coaching vacancies in 2009. Though he might not generate the same demand that he would have had in past years, it’s an intriguing name to add to the carousel.