Seahawks Officially Hire Ryan Grubb as OC — Here's What They're Getting

Everyone in Montlake soon was introduced to a scruffy, shoot-from-the-hip sort of guy who the Husky players and Seattle-area media members would take an immediate liking.

They would learn he was a small-college football player from Iowa, a wide receiver, who had become a hog farmer once he was done playing and he eventually turned to coaching.  

Without being disrespectful, Grubb would tell everyone exactly what he thought as he climbed the ladder. He was direct and honest. Funny, too.

Twice, this reporter ran into the high-energy offensive coordinator wandering the press box on the road, trying to find the men's restroom just minutes before kickoff in a humorous fashion, practically pleading for directions.

Once everything began on game day, Grubb was so bold and brazen with his calls, which often involved going for it on fourth down, that DeBoer cautiously had to ask, "Are you sure?"

It took Grubb just one season and 12 months in Seattle to build a reputation for aggressive and entertaining offensive football that Alabama and Texas A&M found so appealing they tried to lure him away.

Later, Grubb would intimate that only a step up in employment would take him away from the UW if it was his call, meaning he had to become a head coach or, in this case, turn to a pro football career.

Alabama still has to be wondering why it could never coax this offensive mastermind to spend more than a few weeks in Tuscaloosa. 

One reason was he wasn't awed or overwhelmed by the place known to others as some sort of football shrine. Another was it was time for him and DeBoer to each do their own thing.

The Seahawks couldn't help but notice what he was making happen on the other side of Lake Washington and had to have this former hog farmer to make them a bolder and more entertaining football team. The NFL may never be the same again.