Cliff And Puck

Rob Staton joins from across the pond, and he gives his insight on the Seahawks hiring of Mike Macdonald, and much more. We close the show with Ian Furness as he shares what he has planned for his show on a Not For Me Monday.

News comes out that The Giants blocked Mike Kafka from interviewing for the Seahawks OC position, source says. Puck and Jim discuss if Kafka is all that, Ryan Grubb is out there, could he really pivot and join the Seahawks as the offensive coordinator. The Cougs travel down to UW and beat the Huskies in a great game.

Mike Holmgren is in studio, and of course we start the show w/ a little shopping because believe it or not, Holmgren goes to the store just like the rest of us… He’s explained that he’s better at self-checkout, and much more. Coach explains his thought process on players being in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl, as times have changed, would he be a little worried? Coach also shares his thoughts on who he thinks will win the Super Bowl and much more.

Senior Sports Journalist for BBC Sheffield, Rob Staton joins the show! Rob gives his insight on the Seahawks hiring Mike Macdonald as their new head coach, who are some offensive coordinators that he wants the Seahawks to go after, what is the future of Geno Smith, and much more.

Chris Egan is back for his weekly visit. With the unfortunate news of Chris Egan’s older brother Brian Egan passing away. Egan takes the stage, shares great memories about Brian, and reminds us to love up on your family as much as you can, because you never know. Troy Wins drops in to give some insight on college hoops betting, prop bets ahead of the Super Bowl, and much more. We catch up w/ Ian Furness as he shares what he has planned for his show.

Former coach and mentor of Mike Macdonald, Xarvia Smith joins the show to talk about what type of coach the Seahawks are getting. We play a bunch of audio messages from listeners, and we have a new tweet of the day.

Congrats to Jim as he got the tickets, but he did all that begging, and won’t be attending because his other son has a banquet and Jim will be attending that. But Softy dropped a picture of him and Ryan Grubb, is there something that he knows regarding Grubb coming to the Seahawks perhaps as the offensive coordinator? The Seattle Mariners are 12 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting, but there is no Mariners Media Luncheon, so what is going on, perhaps it’s quite obvious, are the M’s afraid of the questions they’d be asked about the off-season and the Root Sports deal.

Xarvia Smith, former coach and mentor of Mike Macdonald joins the show. Xarvia shares how he met Mike Macdonald, what stood out about Mike, what sets him a part from other coaches in the NFL, and much more.

Mike Garafolo is back for his weekly visit to share his thoughts on the Seahawks hiring Mike Macdonald as the new head coach, and much more. We get some news from Mike Florio as he reports, “Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb might already be heading back to Washington, just a few weeks after leaving; he's under consideration to become the next offensive coordinator of the Seahawks.” How might the offense look, one can only dream. We wrap the show with Ian Furness as shares what he has planned for his show.

Mike Macdonald will be the Seahawks new head coach and had his first press conference as the guy alongside John Schneider. (Apologies for the low audio from reporter questions.)

Mike Benton is 43 years old, and he celebrated by taking to Twitter and sharing quite the photo of him posing next to what appears to be a Red Cedar. Did Benton pay a photographer for the picture, and Jim also thinks that the photo was taken in his backyard… (How many of y’all have a red cedar in your backyard) The Seahawks have their new head coach, Mike Macdonald, but questions need to be answered about the plan to fill the roster, and what free agents the Seahawks will bring back, and who will walk.

Mike Garafolo who covers all things NFL for the NFL Network is back for his weekly visit. Mike gives his insight on the Seahawks hiring Mike Macdonald, what was the deciding factor for Macdonald to join the Seahawks, who are the offensive coordinator candidates, and much more.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive back, Jaylen Watson joins the show as he prepares for his 2nd Super Bowl appearance! Puck and Jim are also giving listeners a chance to win some Golf Sound passes, and we wrap the show with Ian Furness as he shares what he has planned for his show.

Hugh Millen drops by for his weekly visit! The Seahawks have hired Mike Macdonald as the new head coach, and Hugh Millen shares his thoughts on the hire. We play audio messages from listeners, and we have a new tweet of the day.

Jim, Jim, Jim… Well on this fine Wednesday Jim shares that his dog got pretty sick before the start of the show which led to River puking in the ELEVATOR AT THE STATION! Jim shares that instead of picking it up, he left it so that he could be on time for the show. Per usual, we always get breaking news, per Ian Rapoport, ”The Seahawks are set to hire Ravens DC Mike Macdonald as their new head coach. Seattle was willing to wait for him if Baltimore made the Super Bowl. Instead, their season ended last week and he takes a big-time job. He’s currently in Seattle on a 2nd interview.” The guys react to the news, and ask the important questions, who will be the offensive and defensive coordinators?

Chiefs defensive back, Jaylen Watson joins the program and sheds light on what it meant to play football at Washington State University, what did the Chiefs defense do to make it challenging for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, what is Patrick Mahomes like in the locker room, and much more.

Hugh Millen is back for his weekly visit, and we have breaking news for our analst, as the Seahawks are hiring Mike Macdonald as the new head coach. Hugh evaluates the move, what will Macdonald do differently w/ the defense, do the Seahawks have the right personnel to run his defense, and much more.

Ben Johnson is staying w/ the Detroit Lions, so what does that mean for the Seahawks, was Ben someone that John Schneider was looking to land? Since Ben Johnson isn’t available another name has jumped to the front of the line to take over as the new Seahawks head coach, and Mike Kafka could be a legitimate option for Seahawks. Seattle has interviewed Kafka twice per reports. We catch up w/ The Mayor as he shares what he has planned for his show!

John Canzano is back for his weekly chat talking all things college athletics. We play audio messages from listeners, and we catch up w/ former GM Jim Duquette to hear his opinion on the Mariners trading for Jorge Polanco.

The Seattle Mariners have made a little noise as on Monday they traded for Jorge Polanco -- one of the club's longest-tenured players, in exchange for four players, right-handed starter Anthony DeSclafani, and right-handed reliever Justin Topa, as well as Minor League prospects Gabriel Gonzalez -- ranked No. 79 in the game by MLB Pipeline -- and right-hander Darren Bowen. So did the Mariners move the needle to be a serious contender this season? WSU men’s basketball head coach, Kyle Smith joins the show to talk about how good this team has been playing, NCAA tourney here we come! The Mariners aren't done yet as they acquired INF/OF Samad Taylor from the Royals in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.