Seahawks shake up coaching staff, fire Sherman Smith

The Seattle Seahawks have fired running back coach Sherman Smith. It is unclear as of right now why they would want to do so.

The Seattle Seahawks decided to shake up their offensive coaching staff a bit, but it isn’t a move that is likely to make fans happy. Tom Cable and Darrell Bevell are still in town. It was RB coach Sherman Smith that was shown the door.

Smith has always been a popular coach in Seattle. Part of that was his tenure as Seattle’s feature back (1976-1982). Another part was that he was respected coach that helped bring out the best in Marshawn Lynch.

From the outside looking in, it is difficult to justify this move. If Smith is getting blamed for the lack of a running game in…