While Seahawks running backs coach Sherman Smith said he had been thinking about retiring, he also said he was leaving the door open to return for another season.
That door, though, was essentially shut when he met with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll in a post-season meeting on Jan. 17, Smith said Friday in an interview on the Brock and Salk Show on ESPN 710 Seattle, his first comments since it was revealed earlier this week he will not return in 2017. Smith, who was a member of the Seahawks as a player from 1976-82 and as a coach from 2010-16, will be replaced by Chad Morton, who has been the assistant running backs coach the last two seasons.