There wasnt anything personal with John Schneiders heavy rooting interest for the AFC Championship Game last weekend and wanting to see , and not , in the Super Bowl.The general manager was simply thinking about the future of his organization and the desire to finally get an interview with Mike Macdonald.It was quite a first meeting."I dont know how to describe it other than it was a feeling, its a connection, theres clarity, and then everything everybody said about his great reputation came to life very quickly," Schneider said. "It was very evident."ADVERTISEMENT Barely 48 hours after having that first interview on the East Coast, the duo sat together on a stage inside the Seahawks headquarters on Thursday after Macdonald was introduced as the ninth head coach in team history.He becomes the youngest head coach in Sam Koch Jersey the at age 36, taking over a franchise that was led for the past 14 seasons by Pete Carroll the oldest coach in the league when he was let go following the season."When we started talking about vision and how we wanted to play and the direction that I felt like how Id like to take the team and how that paralleled what they saw, it just became very clear that was the thing that youre looking for," Macdonald said Jordan Lasley Jersey .The decision to go with Macdonald is a decided departure from the Carroll regime from being half of Carrolls age to the casual hoodie under a sportscoat that Macdonald wore for his introduction.Although in Macdonalds defense, he said he brought limited clothing options when he flew from the East Coast to Seattle late Tuesday night.Schneider described his new coach as a "disruptor," and said one of the guiding principles through the interview proce s was, "who is going to change the marketplace?""I have a different personality and youll get to know me, but my plan is to be myself every day," Macdonald said. "And youre just going to get me. Its not a facade. Theres no alter agendas or anything like that. But its all about whats the best interest for the team, whats the best interest for the players and how we can be succe sful."Seahawks hire Ravens DC Mike Macdonald as head coach Seattles search was extensive, partly because it was the first run by Schneider. Seattle did a second round of interviews with six candidates and while there was familiarity with some most notably Dan Chris Collier Jersey Quinn Schneider was intent the search wouldnt be complete without final visits with offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and Macdonald.Hence his desire to see a Kansas City- matchup in Las Vegas so there wouldnt be any need to wait until after the Super Bowl to move ahead with the coaching search.Macdonald called the decision to take the Seahawks job a "leap of faith," leaving behind all he has previously known living on the East Coast for the chance to be an NFL head coach.Theres an amount of faith involved on the Seahawks' side of the equation, too. When Carroll took the job in January 2010, he was a known commodity coming off a major run of succe s in college as a head coach and had NFL head coaching experience previously.With Macdonald, theres no such background like that. He impre sively worked his way up through the Ravens organization, but has been a defensive coordinator in the NFL for only two years.And while those two years were overwhelmingly dominant along with his one year as the defensive coordinator in college at theres still situations and experiences he has yet to face that he will as a head coach.Schneider and his staff seemed undeterred by the inexperience."I C.j. Ravenell Jersey talked to several people that interviewed him already, and theyre like, Wait until you look in this guys eyes. Hes there. Hes present. Hes on it," Schneider said. "He was and everybody in that room felt it."Macdonald wouldnt commit to much on the second day of his employment with the Seahawks, other than he intends on calling the defense to start. Schemes and system, and the best use of players will all be determined over the coming weeks and months."The spirit of how we play and the principles of how we play, what youve seen on the tape in Baltimore will be the same," Macdonald said. "But I cant guarantee you the schematics will be the same here because were not sure what were good at yet."That statement shows Macdonald has research still to do in trying to find areas where Seattle can go from being a team hovering around .500 to one that is again contending for division titles and deep playoff runs."Its a young core, and so we got a great opportunity to build Malaesala Aumavae-laulu Jersey these guys and build a really competitive team sooner than later," Macdonald said.Reporting by The A sociated Pre s. FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience National Football League Seattle Seahawks Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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