Daily Puck Drop: 51 belongs to both Ichiro and the Big Unit

On Wednesday’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Jim Moore , who is currently in Ely, Nevada and making his way back from Arizona to Bend, Oregon.  Also, going the show, Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftblog.com, covering all the latest news with the Seahawks OC search and a look at cap causalities on the defense.  Ryan Divish, Seattle Times, stops by to react to Ichiro going into the hall of fame, Felix’s first year and the Mariners continue to wait to improve the team. 

Puck and Jim open up the show discussing Ichiro’s selection to the hall of fame. He fell one vote short of being unanimous. Do we want to know who that person is? Puck offers his thoughts which may surprise you. Should both Randy and Ichiro have their number 51 retired together?  Finally, in Mel Kiper’s first mock draft he has the Titans selecting Cam Ward! 

(34:31) Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftBlog.com chats about the continued search for a new offensive coordinator and they react to an idea that Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated has floated that it could be a role that is split between two people.  Also, who on the defense is expendable, Byron Murphy’s first year, Tariq Woolen extension, mock drafts, and Geno and Pete getting back together?

(1:08:30) Ryan Divish, Seattle Times joins Puck for his weekly visit and they discuss Ichiro going into the hall of fame, what was it like covering him, his impact on the game from a cultural standpoint and why he voted for Felix Hernandez.   They also discussed the jersey retirement for Ichiro and whether the number 51 should also include Randy Johnson.  Lastly, the Mariners continue to sit on the sideline for improving the baseball team, are they waiting on Alex Bregman to make a decision?

(1:42:49) “Hey, What the Puck!” The number 51 should be retired for both Ichiro and Randy Johnson.  They both deserve to be represented.