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Seahawks battling against losing mindset

The Columbian
Published: November 24, 2009, 12:00am

Seattle trying to break habit

RENTON — Of all the alarms going off while another Seahawks season crumbles, the one sounded by quarterback Matt Hasselbeck rings loudest.

“We can’t get used to this,” the three-time Pro Bowl passer told reporters in Minneapolis immediately after Seattle sunk to 3-7 with a 35-9 loss to the Vikings.

It was a repeat of what the team captain has been saying for weeks.

“We can’t get used to losing,” Hasselbeck said.

By now, it’s hard not to.

A sixth consecutive road defeat by double digits left the former four-time defending NFC West champions 7-19 since their last playoff appearance 22 months ago.

The Seahawks have plummeted trying to win games. First-year coach Jim Mora has leaned on his veterans — specifically Hasselbeck and senior defensive leader Lawyer Milloy — to keep the rest of the team from accepting all this losing.

“That’s a legitimate question,” Mora said Monday when asked how his team is going to avoid getting used to an increasingly familiar and dark mood. “Vince Lombardi used to say winning is a habit — he also said that unfortunately, so is losing.

Milloy, who just turned 36 and is the oldest player besides kicker Olindo Mare on the team, said the Seahowks’ resolve remains strong.

“We have faith in our team. And that’s not going to change,” said Milloy, a former Super Bowl winner with New England.

Asked how long that process will take to get back to winning, if not at least respectability, Mora said, “I can’t put a time on it.”

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