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Finally, Seahawks officially fire Kris Richard, finalize massive overhaul of top assistants

Finally.

The Seahawks at long last made official the largest staff overhaul of the Pete Carroll era, changing both the offensive and defensive coordinators plus the offensive line coach.

They also stopped letting defensive coordinator Kris Richard dangle very publicly in the wind.

They just fired him.

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The team announced Tuesday afternoon via its website that Seattle’s lead defensive coach the past three seasons and secondary coach before that since 2011 “was relieved of his duties” by Pete Carroll--the man who coached Richard in college and brought him into coaching in 2008 as a graduate assistant at USC.