AAFC and NFL cities (except Green Bay) were among the fifteen largest in the United States. Thirdly, Hester was substantially less wealthy than the other team owners, and was the only one among them who was not a millionaire. Cleveland Browns famed coach and owner Paul Brown remarked that Hester seemed out of his element around the other owners, to the point that he was reluctant to even play poker with them. The Seahawks hired Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks coach Jack Meagher as head coach. Their schedule was quite difficult from the beginning: they played seven of their first eight games on the road. Their first game was a harbinger of things to come, with a 44-0 thrashing at the hands of the Cleveland Browns. By the time of their first home game, they had a record of 0-3-0, leading local papers to describe them as "woefully inept". Meagher resigned on October 22 after winning just one of his first six games, with assistant Hamp Pool, the captain of the 1940 and 1941 Chicago Bears NFL championship teams, being forced to take over as head coach. After a 1-7-0 start, the team were in last place when they returned home to host their final six games, which was a difficult sell to the general public. In any case, fans had quickly lost interest in the struggling team, and a paltry total of 49,151 fans paid to attend the Seahawks' home games: this included a miserable 2,340 against Brooklyn, the second lowest attendance at any professional football game since 1939 (excluding 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited attendance). Further, Cleveland and San Francisco had completed their 14-game regular seasons before the Seahawks hosted their final two home games. The team also played all of its November home games on Monday nights, the first time in major professional football that such a move had ever been attempted more than once in a year. At the end of the season, the team was $350,000 in debt, including $80,000 in outstanding travel and payroll expenses. This was well beyond Hester's ability to pay, and to make matters worse, his boosters walked away upon realizing the extent of the debt. Other football boosters in Miami wanted to buy the team, but were unwilling to pay the substantial debt, so they wanted to wait another year to make a bid. Before the Miami boosters could make