Posted on 02/24/2023 8:00:15 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Shortly before he was traded to Denver, Russell Wilson lost a power struggle in Seattle.
That’s the word from TheAthletic.com, which reports today that Wilson asked Seahawks ownership to fire both head coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider in February of 2022.
Weeks after that, the Seahawks traded Wilson to the Broncos. Carroll and Schneider remain in their jobs a year later.
The report also says that Wilson wanted the Seahawks to hire Sean Payton as their head coach if they fired Carroll. Payton is now the coach of the Broncos, so Wilson got his wish a year later.
The report cites unnamed sources, and Wilson’s camp denies it. A lawyer for Wilson wrote a letter to TheAthletic.com that called the story of Wilson trying to get Carroll and Schneider fired “entirely fabricated.”
On the record, the Seahawks have not commented on the report.
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For what it’s worth...Russell Wilson has denied this ever took place.
Regardless of the source (Left or Right media) you can’t take anything as gospel.
Do your own detective work. Fake news has no boundaries.
I used to love going to their games back in the Seahawks heyday, the energy in the stadium was amazing, even when it was pouring rain. Maybe it was shared misery…
You couldn’t give me a ticket today.
Yeah, and this article even states that, as we see in the last paragraph:
The report cites unnamed sources, and Wilson’s camp denies it.
The Seahawks have an awful roster.
Wilson had been unhappy for the past two seasons in Seattle. Not enough help or protection.
I have no doubt that Wilson pointed out the bad drafts, failure to keep a functioning offensive line, and antiquated offensive philosophy to ownership over the last couple of seasons — his dissatisfaction was pretty well commented upon in 2021.
Most of it went on behind closed doors. A non-story.
NBC suks....nuff said.
Fake News being recycled.
This coming season Denver Donkeys will find out if their problems were the coaching, the team personnel, or the quarterback. And they are stuck with Wilson.
I remember back when I followed sports I thought that Wilson was an exciting, dynamic quarterback.
Does he still have what it takes to win?
Nobody likes Carroll it seems.
Sure do not miss that joke of a league.
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