Thank You for your time with and dedication to the Seahawks, Mr. Carroll. You are, without a doubt, the greatest Head Coach this team has ever had. You brought to this team a Win Forever philosophy that will be with us always, and stand as a constant reminder of your untarnished legacy. I wish you all the best in your life's next chapter.
Thank You, Jody, for making the tough, tough decision to move on and take an active role in guiding the Seahawks into a hopeful future, while showing the Seahawks greatest Head Coach of all time the respect he deserves. Your timely decision now gives the Seahawks an opportunity to find the next great Head Coach and allow him the chance to recruit solid coaching personnel before they have chosen different destinations. I am confident you are already deep into the search for a replacement, and am looking forward to your upcoming announcement of the Seahawks new Head Coaching hire.
To the Seahawks fans who have been bashing Jody as apathetic and incompetent despite all the evidence posted here that showed she was neither: You have now been proven absolutely wrong. I know you're probably going to keep bashing her as an "absentee owner who's just not interested because she's waiting to sell the team", but once again this is nonsense. After witnessing her taking this bold step, give her the benefit of the doubt moving forward. As of today the Seahawks are Paul Allen's legacy, but they are now Jody Allen's team. The Paul Allen era ended today, and the Jody Allen era has begun.
Process the bigger picture. Jody has already hinted that the team may not be sold for 10-20 years. If she was planning to sell the team soon she would have just picked up PC's 2025 option and had him remain until the sale. With a new Head Coach coming in, she's going to have to make an earnest promise that the team won't be sold for at least 5-7 years. I don't know Jody personally but I do know people who have worked with her and I know her type well. I have a feeling she's going to be a very active owner for a minimum of 15 years. She won't do it publicly because that's not who she is, but at this point I have full faith in her abilities. And for all the misogynists out there, she has a whole lot more executive experience than Paul did.