Geno wears a wristband. Russ never did...

[BamKam]

Well, Mr Eliminated stated in his interview that we won a lot of games in Seattle without the wristband, yeah the team did. Last minute heroics many times, wearing your defense out with 3 and outs most the game, hoping for a Field Goal at least to bail you out from running a two-minute drill. Oh, and that defense and Running game that was league leading may have had something to do with it.

But whatever makes you feel good Mr. Eliminated.

He was so rattled when asked that question. Never seen him fumble over his words so badly.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Where Russ again implies Pete Carroll is a pos. He won plenty of games in Seattle without 1, says mr unlimited.

Russell Wilson: Won a lot of games in Seattle without anything on my wrist

There have been plenty of moments this season when Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has made it clear that he doesn't miss having quarterback Russell Wilson on the team, including a radio appearance this week.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

[FrodosFinger]

Wearing a wristband streamlines the play calling. Like I’ve said countless times, Russ became un-coachable. It was his way or the hi-way. And forget about changing the play at the LOS, Geno does that when it’s beneficial to do so. Russ does it to benefit himself and could never really recognize a blitz. Bilbo got his ass whooped by Geno

 

[onanygivensunday]

Was listening to Brock Huard on 710 Sports... and the point that he made (very well) is that wearing the wristband saves times calling in the play from the sidelines... by about 8 seconds, which can be all the difference in getting a delay of game penalty.

Notice how much time is on the play clock on average when Geno breaks the huddle. It's telling.

 

[hawks85]

Wilson is an arrogant POS and thinks he's better than everyone else. He didn't wear one because he wanted to play HIS game rather than THE game.

 

[Spin Doctor]

Wearing a wristband streamlines the play calling. Like I’ve said countless times, Russ became un-coachable. It was his way or the hi-way. And forget about changing the play at the LOS, Geno does that when it’s beneficial to do so. Russ does it to benefit himself and could never really recognize a blitz. Bilbo got his ass whooped by Geno

Wilson's audibles really sucked. He was awful when it came to changing plays. Wilson presnap in general was a mess.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Denver sb nation blog puts up article saying ppl are picking on Russ.

Denver fans’ reaction….

Why has picking on Russell Wilson become ‘trendy’?

It seems like Wilson can’t catch break no matter what he does...

www.milehighreport.com

 

[Ozzy]

Manning, Brady,Rodgers etc all must not care about winning either since they don't wear one. The nerve.

Some of the stuff said in this thread is wild lol

 

[SoulfishHawk]

You shouldn't be surprised. This has been going on for a decade plus......

 

[Donn2390]

It's an one upmanship, Wilson was telling the league and other QBs that he had the whole playbook memorized. In theory, if one has the whole book memorized, it's quicker to just pull data out of memory than having to read the wristband, that's what Wilson was trying to project.

In his case, he often spent MORE time pre-snap, in the huddle, and often caused delay of game penalties. Of course, papa Pete took the blame for all the 5 yarders, for that reason, Pete made the "resistance" commend, he took all the blame because Wilson wanted to show off.

Is it possible to memorized the play book? Well, concert pianists memorized all the notes for multiple an hour or so long concertos, so I would think it's possible. How did the pianists do it? I used to enjoy free music at the Juilliard, as those students practice 8-10 hours a day over the same notes, day after day. By the time they stepped on the stage, they have played those concertos hundreds of times.

I don't think he refused to wear the wristband because he had all the plays memorized, he refused to wear it because he had no intention on running the plays the OC called. He is the king, he doesn't need anyone else.
The "I" In Team Is Right Under The A-Hole.. https://careerpunk.com/team-player/

 

[HawkStrong]

Manning, Brady,Rodgers etc all must not care about winning either since they don't wear one. The nerve.

Some of the stuff said in this thread is wild lol

It's specific to this offense, the play calls are extremely long. Not all offenses have the same terminology.

Or do you dispute the fact that our offense is running much more efficiently? Geno breaks the huddle with more time on the clock, and has much more time at the line to make adjustments. Look at Denver's offense presnap. Do you dispute that it looks almost exactly like Seattle's in previous years? Russ scrambling to get the play call in, running clock down to the final few seconds almost every play? I mean, Denver fans have literally been chanting down the seconds at home games. They aren't doing that for fun.

Maybe you would have to actually pay attention to product on the field. Some people are more into rooting for the name on the back of the jersey.

 

[Lagartixa]

Denver sb nation blog puts up article saying ppl are picking on Russ.

Denver fans’ reaction….

Why has picking on Russell Wilson become ‘trendy’?

It seems like Wilson can’t catch break no matter what he does...

www.milehighreport.com

Hmmm... I made this for @John63, but he abandoned us (last seen on .NET on Oct. 7, last post here on Sep. 22), so Mile High Report, this one's for you (now)...

 

[Lagartixa]

Where Russ again implies Pete Carroll is a pos. He won plenty of games in Seattle without 1, says mr unlimited.

Russell Wilson: Won a lot of games in Seattle without anything on my wrist

There have been plenty of moments this season when Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has made it clear that he doesn't miss having quarterback Russell Wilson on the team, including a radio appearance this week.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

I'm so glad to see Wilson basically laughing at the idea that wearing a wristband could help. I really want him to be as uncoachable as possible, so he improves as little as possible, for the rest of this season. Right now, I think that first-round pick from the Broncos would be the sixth pick in next year's draft. I'm hoping it'll end up in the top five.

Meanwhile, I no longer feel stressed out about how much time is left on the play clock when I see Smith making sure players at both ends of the line know what he wants them to know (when he changes the play at the line of scrimmage, for example). I know there are probably ten or more seconds left on the play clock and that Smith will comfortably get the play off in time. Meanwhile, in Denver, they're wasting time outs to avoid delay-of-game penalties and frustrated fans are counting down the final five seconds on the play clock so the players (one in particular) can hear it. I do not believe these things are all part of some big coincidence. There's a simple causal explanation for all of it.

 

[Ozzy]

It's specific to this offense, the play calls are extremely long. Not all offenses have the same terminology.

Or do you dispute the fact that our offense is running much more efficiently? Geno breaks the huddle with more time on the clock, and has much more time at the line to make adjustments. Look at Denver's offense presnap. Do you dispute that it looks almost exactly like Seattle's in previous years? Russ scrambling to get he play call in, running clock down to the final few seconds almost every play? I mean, Denver fans have literally been changing down the seconds at home games. They aren't doing that for fun.

Maybe you would have to actually pay attention to product on the field. Some people are more into rooting for the name on the back of the jersey.

Much more efficiently than it ever did with Russ? Last year? Last game we had multiple near delay of game penalties. I agree it’s gotten better better in that regard but we’ve also had two QB’s, 3 offensive co’s and new players at multiple positions.

Your last comment is odd considering I’ve said multiple times I love what Geno and the offense are doing and this team is a blast to watch and root for. I’m just not in your camp of a hall of fame decade resume QB severely held the team back and for 90% of the time he was here the offense was really, really good.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Again, several QB's don't use a wristband. You either win or you don't. Wristband or not.
I'm just glad Geno is using one. Because it's clearly helping HIM win.

 

[Lagartixa]

Manning, Brady,Rodgers etc all must not care about winning either since they don't wear one. The nerve.

Some of the stuff said in this thread is wild lol

Brady and Rogers haven't had chronic problems getting plays off in time.

Because I'm old, presbyopia has made it so I can't read well without glasses now. If I were to try to work without glasses, I'd be very inefficient. But that doesn't mean a person with good uncorrected (and not-needing-correction) vision would be inefficient without glasses. Just as young folks with good vision don't need glasses to read well, Brady and Rodgers don't need wristbands to get plays called and started on time. And just as I need glasses to be able to read well, some other QBs need the help of a wristband to do that part of their jobs well.

In previous seasons, Seahawks fans blamed Carroll for the plays not getting called quickly enough, but the Seahawks seem to be doing just fine with that this season, while the Broncos are having tremendous problems with it, wasting time outs and suffering the ignominy of having their fans call out the last five seconds on the play clock. So maybe, just maybe, the Seahawks' problems with the game clock were related to their QB and the fact that he thinks the idea of wearing a wristband is funny.

In some of the companies where I've worked, coworkers or superiors have noticed things they thought I could improve and told me about it. I could have taken the RW3-and-out route and laughed at them, but instead I pulled a Geno by listening to them and trying to incorporate their suggestions. One coworker at the job I had for most of 2018 and all of 2019 made me much more efficient with programming tasks through multiple simple tips and hints, including using the appropriate tools for the job. You might not think the right development environment could make that much of a difference (for the nerds, I was perfectly happy using a text editor, and I've done a lot of development work using nothing more than vi in a command-line window and gcc), but my coworker Ben showed me some tools and how to get major productivity improvements out of them.

 

[Ozzy]

We also have a new offensive play caller the past two years which the Russ sucks crowd forgets. I’m guessing it’s a little bit of everything that is leading to a more efficient offense. The advance metrics bear this out as well

 

[toffee]

Where Russ again implies Pete Carroll is a pos. He won plenty of games in Seattle without 1, says mr unlimited.

Russell Wilson: Won a lot of games in Seattle without anything on my wrist

There have been plenty of moments this season when Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has made it clear that he doesn't miss having quarterback Russell Wilson on the team, including a radio appearance this week.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

In the end, of course it's all about winning. BUT winning is a TEAM JOB, every player must do whatever it takes to help the team win. In Wilson's case, he refuse to do the smallest thing to help the team win, like wearing a wristband to cutdown on delay of games. Sorry, Russ, your answer about winning did not address the wasted timeouts due to your refusal to wear a wristband.

But wow, Russ Wilson sounded exactly like John63 in address criticisms, ummm.

 

[HawkStrong]

Much more efficiently than it ever did with Russ? Last year? Last game we had multiple near delay of game penalties. I agree it’s gotten better better in that regard but we’ve also had two QB’s, 3 offensive co’s and new players at multiple positions.

Your last comment is odd considering I’ve said multiple times I love what Geno and the offense are doing and this team is a blast to watch and root for. I’m just not in your camp of a hall of fame decade resume QB severely held the team back and for 90% of the time he was here the offense was really, really good.

Love you calling out "near" delay of game penalties. Those would have been surefire delay of games with Russ.

Are you just ignoring the troubles Russ is having in Denver?

The last comment isn't directed at you, just people who still feel the need to defend Russ from every single criticism. If you identify with that statement, that's on you.

 

[Crizilla]

Schizo thread. Russ had a few MVP-like seasons without a wristband.