toffee
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An interesting read from USAtoday, about how John and Pete finally hit a homerun after years of poor drafting history. It turned out that these two were under pressure and stress from none other than Mother Jody, who not only put pressure on her football brains, she got herself involved too. I remember Jody was the draft war room and very active.
Jody was in on the trading of Wilson, may be she was the one that pushed Pete over to accept the trade? https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/seahawks-draft-pete-carroll-john-schneider-tariq-woolen/
Jody was in on the trading of Wilson, may be she was the one that pushed Pete over to accept the trade? https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/seahawks-draft-pete-carroll-john-schneider-tariq-woolen/
Allen wasn’t calling the shots in a Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder sense — it could better be said that she was involved in the draft as an overall steward. Perhaps this was to help keep Carroll and Schneider away from their own more impulsive tendencies, and on the track of picking the best available players, as opposed to getting cute and seeing how much smarter than the rest of the NFL they were.
“This is another chat we had with her,” Carroll said of Allen as the draft wrapped up. “She was great and she had fun. She was in it. She was competing and she wanted to know about who you maybe trading for, and the whole thing, she was on it. So she’s really amazing.”
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