Keim didn't have the b***s to take Russell Wilson in the dra

[chris98251]

I remember early in his rookie season fans calling for Wilson to be benched for Flynn. Fans are fickle.

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I don't remember the for Flynn part so much but people wanting Tjack.

 

[Sports Hernia]

So much more refreshing than the 20/20 hindsight that seems to pervade our own fan's initial evaluation of RW's abilities. Suffice it to say that the only person that could have envisioned the success that Russell Wilson has had is Russell Wilson himself.
I take exception to that and I bet the poster that is a Wisconsin Badger fan would do the same. Anybody that watched his senior year would know he was special just like Tyler Lockett. It was painfully obvious given both meet every tangible and intangible measurable beyond physical height with the numbers to prove it against top competition. Both should have been first round picks with Wilson being top three but old school biases dictated differently.

Granted, Wisconsin fans were way ahead of us on that one, but people here deride anyone who doubted his ability when every single person I knew here criticized the pick. You know what would be fun? Get the mods to dig up their archives and post the board's reaction to his being picked in the third round, LOL!

It wasn't horrible iirc but like Lockett I was onboard immediately. I was here in Kansas City so I saw him regularly like Lockett and had an unfair advantage. Lockett was the only player that I actually talked about in the draft forum with the draft guys, the draft and scouting isn't my thing but I know elite when it's obvious. Wilson I just said wait for it..... after we drafted him because I expected him to go high in the second round and us to have absolutely no chance at getting him.

I'll be honest, the pick didn't make sense to me, I knew Wisconsin had a very good team but being a Husky I wasn't really following the Big-10 that much since the two conferences didn't automatically face up in the Rose Bowl anymore. We had just spent the money to get Flynn and I'm like what? We have the QB we want and you waste a 3rd round pick on a 5-10 QB? Then, I started doing some investigating and the one thing stuck out to me, well two things really, Wisc was two plays away from playing for the NC and his coach at Wisc said he was the greatest football player he had ever seen. Ever seen? I thought. That's a pretty big statement coming from a Big-10 coach. Of course as early as the second preseason game you could see it and by the end he had clearly outplayed Flynn but I was afraid they would still go w/the financial committment they made just to save face. That's the great thing about PC though, you earn the position and it's yours. I am not sure many teams would have made him the starter at that point.

I thought they were nuts for taking a 5'10" QB in the 3rd round for about 30 seconds, until I saw Gruden say this is a GREAT pick and Wilson is going to be a star, and I'm thinking "this guy (who I generally agree with) is nuts too".......... Then I went back and watched Gruden's QB show where Wilson was featured and then saw why he (Gruden) thought the way he did.

 

[Sports Hernia]

My respect for Keim went up for admitting this especially about a rival player.

 

[HawkFan72]

What on earth is this guy talking about?

Hardly anyone derided the pick.

People liked the idea of him competing for the job and were delighted when he snatched it away from T-Jack and Flynn. It was exciting.

There was a little bit of hand-wringing but that's natural. The majority of Seahawks fans were happy they drafted Wilson and as his rookie year developed it became clear he was special.

Exactly. A lot of fans here wanted Wilson after watching his pre-draft segment with Gruden. I know there were a lot of cheers on this forum when Wilson was selected.

 

[dogorama]

What on earth is this guy talking about?

Hardly anyone derided the pick.

People liked the idea of him competing for the job and were delighted when he snatched it away from T-Jack and Flynn. It was exciting.

There was a little bit of hand-wringing but that's natural. The majority of Seahawks fans were happy they drafted Wilson and as his rookie year developed it became clear he was special.

Exactly. A lot of fans here wanted Wilson after watching his pre-draft segment with Gruden. I know there were a lot of cheers on this forum when Wilson was selected.

I would absolutely love to see the posts on this board on draft day. Did some people cheer the choice of RW in the 3rd round? I have no doubt. Did the consensus of posters cheer the choice of RW in the 3rd round? I would bet a bucket of money that is NOT the case.

 

[Trenchbroom]

What on earth is this guy talking about?

Hardly anyone derided the pick.

People liked the idea of him competing for the job and were delighted when he snatched it away from T-Jack and Flynn. It was exciting.

There was a little bit of hand-wringing but that's natural. The majority of Seahawks fans were happy they drafted Wilson and as his rookie year developed it became clear he was special.

Exactly. A lot of fans here wanted Wilson after watching his pre-draft segment with Gruden. I know there were a lot of cheers on this forum when Wilson was selected.

I would absolutely love to see the posts on this board on draft day. Did some people cheer the choice of RW in the 3rd round? I have no doubt. Did the consensus of posters cheer the choice of RW in the 3rd round? I would bet a bucket of money that is NOT the case.

My recollection is that it was like any other draft pick: lovers and haters all over the place. It was split.

The naysayers hung around with their Flynnsanity until the KC preseason game, then came back to squawk after the ARI game to open the season, then were finally silenced after we played MIA and CHI.