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[SeahawkSteve80]

I wish Wilson the best going forward.

 

[Ozzy]

Ok, so who are the players on that team that straight up came out and said they don't like him. Remember before you answer, I've followed this team awful close over the years.

The only player I feel confident in saying they don't like Russ is Sherman. Kam, Wagner, DK, Lynch, Cliff Avril, Bennett, Lockett, multiple players in Denver etc. all stick up for Russ. Bennett just killed Sherman for his goofy take on Russ. Lynch picked him for his all time team and said he was a top 5 teammate of all time in another interview. Even Baldwin in an interview said he was a HOF type player.

Who am I missing? Who hates Russ other than Sherman?

 

[Ozzy]

People saying Russ sucked when there was a year he had 37 of our 38 touchdowns, we had a historically bad running game and a league worst defense and we sill won 10 games. He lead the league in passing touchdowns and total touchdowns in the worst environment possible. What a selfish jerk for wanting a coach to fix those issues after he refused to for years leading up to that and never for years after that.

The Wilson was average trope is cornballish, sorry.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

The only player I feel confident in saying they don't like Russ is Sherman. Kam, Wagner, DK, Lynch, Cliff Avril, Bennett, Lockett, multiple players in Denver etc. all stick up for Russ. Bennett just killed Sherman for his goofy take on Russ. Lynch picked him for his all time team and said he was a top 5 teammate of all time in another interview. Even Baldwin in an interview said he was a HOF type player.

Who am I missing? Who hates Russ other than Sherman?

Golden Tate for one. I didn't say hate by the way.

There's a difference between hating and not being friends with someone. I like my boss but I'm not friends with him.

How many seahawks went to Wilson's wedding for example?

My point earlier was more i don't think people would vote for the guy in politics and I stand by that.

I also liked Wilson as a seahawks, best qb the franchise has ever had.

 

[Trackhawk]

It wasn't about securing the bag, he already had a bag. And was guarenteed getting another bag regardless the situation. .

He left because he and Carroll knew it was either going to be one or the other. RW wanted a competent Oline, Carroll had his own vision. RW saw the writing on the wall and created his own opportunity to part ways. I'd have done the same damn thing.

It's just good business sense, and the fact that people are salty about it, and take it personal, tells me one, they don't know how today's NFL works, and two, damn sure don't know how business works. Nobody is loyal anymore. Nobody. Larry Fitzgerald was one of the last of a dying breed. It's all about the bag now. Talk about being Naive....

Except it was all about the bag, but, the bag he was chasing was as unique as is the style of the game at which he excelled.

It wasn't about the money. Yes, he wanted to be the highest paid quarterback, but even that wasn't about the money. No one would dislike him so strongly if it was only about getting a bigger bag of money.

It was about ego. It was about elevating himself into and above the upper pantheon of tall statured, field general QBs. He didn't just want to be on the Mount Rushmore of QBs, alongside Manning, Brady, and Rodgers, he believed that he belonged there, and believed that it was other people who were blind to the truth.

No one faults him for wanting to elevate his game to that level, we fault him for believing his game was on that level, and for believing that others should recognize it, and reward him as though it was. He's a prototypical "nice guy," and the hatred comes from people who recognize him for, and dislike, that behavior, even if they have never learned that descriptor. It's the dishonesty, the deceitful manipulation, and the false public face that people recognize, even if only subconsciously, and abhor.

No one is going to turn on Kearse, Lockett, K9, or even Thomas and Geno, with the same intensity. They didn't behave like Wilson did.

He demanded an irrational level of attention, and he is getting it. Since he couldn't live up to the image he tried to project, he gets an irrational level of hatred, rather than admiration.

 

[hawker84]

The only player I feel confident in saying they don't like Russ is Sherman. Kam, Wagner, DK, Lynch, Cliff Avril, Bennett, Lockett, multiple players in Denver etc. all stick up for Russ. Bennett just killed Sherman for his goofy take on Russ. Lynch picked him for his all time team and said he was a top 5 teammate of all time in another interview. Even Baldwin in an interview said he was a HOF type player.

Who am I missing? Who hates Russ other than Sherman?

I've heard the takes from Sherman.. He doesn't pull any punches when it comes to RWs career. Thats for sure. He's definitely an advocate for letting folks know, the LOB won that chip, not RW..

 

[Trackhawk]

People have a deep visceral, subconscious dislike of "nice guy" behavior, even if they have never learned enough about that topic to apply the label to a specific person or situation.

 

[soxhawk]

He just needs to retire before he hurts his legacy any further. I'm sure he'll be a fine sideline reporter someday when he grows up.

 

[AROS]

Yeah he needs to have "NO" people around him. His "yes" people suck.

FIFY.

 

[AROS]

Where's SCH? She belongs in this thread.

Let's just say her last bridge looks like this:

 

[Trackhawk]

My opinion, FWIW, is that he truly is a phenomenal player. I would put him solidly in the second tier of QB's to ever play the game. Ring of honor worthy, but not HOF worthy. His behavior will delay his induction into the ROH, and will likely mean that he doesn't retire as a Seahawk for a day.

I will never forget saying, right before that crazy, 79-yard, final Seahawks drive of Super Bowl XLIX, that there is no active QB that I would rather have at the wheel, when a 80-yard, game winning goal was needed, and I still stand by that statement.

I forget who said it here, but it summed up Russ the best, "He excelled at his game. He just didn't excel at the game of football."

 

[Ozzy]

Golden Tate for one. I didn't say hate by the way.

There's a difference between hating and not being friends with someone. I like my boss but I'm not friends with him.

How many seahawks went to Wilson's wedding for example?

My point earlier was more i don't think people would vote for the guy in politics and I stand by that.

I also liked Wilson as a seahawks, best qb the franchise has ever had.

Tate and Sherman aren't very liked either as Bennett just clowned him publicly. I just think this idea that all his teammates not liking him is way overstated by some on here.

I'll share this again even though its been shared already. My friend said Russ was the most genuine and nicest Seahawk she has ever been around in regard to every single person at the facility and it wasn't close. She also said the teammates that didn't like him were because he wasn't like them in a lot of ways we all wouldn't like.

Anyway I'm not saying you're wrong I just see it dffeently.

 

[soxhawk]

FIFY.

His Mercedes has a bumper sticker that says "GOD is my YES man (or woman if Ciara's watching)"

 

[NoGain]

Let's just say her last bridge looks like this:

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I had no idea. My interactions with her were good, enjoyed them. I guess I missed whatever it was.

 

[toffee]

I had no idea. My interactions with her were good, enjoyed them. I guess I missed whatever it was.

Pure speculation here: SCH might engaged in heated rebuttals when her opinions were challenged.

 

[HagFaithful]

He will be on an NFL roster next year. Colby Brissett made a dang roster this year and started games. Phillip Rivers hadn't played in 5 years.

Russ isn't Colin Kaepernick - his views don't create animosity or divisiveness in the locker room or in the community. He's not a distraction. Annyoying? Yes. Self-important? Yes.

I personally don't care because he won't be playing for the Hawks ever again. And that's HIS fault.

 

[chrispy]

I find it difficult to "move on" when the thought if him being a broadcaster has been everywhere and a focus of this thread. I believe most Seahawk fans would love to just live with the memories of the QB that we all loved to watch. But, as is his right, he really tries to be in the spotlight all the time in every environment. To me, that's an invitation to be discussed and, again- to me, it's really annoying. When the suggestion to just "move on" is given, I honestly wish RCW would do just that. While he's still asking to be noticed, his recent train wreck of a career and atrocity of "pitch-man" is 100% valid.

 

[hawker84]

He will be on an NFL roster next year. Colby Brissett made a dang roster this year and started games. Phillip Rivers hadn't played in 5 years.

Russ isn't Colin Kaepernick - his views don't create animosity or divisiveness in the locker room or in the community. He's not a distraction. Annyoying? Yes. Self-important? Yes.

I personally don't care because he won't be playing for the Hawks ever again. And that's HIS fault.

His fault or his decision?

 

[hawker84]

I find it difficult to "move on" when the thought if him being a broadcaster has been everywhere and a focus of this thread. I believe most Seahawk fans would love to just live with the memories of the QB that we all loved to watch. But, as is his right, he really tries to be in the spotlight all the time in every environment. To me, that's an invitation to be discussed and, again- to me, it's really annoying. When the suggestion to just "move on" is given, I honestly wish RCW would do just that. While he's still asking to be noticed, his recent train wreck of a career and atrocity of "pitch-man" is 100% valid.

His portfolio would disagree with you.

 

[chrispy]

His portfolio would disagree with you.

I guess we just disagree on what makes a man a success.