One-day contract for Russell Wilson?

[Palmegranite]

Once a Seahawk, always a Seahawk.

Go Seahawks!

 

[FrodosFinger]

Once a Seahawk, always a Seahawk.

Go Seahawks!

Even Dan McGwire?

 

[Palmegranite]

Of course.

 

[Rat]

I don't understand the "need to wait" option. He already announced he's retiring.

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

What's the logic for the A-Rod and RW comparison? I get that it's one Seattle star player saying they want to be here then leaving both times. However, one guy set the M's back and the other fetched picks we don't win the Superbowl this year without. Just seems like saying two movies are the same when they start with some similarities but everything else is different.

 

[Palmegranite]

Even Dan McGwire?

Why? Do you think his height worked against him?
Too tall to be considered a legit Seahawk?

 

[RiverDog]

I don't understand the "need to wait" option. He already announced he's retiring.

The OP probably should have worded it differently, but the way I took it was returning to Seattle to raise the 12th man flag or participating in other team activities. He needs to let time heal the wounds he caused.

 

[IndyHawk]

What's the logic for the A-Rod and RW comparison? I get that it's one Seattle star player saying they want to be here then leaving both times. However, one guy set the M's back and the other fetched picks we don't win the Superbowl this year without. Just seems like saying two movies are the same when they start with some similarities but everything else is different.

It's about the me over team attitude, it's the biggest comp.

 

[Zorn2Largent]

Yes, but wait.. He left this team in an extremely awkward way and trying to have John & Pete fired showed how unhinged he was when traded..

I didn't follow that story closely. Was it just a rumor or did Pete and/or John confirm it? Otherwise, it was just a rumor.

And even if he did try to get Pete fired, he was right. It wasn't loyal to Pete but it was loyal to the team and the 12's. Pete needed to go. Schotty should have taken the HC job. History has shown firing Schotty and keeping Pete was a mistake, short term. It all worked out in the end when we got Mac, but that is 20/20 hind luck.

 

[uncle fester]

I don’t mind the one-day retirement contract. Might offer some closure. I understand why some others do, though.

My first thought was that if a decent team lost their QB midseason and got on the phone to Russ, he’d be out of the tv studio in a heartbeat.

Which would make the one-day contract seem a bit silly.

 

[RiverDog]

Yes, but wait.. He left this team in an extremely awkward way and trying to have John & Pete fired showed how unhinged he was when traded..

For me, it wasn't just how he left here that turned me off. His behavior once arriving in Denver, ie insisting on his own office, his personal trainers having exclusive access to team facilities, his nearly complete control over the offense, those types of things affected my opinion of him.

 

[Floridahawk79]

I didn't follow that story closely. Was it just a rumor or did Pete and/or John confirm it? Otherwise, it was just a rumor.

And even if he did try to get Pete fired, he was right. It wasn't loyal to Pete but it was loyal to the team and the 12's. Pete needed to go. Schotty should have taken the HC job. History has shown firing Schotty and keeping Pete was a mistake, short term. It all worked out in the end when we got Mac, but that is 20/20 hind luck.

That wasn't Wison's call. He was an employee.

 

[MORGULON]

Why? Do you think his height worked against him?
Too tall to be considered a legit Seahawk?

His shittiness worked against him

 

[RiverDog]

I didn't follow that story closely. Was it (RW trying to get PC and JS fired) just a rumor or did Pete and/or John confirm it? Otherwise, it was just a rumor.

And even if he did try to get Pete fired, he was right. It wasn't loyal to Pete but it was loyal to the team and the 12's. Pete needed to go. Schotty should have taken the HC job. History has shown firing Schotty and keeping Pete was a mistake, short term. It all worked out in the end when we got Mac, but that is 20/20 hind luck.

Pete and John may not know for sure, either. It's quite possible, perhaps even probable, that Jody and/or Chuck Arnold didn't tell them about it. And if they did know that he did, it's unlikely that they're going to throw more fuel on the fire and create a huge distraction by acknowledging it. It's easier to duck the question.

It's obviously not confirmed, but it's more than just a random rumor, too. More like where there's smoke, there's fire. It was reported by Mike Sando, a former beat reporter on the Hawks and working for the Athletic/New York Times, a very reliable source and not some tabloid journalist.

There's also the very frosty greeting between PC and RW in the first game after the trade. For someone as gregarious as PC, that's very unusual.

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

For me, it wasn't just how he left here that turned me off. His behavior once arriving in Denver, ie insisting on his own office, his personal trainers having exclusive access to team facilities, his nearly complete control over the offense, those types of things affected my opinion of him.

Same here. He's selfish, entitled, and just straight up corny. There's very little reason to like the guy but to me, the ROH isn't the Ring of Who You Want To Have a Beer With. It's there to acknowledge players' accomplishments as above and beyond. The gap between RW's personality/behavior and his accomplishments is a canyon. RW's peers at his position will make their teams' ROH's without question. We very likely don't win Lombardi #1 with Matt Flynn. We definitely don't win Lombardi #2 without the picks from his trade demand. That Vince Lombardi quote isn't "Personality and behavior aren't everything; they're the only thing."

 

[chris98251]

For me, it wasn't just how he left here that turned me off. His behavior once arriving in Denver, ie insisting on his own office, his personal trainers having exclusive access to team facilities, his nearly complete control over the offense, those types of things affected my opinion of him.

Or his return here with his suit and arrogance thinking his win was a gimme.