Robinson's experience and leadership contribute to his value, but the leadership might have also hurt him. Last year, right about this time, the Hawks were penalized a couple OTA sessions and a workout because the NFL said they were scrimmaging too hard. Someone had reported them to the NFL. Pete Carroll was not amused, especially after his recent experience with rules infractions at USC. The culprit who turned them in was almost surely Michael Robinson, the Seahawk player rep who was a great advocate of controlling off-season workouts and practices so that players had time to develop other careers for after their NFL days were over. If it was him, you have to respect him for treating his duties as player rep seriously, but you'd think it would be better to go to Carroll to discuss it privately first.
