Seahawks Pete Carroll , ” We are a team that is about giving second chances”

In their first meeting with the press after releasing two of the club’s best and most popular players, General Manager John Schneider and head coach  Pete  Carroll started the press conference talking about second chances. Carroll spent twelve minutes talking about how the Seahawk’s DNA is about giving payers second chances. Give it to Carroll for weaving a message of hope for Seahawk Nation and at the same time promoting the Seahawks as a destination for free agents. Carroll also managed to pay tribute to  Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner without blaming either of the two players.          

RUSSELL WILSON HAS HIS SAY AS A BRONCO

Minutes before the  Carroll and Schneider press conference  Russell Wilson was holding court  at his first press conference as a Denver Bronco. Like Carroll and Schneider Wilson was grateful for the past, the process that brought him to the Broncos and ready to move.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The answer is easy and yet complicated. The easy part is that both sides lost trust and faith in each other. Listening to both sides it is evident that the erosion of trust happening over time. Last season was the final straw for both sides. The injury to Wilson gave both sides a  rare moment to look at how each could function without the other. With  Wilson on the sidelines, the Seahawks came close to within three points of winning the two games they lost.  For Wilson sitting on the sidelines had to have him ponder if things would ever improve?

WAGNER  RELEASE

Give it to Carroll and  Schneider for having no excuse for the way they handled the Wagner release. Schneider tried to give some context by saying that since Wagner was his own agent it made it awkward to talk to him about potential trades. In the end, Schneider said that was no excuse to disrespect a future Hall of Famer and one of the team’s greatest and beloved players. With free agency in full swing and the draft approaching, Schneider and Carroll have their backs against the wall.