Ok, let's do this...
USC does not equal Pete Carroll. Pete Carroll does not equal USC. It's pretty easy to have a head coach not know about things going on in his organization that are against policy, regulations, etc.
The Cho GM firing seems like speculation on your part and not in truth. No worries, you can certainly have your opinion and nobody can or should take it away from you. But clearly Allen disagrees and I'd like to think he knows more about this than you do.
I understand that selling out the stadium is meaningless to you, but then again you aren't trying to fill it. Paul Allen cares about this and I'm certain his decisions weigh in this fact. You're wrong about the number of professional sports teams Seattle has. Can't say if people are "starved", but this is speculation and not fact. It's clear you don't really know much of anything about Seattle (which is what I know every time anyone says Pete Carroll's job is in jeopardy).
What boneheaded moves are you talking about? The one where we drafted Richard Sherman in the 5th round? The Kam Chancellor pick? Oh wait, you want to bag on the Lendale White one, where we moved down 7 spots in the 4th and 9 spots in the 6th. Whitehurst? A 3rd for even a backup QB is fine really, which is what this ended up being. He didn't work out as expected but you have to take chances. Not every team has the opportunity each season to trade up and get the top QB so you need to take chances. It failed and we moved on. Yep, throwin those draft picks away. And you know every NFL exec scrutinized this pick because you're every NFL exec? Speculation again, and just your opinion.
Most of your post is opinion or just wrong. It wasn't worth responding to and I'm amazed I didn't stop writing this mid-way through.
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Oh man. Okay, Jim Zorn, you are correct, I don't talk to all NFL execs so I have no idea what sort of scrutiny they gave the Whitehurst trade. I do read Peter King every week and he talks to NFL execs and he was critical of the trade at the time, but we move on. I won't bring up the trade for Lendale White again since he never played a down for ya'll, getting cut soon after the trade to bring him in.
As far as not knowing anything about Seattle, I'm not sure that's accurate. I live down the highway from Seattle and have been going there regularly for 16 years. I went to sell out baseball games in the Kingdom. I've been to a sell out game at UW. I even went to a sell out game at Key Arena years ago. Seattle fans fill their stadiums...well, not Safeco and not now, but I suppose the Sounders sell out quite a bet, eh? Are we including MLS in this discussion? Did Seattle fans not go to games when Holmgren was there? Mora? I don't think they've ever had problems selling out, but you know more than me.
Now let's talk more about Rich Cho because I don't think you quite understand why I brought him up. I was asked about Paul Allen's 'impatience' and cited the Cho firing as an example. Cho lasted less than a year as GM of the Trailblazers. There's no speculation about it - Cho was fired because he disagreed with how the team was to handle Brandon Roy and Greg Odom. Cho wanted to sever ties. He wanted to blow the team up and rebuild. He was hired as the team's architect but because his vision differed with Allen's, he was fired. Allen will not hesitate to pull the plug if he does not get the results he wants. Another sub .500 year with Carroll and I bet he loses patience.
USC does not equal Pete Carroll. Pete Carroll does not equal USC. It's pretty easy to have a head coach not know about things going on in his organization that are against policy, regulations, etc.
Hmmmmmmm....let's try this:
Penn State does not equal Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno does not equal Penn State. It's pretty easy to have a head coach not know about things going on in his organization that are against policy, regulations, etc.
Sounds like you don't know much about Wilson and didn't watch him play much in college. He had a lousy OL and no stud RBs at N.C. State, yet he dominated there for 3 years.
Really people? Lets see....Flynn has spent how many years on an NFL team? Which has developed more starting NFL quarterbacks for other teams than every other team. Where at which he started twice, one time setting the all time team record for touchdown passes? Exceeding a couple of qbs you might of heard of - Star, Dickey, Favre, Rodgers, among others. But sure - Flynn is as much unknown as some rookie.
When talking about rookies the situational negatives are far less relevant. If we want to knock the kid lets talk about the developmental/scouting concerns.With Wilson especially this is the case. The guy put up Brees-liteish college numbers. The fantasy upside can't be ignored IMO.
