You mean like with Marshawn and the LOB? You're something special if you think Wilson won the Lombardi instead of the defense and running game. In fact Frodo hindered us from winning 2
Yes, he did in 2010-2013 when PC had inside knowledge of the player coming out since he had just left the college ranks. Highly productive according to what? The article breaks down the drafts and it's pretty clear they were not good at all.
Correct and at this point Dissly is okay when he can play. Carson is great most of the time again when he can play. and Luke was avg at best.
Or you just blind and forget that without Wilson you don't even get there. Remember they and Lynch the year before and the defense and LOB were top 5 and yet 7-9. The offense in 2011 was ranked 28th in yards, 23rd in points, 21st in rushing, in 2012 with Wilson was 17th in yards, 3rd in rushing yards, 9th in points. Huge jumps. In the 2013 Season, the season we won the SB we were 4th in rushing, 8th in points, Only a short-sited person would say Wilson had nothing to do with making and winning the SB. FYI no one said Wilson was responsible he like the LOB and Lynch was a piece to the puzzle that won the SB.
Well, how many college coaches have come in and transformed an NFL team into a winner? All of those failed college coaches had “inside knowledge” too, but other than Jimmy Johnson in the 90’s no one else can match what Pete did. Forget match, almost all are total failures.
Hmm and the one would wonder how come his drafts and FAs have been so bad since 2014? Answer no more inside knowledge. If he was as good as you suggest he would have done it in his previous HC stints. If he I'd as good as you suggest his FAs and drafts would have been better since 2014. The reality is he got lucky and his luck just went to Denver.
Any Seahawks fan will remind you that the 2011 team - T-Jack played with a torn pec muscle. Stats, especially passing, should have sucked.
The "inside knowledge" angle continues to be preposterous nonsense.
Get real. How many front office executives, talent evaluators, coaches, etc… were poached by other organizations?
Most coaches that make that transition have a traditional GM/HC relationship. Another thing to note is that many of the coaches coming into the NFL from the NCAA have some weird system that doesn't work in the NFL. Carroll was a guy with a long history in the NFL spanning decades. He was top tier as DC in the NFL and he also built a rep as a DB coach many years prior. Most of these guys don't have any experience outside of the collegiate ecosystem which is a completely different game in many respects. Carroll's system was still an NFL system, even in college.
I mean, perhaps Carroll has a slight "advantage" in terms of familiarity, sure. But implying that this is enough to be the primary catalyst for a period of draft dominance is just silly. It implies that the draft is beatable so long as you have a bit more hands on experience with the prospects, which just isn't true. It doesn't work like that.
Do you think Wilson would have stayed if Pete would have been replaced with an offensive minded HC?
Yes
Does not change the fact that he played his part in the WB run just like LOB and Lynch did. Ahh fyi they signed Flynn the same year the got Wilosn. He beat Flynn out. As to pressure or not is irrelevant he still won yhe starting job.
