netskier":3to1kxbv said:
I read that he found out about the trade thru social media, in contrast to Unger who JS called first after making the trade. Even Brees was shocked to learn of the trade thru social media. Business decisions can be implemented courteously.
That is factually incorrect. Per John Schneider, he called Unger first, then he called Graham. He said that Loomis had done the same thing and called Graham first so Jimmy heard it from his GM first and not anywhere else. Schneider said that Jimmy was "shocked but excited".
Graham is a pilot, and had piloted his own plane to West Florida and was literally relaxing on the beach when he got the call that he was traded.
So my analogy is that you're on a beach, completely relaxed and detoxing from the football season and recharging your batteries. Somone walks up to you and offers you a cold soda. As you reach for it, he then kicks you square in the nuts and dumps the soda on your head.
That probably is about what it felt like to get that call. From complete relaxation to a kick in the nuts and a total change of situation and environment. He may not even have had time to ponder all the crap the Seahawks defense has talked about him, but I'm sure it's something of a factor.