In believe this team will routinely drop high priced veterans in favor of young, unproven kids who fit our scheme. I wouldn't choose between Sherman, Chancellor and Thomas. I really like all three players, but they will naturally want to be paid amongst the highest in the league at their respective positions. We don't want to turn into the Stealers, a team that used to be good but now sucks because the paid huge money to a few high profile talents. We start dropping $10 - $18 million / year on Wilson, Sherman, Chancellor and Thomas then before long we will suck too.
It's just not a way to achieve long term success, it's be proven by numerous teams as they fail over and over again. Maybe the Pat's have managed it best, they won three SuperBowls but I believe Carroll wants even more than that. He want's a long term successful "programme" like at USC where they lose top players every year but they keep winning. They said the collegiate model wouldn't work in the NFL - wow were "they" wrong.
Pete / John will build sustainable success not by following the boring old model of failure, which is based on paying a kings ransom to a handful of players. They will keep Seattle at the top just like how they got Seattle to the top, buy continuality bringing in new guys with something to prove, and moving out the high priced veterans.