Wilson's agent, "He took less so Seahawks could keep Wagner"

lukerguy · Aug 4, 2015

The whole interview is very interesting, "http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nbc-y...--broken-up--over-contract-145947061-nfl.html"

Rodgers said Russell had an opportunity to squeeze the Seahawks even more but he wanted to keep the team together- specifically Wagner.

gowazzu02 · Aug 4, 2015

I dont believe a word out of any agenst mouth, let alone this guy.

Giblien · Aug 4, 2015

Honestly, I believe it (about Wagner). Russ wants to win...BADLY. If I'm him, I don't mind taking a million or two a year less to keep Wagz on the team. How many of us, given that our financial future would be VERY secure, wouldn't be willing to take a 10% pay cut for a much greater chance of professional success?

JAGHAWK · Aug 4, 2015

pfffft

lukerguy · Aug 4, 2015

I tend to agree. If Wilson left money on the table, then why did he wait until the 11th hour to sign?

Hawkstorian · Aug 4, 2015

I think it's easy to spin the narrative that way after the deal is done and thus pretty meaningless.

EastCoastHawksFan · Aug 4, 2015

5/90 mil . 17.5 mil a year. I believe Wilson could have got 25m a year

netskier · Aug 4, 2015

Probably took some of that time to decide whether our not to keep McDaniel too.

Wagner might also have thought about this.

Tech Worlds · Aug 4, 2015

God must have told him to.

OkieHawk · Aug 4, 2015

I guess hoping that the Wilson contract threads would die was in vain.

netskier · Aug 4, 2015

It is a calculus problem, with as yet insufficient data to solve it. Trading off local maxima against the global maximum.

AgentDib · Aug 4, 2015

After the fact, Sports Agent claims he could have got client more money, but client was selfless and only wanted to help his team and so he agreed to less.

onanygivensunday · Aug 4, 2015

It stinks of pure, unadulterated spin to me.

mikeak · Aug 4, 2015

I wish I could accept $80 million plus knowing I could have gotten more

lobohawk · Aug 4, 2015

Seems funny to watch people default to the agent-as-an-ass view.

Must mean Russell's an ass or stupid, as his agent is actually a close friend and the father of one of his best friends. Could it be that the agent is pretty straightforward? Seems people are still unknotting their bunched undies following the contract negotiations (i.e. fans taking the long effort personally).

StoneCold · Aug 4, 2015

If you don't believe the agent on this you're calling Russell a liar. Do you believe that Russ won't be asked to confirm Rodgers assertion?

SC

NorCalSeahawk · Aug 4, 2015

I'm sure Wilson could have squeezed a few more buck out of the team, but I'm not sure why agents (or players for that matter) feel the need to poke and prod fans and media after the fact. The deal Wilson got was perfectly fair (in football terms), now if I'm a player (Wilson) I would expect my agent to keep my personal info out of the media, end of story.

hawknation2015 · Aug 4, 2015

Russell signed a "fair" contract that was in line with his actual worth.

What Rodgers is saying is he was pushing Russell to play hardball and to make the situation messy, and Russell wasn't willing to do that. It's too bad that the process was not completed two months ago, when Newton's contract was done, as the time in between hurt his reputation and made Russell appear greedy. If he had stuck with Bus Cook, I am betting this contract would have been accomplished more quickly, without all the drama, insurance policies, agent bluster, issue statements, etc.

Hasselbeck · Aug 4, 2015

hawknation2015":1f04zscb said:
Russell signed a "fair" contract that was in line with his actual worth.

What Rodgers is saying is he was pushing Russell to play hardball and to make the situation messy, and Russell wasn't willing to do that. It's too bad that the process was not completed two months ago, when Newton's contract was done, as the time in between hurt his reputation and made Russell appear greedy. If he had stuck with Bus Cook, I am betting this contract would have been accomplished more quickly, without all the drama, insurance policies, agent bluster, issue statements, etc.

I bet Mark Rodgers was a bit peeved his client didn't push the envelope and try to force his way to free agency, since that's what he does to baseball teams all the time

DavidSeven · Aug 4, 2015

I think the offer was the offer. Russell only took "less" in the sense that he signed this offseason rather than push himself toward free agency. He is getting handsomly paid -- a deal that pays him more NEW MONEY in the first three years than any player in NFL history. I don't think he could've pushed Seattle for much more this offseason.

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