I have to admit, I witnessed few plays that Harvin didn't appear to be playing very hard. Now, that's not to say he didn't give up on plays, but I don't recall thatt he did. I think one reason for this is about every time the dude was on the field, he was in the mix and that is how you have to play Percy Harvin. Keep him involved. With that, we should have known Harvin was on his way out when we grabbed Rich and Norwood. I couldn't grasp how we were going to keep harvin pacified by adding more weapons. Now we know.
I have heard a small tidbit (nothing solid...friend of a friend thing) regarding Harvin's displeasure in Seattle. It was said that during the last game he played as a Vike (against us), Pete spoke with Harvin during warm ups and asked him why the Vikes never use him deep (?). Pete (supposedly) then asked him if he'd like to play for the Hawks one day and Harvin told Pete he'd love to play with Wilson.
I believe the info above to be accurate. I think it quite possible Pete led Harvin to believe we'd use him in a way he wasn't being used in Minnesota. Then we made the trade from hell and Harvin elected to have the surgery. If you believe everything you hear, Pete and JS were all but finished with him right then, largely because of that decision and his reported bad 'tude. So all bets were off after that and it's my belief they went into damage control, using him the way they felt would bring optimum trade value.
I am not knocking Pete in the least with the above. I totally believe Harvin is using his lack of deep balls as an excuse for being a punk. Likely because he wasn't well received by the team upon arrival. That, and when you pay a guy as much as we paid Harvin, he just needs to STFU and run the plays asked of him regardless of promises, assumptions and / or desires.
For a guy that claimed "all I want to do is win", It's very fitting he is now finally where he belongs...with a loser.
