SantaClaraHawk":z2sxbynh said:
Wilson ended his Thursday availability by reiterating he wants to stay in Seattle.
“We’ve always thought I would be here,” Wilson said. “That’s been always my goal — to win multiple Super Bowls, and my plan is to be here and do that. You take every day and you just enjoy the moment.”
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... n-seattle/
I don't see Jody firing Pete and JS any more than I saw Kraft firing Belichick. If Russ truly wants to stay here, it will be with those guys, which means PC still runs the show.
I mean it would be really bad if a QB who didn't want to be here, made it a point to publicly tell everyone they don't want to be there. It's unprofessional and it shoots themselves in the foot regarding lost love by a city when they retire as it probably kills opportunity for publicity, media, advertisements, autograph signings, etc. etc. So yeah just a bad move in that regard.
Do we know that RW is upset with how things are? No. Do we know that RW is NOT upset with how things are? No (Sorry, I don't trust interviews for athletes and coaches who are professionals, because it's politics, they tell people what they want to hear and move on).
You're right it's hard to imagine Jody firing Pete and JS with all they have done for the org, especially from a business perspective. A team that is in playoff contention over a decade makes way more money than a team that goes up and down from toilet to contender once or twice at best in the same time span. That being said it's pretty obvious that the way PC wants to run the team/offense is NOT the way RW wants to play and/or be remembered as.
Yes all the rumors and speculation of what RW wants is just that rumors and speculation, but honestly there's so much of it, there's been interesting changes of schemes made and not made, and player decisions that it does seem there's a lot of truth of battle between RW and the FO. It's something that can't be ignored. Plus a lot of these media talking heads seem to get rumors and speculation from sources who wish to remain anonymous a lot of times they turn out to be the truth. Simply put...I'd take a rumor from Mark Schlereth almost as MORE truth than what a coach publicly said about a locker room situation in a post game interview.
Bottomline this offseason will bring us the reality it's going to end one of three ways.
1 - RW stays, Pete gets fired - RW will get to be involved with a new HC and we get to see what RW is capable of (or prove he really wasn't capable of all he thought he was)
2 - RW Stays AND Pete Stays - This means a serious conversation happened, Pete isn't gonna change, this means RW ate his ego and will play Pete ball.
3 - RW traded, Pete stays - RW couldn't eat his ego, Jody not firing Pete. Let's see if Pete can build another contender especially with RW's salary off the books. That being said he will still need a different answer for teams like the Rams even if he finds a QB that is capable at 1/10th of RW's salary.
If I had to put money on it today...I think it's #3 as the reality that will occur in the off season.
