Aseahawkfan wrote:Riverdog gets it.
No one cared if anyone wants to say Russell is washed up or question is football ability. But the attacks were getting personal by HT that it was completely scumbag. Questioning his work ethic, questioning his selfishness, and all this other trash.
I still couldn't believe I5 and some others were ok with the personal attacks, then had the gall to think calling someone out for personal attacks on a good man like Russell made me the problem? Really?
But that's the modern world isn't it? If your Sherm getting a DUI and a domestic violence issue with his wife, no big deal. If you're Geno or Marshawn Lynch and you're getting a DUI, no big deal.
But you're Russell Wilson going to church, trying to stay positive, putting a positive spin on life, taking care of your family, and unhappy in Seattle because you don't think you can win here, then you're the bad guy.
I've been pretty critical of Russell, perhaps 2nd only to HT in this forum. I thought, and still feel, that his skills were in decline and that he was going to have to make some significant changes to his style of play if he wanted to re-capture his magic. Additionally, his personality really began to wear on me, his constantly talking in cliches, his obsession with his image, his dishonesty with his fans about his intentions. I was not unhappy to see him leave and was delighted to see what we got in return.
But at the same time, we have to recognize the fact that Russell is a decent guy, someone I wouldn't mind, and I hope others wouldn't mind, having as a close friend or family member. I can't say that about a player that drove 95 mph on an urban freeway drunk then insults the cop by telling him he has little d!ck syndrome.
Aseahawkfan wrote:Yet here we are with Geno Smith playing Pro Bowl level ball, best of his career, and we're still 2 and 3 and the defense Pete Carroll built is garbage.
If this defense continues to play bad, then Russell will be right about not being able to win in Seattle just like HT was right that the Geno Smith can actually ball out. So you're basically going to have a situation where not only is Russ done, but so is Carroll and we can't win with Carroll any more because he can't get the defense playing well. Even with a QB playing like a Pro Bowler, putting up yards, highly efficient, only threw one interception to 8 or 9 TDS? And playing as well as Geno as every played in his career, we're still 2 and 3 because Pete Carroll has let his defense, Mr. Pete Carroll the defensive guru, the man who built the Legion of Boom, has let the defense fall into such a bad place it's like a shadow of what it once was.
Agreed, although I have to keep adding the caveat that it's still just Week 6 and we're only a game out of first place. It's a weird season, and there's still plenty of time to get this thing turned around.