Great comment, bsr. One quibble though, Field Gulls's former lead writer, John Morgan, was Cameron-esque in his denunciation of a few of Team Carroll/Schneider's personnel moves back in 2010. Dumping Josh Wilson for a 5th round pick and trading Darryl Tapp for Chris Clemons.
(http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/8/31/1661737/seattle-seahawks-trade-josh-...)
(http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/8/31/1661921/a-completely-irrational-resp...)
(http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/3/18/1379937/chris-clemons-the-perennially)
Morgan summed up his objection to the philosophy thusly:
Is it fair to say Schneider has a pretty ardent size bias? Or is it Carroll? Whoever it is, I used to talk about how to identify a potential Tim Ruskell pick, and after an offseason with Schneider, I feel like I can comfortably pencil in under preferences "big and tall".
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Targeting big, fast players is going into the teeth of the market. Everyone gets that if a player is big and fast, that's good. A successful general manager finds those elusive qualities that make a player successful.http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/9/4/1670646/seahawks-notes-9-4-10
I have nothing but respect for Morgan's knowledge of the game of football, but boy do those posts sound like howlers two years on.
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