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    John Schneider

    Doug FarrarBy Doug FarrarJanuary 11, 20112 Comments3 Mins Read
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    John Schneider - Seattle Seahawks - 2010 HS

    Pete Carroll is the face and voice of the Seahawks franchise these days, but in any sport, there is a great personnel man behind every mouthpiece. General manager John Schneider took his first shot as a major decision-maker with the 2010 Seahawks after almost two decades in the Green Bay Packers front office.

    He’s been a relatively anonymous force in the complete redefinition of the franchise, but don’t mistake that anonymity for unimportance. In the locker room following the Seahawks’ wild-card win over the New Orleans Saints, Schneider opened up about the process.

    There are so many great stories on this team – Pete Carroll, Marshawn Lynch, Mike Williams, Brandon Stokley, Raheem Brock … guys who couldn’t find their current place in the NFL elsewhere for whatever reasons. Can you talk about what you saw in them – what the common denominator has been?

    It’s really the passion and love they have for the game. The pride they take as professionals. And that’s something that’s hard to evaluate – you just have to look a guy in the eye, and see if he can do it. Pete could compete at any level, because his approach is just about competing and getting better every day. Mixing that with what we do on the personnel side is just special.

    Is there a particular intangible you look for?

    It’s a passion to get back to where they feel they belong. Marshawn Lynch – I’m sure he feels that he’s one of the best backs in the National Football League. He’s looking for a place to prove it, and we’re trying to provide that home. Michael Robinson, same thing. He came from San Francisco … there’s younger guys, too. Kentwan Balmer worked out well for us, and Junior (Siavii) got hurt … there were a lot of guys. Raheem’s a pro. We had a specific need, and he was released, and he was able to help us out in his role.

    When you and Pete Carroll first talked about putting this team together, what was it about him that resonated with you, and told you it would work out?

    We both have that desire to improve ourselves and the team every day. It’s a constant, and it’s always happening. I know it sounds like coach-speak at times, but it’s the honest-to-God truth. We’re both open to learning and taking risks. If we fail at a certain decision, we’re willing to admit our mistakes and move on, and try to remedy the situation as quickly as possible.

    You look at the 2001 Patriots, and 2007 Giants, the 2008 Cardinals … there are all these teams in the past decade that overcame average regular seasons to play in, and often win, the Super Bowl. Are the 2010 Seahawks one of those teams that gets hot at the right time?

    I think these guys have been able to rally around each other in tough times. It’s quite an interesting group of players. We weren’t able to go completely young; we had some veterans, so we had a mix here. There were some guys with playoff experience, like Raheem, Lofa (Tatupu), and Matt (Hasselbeck), so it’s an interesting mix of guys.

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    2 Comments

    1. Jeff on January 11, 2011 7:36 pm

      He’s hit on a few guys and whiffed on a few others. I think he needed more time as a decision maker in a front office versus coffee getter but we’ll see how it goes. Too early to judge his performance either way yet. Was not happy about Trojanman becoming coach either but he has started to win me over seeing more substance behind the ra ra front than I thought there was. Dam glad he’s proving me wrong (so far) too.

    2. JChox on January 24, 2011 8:22 am

      I wonder what his thoughts are right now, about his old franchise, and their arrival in the Superbowl. He had a hand in bringing a lot of those guys on board. He was involved in scouting and choosing those guys over others. I wonder what they saw in guys like Tramon Williams, Desmond Bishop, James Jones, Sam Shields, to make them believe these guys would be playmakers in the NFL. These guys do not really fit “the Ruskell Model” of drafting.

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