Seahawks Regret Kicking Bobby Wagner To The Curb

Seahawks Regret Kicking Bobby Wagner To The Curb

Seahawks Regret Kicking Bobby Wagner To The Curb!

We previously reported that Bobby Wagner was cut by the Seahawks, but now the team GM is feeling some type of way about it.

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider took blame for how Bobby Wagner’s release played out – and expressed regret for how they handled the breakup…

CelebnSports247.com reports that longtime Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner was released by the team last Tuesday, just hours after Seattle traded quarterback Russell Wilson to the Broncos in a blockbuster deal.

Three days later, Wagner tweeted his displeasure with Seattle, writing:

Crazy part about all this. I played there for 10 years & I didn’t even hear it from them that I wasn’t coming back.

When asked about Wagner’s release on Wednesday, Schneider told reporters, “Yeah, that’s on me. I own that.”

Carroll attempted to take some of the blame, but was stopped by Schneider.

Schneider said

No, it really is [on me]…I wish I could have handled things better in that regard from a communication standpoint. I owe it to him. The organization owes it to him.

John Schneider said “timing” played a factor in how Seattle communicated the news, but noted that Wagner being his own agent made for a sticky situation.

He goes on to say that players who represent themselves don’t have the “buffer” of an agent.

It’s always somewhat awkward when a player represents himself. We’ve had some very high-profile individuals represent themselves here, and you never know exactly what’s going to happen at the end of the day.

So to approach somebody and say, ‘There may be a possible trade. Would you consider this?’ And then that player comes back to you, that’s not a good situation. So from a timing standpoint, I wish I would have handled things differently.

It doesn’t seem fair, but players without an agent end up being a target during cuts.

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