RENTON — A group of veteran players was called to an impromptu meeting with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll one early-summer day in 2016. As he walked to the meeting in a second-floor conference room at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, Bobby Wagner felt for a moment as if he was being summoned to the principal’s office.
Wagner, the Seahawks’ All-Pro middle linebacker, wasn’t sure what the meeting was about, and he wasn’t sure what to expect. During the four previous seasons he had played for Carroll, Wagner figured he had heard all the stories and seen all the motivational ticks the coach had to offer.