In the waning days of the Pete Carroll era, the Seattle Seahawks were facing a twin dilemma. They weren’t playing especially well. And they were getting old. When Russell Wilson’s play at quarterback began to fall off as well, there was no more pretense that staying the course was a legitimate option.
There are plenty of reasons why any team goes through periods of failure, but the most common one is poor drafting. The once magical tandem of Carroll and general manager John Schneider that had performed so brilliantly from 2010-2012 suffered through a long, slow decline.