Broncos coaching staff allegedly vexed at Russell Wilson having his own office in the facility
Russell Wilson had a special office on the second floor of Broncos' facility.
Follow Us
Russell Wilson (Image via Yardbarker.com)
The Athletic recently revealed that Russell Wilson during his tenure at the Seahawks’ asked their front office to fire head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider. However, Seattle chose to trade him instead of firing two integral pillars of their franchise. This news really rubbed almost everyone in the league the wrong way because it was an outlandish demand from the perennial Pro Bowler.
However, Wilson refuted this news and said that Carroll was like a father to him and John drafted him to the team. “I never wanted them fired. All any of us wanted was to win. l’ll always have respect for them and love for Seattle,” Wilson wrote in his tweet. The dual-threat quarterback wanted Sean Payton to replace Pete Carroll and ultimately got his wish just with a different team.
Seattle waived Wilson’s no-trade clause and traded him to the Denver Broncos in exchange for five draft picks and three players. The 34-year-old later on signed a five-year, $245 million contract with the Broncos.
Russell Wilson’s coaches felt him being favored is bad for locker room camaraderie
Russell Wilson was treated like a king in Denver. His personal coach was allowed inside the Broncos’ training facilities and Wilson was also provided a separate office in the building, which also had multiple parking spaces reserved for the QB. Once these details were made public, the entire league lost its mind because such special treatment was given to anybody ever and that included 7x Super Bowl champion and the GOAT Tom Brady.
As reported by The Athletic, some of the coaches had issues with Russell Wilson having an office on the second floor, which was exclusive to coaches and executives of the team. Many coaches agreed that Wilson not being in the locker room and being separate from his teammates was bad for the bond between the players. One coach shared that Wilson told his teammates to come to his office if they wanted to talk about anything and that he had an open-door policy.
“So, are you a coach or are you a player?,” the coach asked. “Your open door should be you sitting at your locker.” One coach said, “The players were always on the first floor; they never really came up to the second floor. If you came up to the second floor as a player, it honestly wasn’t a good thing because you were probably getting released.”
With all the preferential treatment Russell Wilson had, he still performed like a third-string quarterback in his first season at the Denver Broncos. He led the team to a 5-12 record and threw for 3,524 yards with career-low 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in the 15 games he started. With Sean Payton taking over as head coach, he is going to take back all the special access given to Wilson and make things stricter all around the camp. Let’s see if Wilson plays like his former self in the coming season or not.
Do follow us on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Stay Updated!
Yash Karandekar
(1023 Articles Published)