There was clearly no love between running back Marshawn Lynch, head coach Pete Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson on the Seattle Seahawks.
Speaking on the Club Shay Shay podcast, Lynch revealed that his relationship with Caroll was strained and his relationship with his teammate was non-existent.
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“I didn’t spend any time with Pete and Russell. “Russ was just my quarterback,” he said.
The star running back couldn’t even communicate with his teammate the way he wanted.
“I have great respect for Russell as a player and teammate,” he said. Anything I say can be interpreted as malice on my part since the ball wasn’t passed to me at the goal post in the Super Bowl before I lost the game due to the interception. But I have no problem playing alongside him.”
“On the other hand, I can’t even pick up the phone to call him, I never got his number,” he revealed.
He shared an anecdote from 2013. After a win against the Tennessee Titans, Lynch asked a staff member for Wilson’s number. The latter did not give him the number. A short time later, the quarterback contacted Lynch via a blocked number.
Lynch told Wilson he wanted to be there for him after a hard day. This was her first attempt at having a meaningful discussion with him.
Wilson reportedly replied, “What the fuck.”
“Then I told him we were going to rock together all season and he told me the same thing […]. “I thought I just made a misstep,” Lynch said.
The star running back pointed out that Caroll put Wilson on a “pedestal” and gave him preferential treatment and that the team felt Wilson was not responsible.
Painful memory
Lynch admitted he laughed in Carroll’s face after the head coach allowed Wilson to make the fateful play during Super Bowl XLIX against the Patriots – instead of giving Lynch the ball – which gave them a chance to win the Super Bowl Follow to win bowls.
Lynch admitted he laughed in Carroll’s face after the head coach allowed Wilson to give up the fateful play in Super Bowl XLIX against the Patriots – rather than give him the ball – that gave them a chance to win two straight Super Bowls to win.
Lynch believes this game destroyed the organization’s excellence.
“That’s for sure,” Lynch said. And they still suffer from it today.”