When the Broncos traded for Russell Wilson last year, one of the things they did was roll out the red carpet for him by giving him his own office in the team facility on the second floor, where the Broncos coaches and executives have their offices. Some coaches had problems with that.
According to TheAthletic.com’s lengthy article on Wilson’s first season in Denver, members of the coaching staff believed Wilson’s disconnect from his teammates was bad for camaraderie in the locker room. One coach said Wilson told his teammates the door to his office was always open, but that coach wondered why any player even had an office with a door.
“So are you a coach or are you a player?” asked the coach. “Your open door should be sitting at your locker.”
Another coach said the second floor office separated Wilson from the players.
“The players were always on the ground floor; They never really got to the second floor,” said the coach. “If you got to the second floor as a player, honestly that wasn’t good because you probably got fired.”
It’s worth noting that both coaches who complained about Wilson’s office did so anonymously, while the same article quotes two players – Kendall Hinton and Melvin Gordon – as saying they had no problem with Wilson having his own office. So this certainly wasn’t a unanimous concern at the Broncos facility. But it was a problem for some in a highly disappointing first season for Wilson in Denver.
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