Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider has spent the last 14 seasons without full control of personnel decisions, but in 2024 he’s the main man in charge after Pete Carroll’s departure as both head coach and vice president of football operations.
Much has been made over the share of responsibility between Carroll and Schneider, particularly over higher profile moves such as the Jimmy Graham, Percy Harvin, and Jamal Adams acquisitions, the trading of Russell Wilson, and the draft process. Was Carroll overriding Schneider’s decisions? Were some moves ‘Pete decisions’ and other moves ‘John decisions’? We’ll probably never know the full answer, but on his weekly Seattle Sports 710 radio show, Schneider indicated that Carroll pulling rank was a rarity.