Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
Is Sherman too much of a diva to deal with? Or was his injury worse than expected?
|
All of the above and the fact he's 30 and his game has been starting to decline. I'm pretty sure Carroll was getting tired of him second guessing the coaches in the media. The achilles injury is a tough one to come back from and he's had surgery on both so I would expect at next season at the very least he won't be 100% if he ever gets back to 100%. He's also declined a bit over the past few seasons but even at that he's been very good but it's hard to tell just how good Sherman ever was because he's had the benefit of playing with two of the greatest safeties in history over his career in Thomas (in particular) and Chancellor in that cover 3 defense. CB's that have left Seattle have not fared well on other teams so it's possible Sheman gets exposed on a lesser defense or different scheme.
I don't know how many Hawks fans are here but I would get prepared for some rough years ahead. They are turning over some stellar talent and even though it's Carroll's defense they have the worst defensive coordinator I have seen in my life in KNJ. Even as a puppet coordinator I would expect a drop off in coaching here.