John Schneider: Seattle's New General Manager

by Mitchell Maurer on Jan 19, 2010 6:45 PM CST in Green Bay Packers News

A bit of news that might be overlooked in the midst of the looming conference championships, but not here (I blame Karlos Dansby for this, somehow), Green Bay director of football operations John Schneider has been hired by the Seattle Seahawks as their new general manager.

Schneider, who held his post in Green Bay since 2002, came up under Ron Wolf in the early 90's and has worked with GM Ted Thompson to build one of the youngest and most talented rosters in the league. He has his plate full in Seattle, between the roster's relative dearth of talent at certain positions, Matt Hasselbeck's injury history, the ill-fated return of Pete Carroll to the NFL, and oh, yeah, this.

Schneider is well-regarded in football circles, and it's a shame to see him leave the Packers. But at 38, he's probably itching to run an operation of his own, and he's now getting a shot. Having helped build the current Packer roster, not to mention dealing with all of the off-the-field issues that Green Bay has had for the last four or five years (mainly attributable to one man), Schneider certainly has the pedigree necessary to be a successful GM.

And we all hope he will be. Just not too successful. I'd love to play Seattle in the playoffs year in and year out, but only based on recent history. Here's to wishing the best of luck to John Schneider as he starts the next phase of his NFL career.

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Sweet

The dukes of hazard guy is now a GM. Awesome!

by rain60110 on Jan 19, 2010 7:24 PM CST reply actions

I commented on this at Field Gulls

Until he was interviewed to be GM in Seattle, I had no idea who John Schneider is. Whenever I read anything to do with the draft or free agency, usually Ted Thompson or Reggie McKenzie’s names came up, but I don’t ever recall seeing Schneider’s name. And I read a lot about the Packers! As far as I can tell, he was the Packers’ cap guy. His last promotion was in May 2008, which was shortly after Andrew Brandt quit because he lost out to Mark Murphy to become the team’s President. I’ve got nothing against Schneider, but I think the Packers can replace him without too much trouble.

by Brandon on Jan 19, 2010 10:41 PM CST reply actions

I'm fairly disappointed by this hire.

Who the hell is John Schneider? I would preferred just about any of the serious candidates over him. Marc Ross and Floyd Reese could have been great. At least Seattle didn’t do the blunder of promoting Ruston Webster from within. But in the end, sitting on our hands with Mike Holmgren has already bitten us in the ass as he whisked away the best GM available GM candidate in Tom Heckert to a place as pathetic as Cleveland.

Holmgren would have drafted Crabtree.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 19, 2010 10:50 PM CST reply actions

What makes Tom Heckert a good GM candidate?

At least John Schneider’s track record seems to suggest that he is very successful at getting players to settle for very reasonable deals. Nothing that Philly’s management has done over the past decade has really impressed me. Besides, the talent evaluator in Seattle is Pete Carroll for all intents and purposes. Schneider seems like a puppet.

by Donald Driver on Jan 20, 2010 12:07 AM CST up reply actions

Does this hire hurt the Pack?

Could this hurt your draft process or is there enough leadership there in Green Bay to recover from the loss?

As a Lions fan with many friends being Packers fans I’ve gained much respect for you guys.

The Bears are the Lions target for 2010 to climb out of the depths. If they go by the draft the Lions could catch em next year ….BUT if the Bears use free agency correctly with the loss of all those picks and the death of Gaines (RIP) they could be back battling in the NFC North. Kampman and Chester Taylor could be the pieces to get them to respectability as FA. The Lions need DEFENSE!

Good luck in the offseason.. hopefully we can catch up to respectability soon.

GO LIONS in 2010! the transformation starts now.. they have much to do.

by DINORDO on Jan 23, 2010 1:45 PM CST reply actions