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We can get so many stories so fast. We have Percy punching Golden Tate the week of the sb, Percy punching Baldwin this preseason, and Percy almost getting into it bigtime with The Power. Also, Tate allegedly smanged The Power's now ex-wife. What else...sweet Percy allegedly pulled a Pippen on going back into a game during the last drive vs Dallas...hence his weird absence.
There's more...allegedly there's folks on the Hawks roster who aren't in love with The Power's perceived status with the organization/coaching staff. And of course, sweet Percy was allegedly one of the most angry/upset/vocal about the issue. Side note: if the power is headed towards Flacco $ and there's already internal hate, rutt row.
Mix all of that in a blender after throwing out the stuff you aren't buying. Then, add in that this is now two teams for percy where he basically gets banished with some stories. And go ahead..take his two major injuries to support the 'he's injury prone' storyline. Yeah, yeah...I don't 100% buy that part...compare him to Julio Jones for instance..no one calls him that.
Still, an obviously talented guy at wr who appears to have personality issues...it is feeding frenzy time cuz folks luv to hear the story again and again. I'll assume that stuff like this happens often but doesn't get out until folks want to be exonerated for decisions that 'don't make sense' on the surface to us. Percy better be careful or his flaws will be exaggerated, his talents will be undersold, and he'll be shut out of the league pdq.
And really...mofo has a grip of talent. He's high up the list of guys labelled as 'gadget players' who can make a couple of plays and win you a game. It is just a shame that he's getting a rep as a guy who can lose you a locker room or a chunk of your roster.
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>As more details trickle in about the Seahawks' stunning
>decision to trade Percy Harvin to the Jets, a picture of
>persistent drama behind the scenes is starting to form. The
>multiple reports of Harvin's discontent with his role on the
>team and in the scheme all point to the idea that the Seahawks
>simply grew tired of having to deal with the chemistry issues
>he was creating.
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>The well-connected Lance Zierlein reported through a series of
>tweets and an appearance on Dave Softy Mahler's show on KJR
>Friday afternoon that Harvin's well-documented off-field
>issues continued after he arrived in Seattle. Zierlein noted
>that Percy Harvin punched Golden Tate at around the Super Bowl
>time last year (with Tate showing what looks to be a black eye
>in this photo), and that he nearly got into a fight with
>Russell Wilson this season (this was, reportedly, a big
>impetus to ultimately pull the trigger on the trade). Bob
>Condotta of the Seattle Times had a source that corroborated
>the report of the Tate fight, and Condotta also added:
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> "A source also said Harvin had an altercation with Seattle
>receiver Doug Baldwin in the week leading up to the final
>exhibition game this August at Oakland that resulted in
>Baldwin getting a cut on his chin and each player being
>excused from practices that week. Harvin, who did not practice
>for two days before that game, did not make the trip to
>Oakland for what the team said at the time was "a personal
>matter."
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>There was a good amount of angst at the time, with fans and
>media members alike wondering aloud what the details around
>with Harvin's "personal matter" really were.
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>Warren Moon, who is close to a good number of players and
>coaches on the Seahawks and who mentors Russell Wilson, said
>this today.
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> "One thing Pete Carroll wants is great chemistry on the
>field as well as off the field. And they had a tough time
>trying to figure out how to fit Percy Harvin and his skill set
>into what they already do as a philosophy offensively with
>Marshawn Lynch running the football and their play-action
>game. And then there was a little bit of a chemistry problem
>within the locker room at times with Percy, because he's a
>different type of guy. So I think the combination of the two
>made it to where he was expendable. . . . One thing . . . Pete
>is really, really big on is chemistry and everybody feeling
>comfortable with one another. And I think that's what this
>team has been so successful with the last three years. They've
>really had a great camaraderie, and they didn't want to do
>anything to disrupt that."
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>Mike Florio of PFT added another interesting angle to all
>this, noting that the Seahawks were looking to avoid allowing
>Harvin create a rift in the locker room related to Russell
>Wilson's leadership style.
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> "As one source explained it to PFT on Friday evening, the
>Seahawks possibly feared that Harvin had sufficient influence
>over enough of the locker room to launch a mutiny against
>quarterback Russell Wilson, who despite not yet getting a
>franchise-quarterback contract possibly has become the target
>of some resentment among players who don't share his complete
>devotion to the game, and who regard the third-year
>quarterback as a player-coach."
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>This fear has roots with Harvin's history, as it was reported
>the final straw in the Vikings' decision to trade him was that
>he was badmouthing then-starting quarterback Christian Ponder
>at the time.
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>Perhaps the biggest issue, or at least the ultimate final
>straw, is something that Bob Condotta and John Boyle both
>reported Friday night: that Percy Harvin refused to go back
>into the game late against Dallas, when Seattle was trying to
>drive downfield to re-take the lead. Harvin missed 11 of the
>Seahawks final 17 snaps and this strange usage had confused
>pretty much everyone watching; it was something that Pete
>Carroll tiptoed around with vague comments about game flow and
>'readiness'. I would have to think for Pete Carroll, Harvin's
>refusal to go into the game as a form of protest for touches
>or usage may have been the most egregious affront to the whole
>philosophy and culture of the Always Compete program he's
>created in Seattle.
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>The Seahawks have not yet issued a statement about the trade,
>but it's expected Saturday afternoon once the paperwork goes
>through with New York. Harvin is still subject to a physical.
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