Promotion keeps Wallace off the field (Danny O’Neil, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
[Seahawks coach Mike] Holmgren chose Wallace with a fourth-round pick, and he was drafted as a quarterback and not a multi-purpose player.
“He is not just an athlete as some of the quarterbacks coming out of college have been characterized over the last few years,” Holmgren said. “He really has great skill passing the ball.”
At the NFL scouting combine in 2003, Houston general manager Charley Casserly said Wallace should either prepare to play in Canada if he wanted to stick at quarterback or become a multi-position player like Randle El.
“A lot of people doubted and said, ‘You can’t play quarterback,”‘ Wallace said. “I know I can play. I wanted to be a quarterback. And now, it’s just like if I can contribute in any way, one or two plays, it’s a team sport.
“I want to help our team out.”
Wallace is a quarterback, that much is clear, but the question moving forward is how much more he might be.
It’s always nice when reporters in other cities dissect the shortcomings of Charley Casserly. Goodness knows the Seattle PI reporter didn’t talk to Chronicle columnist Richard Justice, or he’d instead have come up with a quote that Casserly REALLY wanted Wallace, and it was Dom Capers who REALLY sad bad things about him.
Whatever.
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I do not understand. Seneca Wallace has barely played at all, and when he did get in the game last week, it was as a receiver.
I just think it’s fun when Casserly tidbits show up in other newspapers. We get much more of a positive perspective on Casserly locally.
As Wallace goes, Holmgren apparently saw something in him worth a fourth rounder. Too early to say who was right about the guy (Holmgren or Casserly), but this is kind of a bookmark for me to return to.
It’s not unlike earlier Henson/Ragone bookmarks for Casserly (although it was nice of Jerry Jones to bail out Casserly on Henson). 🙂
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