He didn't want to draft Wilson. The GM overruled him. It's well-chronicled.

I don't recall that being the case. Maybe you're better at teh Googles than me but I found these articles, just after the 2012 draft, in which Pete gushes over Wilson and give him an opportunity to start.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-can-be-great/

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/79...eahawks-qb-job

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--ru...hawks-qbs.html

you can't get lucky if you don't draft one...been saying this for years, and luck is just as good as anything

bottom line, he drafted him, groomed him, and traded Smith....those are the facts

This is actually pretty ****ing hilarious, though slightly off-topic.

http://seattle.sbnation.com/2012/4/2...-2012-seahawks

Rob Rang gives the 2012 Seahawks draft a "C", Vinny Iver gives it a "D" and Kansas City's own Randy Covitz gives it a "D-".

LMAO

Correct. The 49er universe thought that Jims target had to be Dalton, and then when he went, the 49ers traded up, I doubt very few people really thought it was to get Colin Kaepernick. But the rumor was that Oakland was going to take him, so the 49ers made the move.

The silver lining here is that our current HC was definitely fishing for the right QBs.

Hey! A Jaye Howard sighting!

Yep, then gets to KC and reels in an old bud light can.

uh, he was fishing for Alex Smith while in Philly too!

Exactly, the point. It's revisionist history. All the talk of Harbaugh spotting this kid and knowing what no one else saw, is bullshit. Otherwise, you don't give him up for so little or even really entertain the idea bc if you knew his play potential and really believed that, it doesn't even get a serious discussion especially for a player whose position is by far and by a really large margin the most important position in today's NFL. Just like getting 2 seconds from us for Smith- so the 9ers deemed him of higher value? No, they simply had leverage based on the market, the Chiefs alt. Options and given the history of Andy's interest before, they could squeeze us simply because there were other teams in need of a qb and we needed to address this because thank god the new gm and coach understand the value of a qb unlike pioli refusing to admit his guy was a mistake and move on.

I wish he would have kept the same bait.

Right now there's a stereotype based on a misguided notion of "risk." For example, teams can draft RTs at 1/1 or centers in the first, but these same teams would get eviscerated for drafting a QB with questions like Wilson?

The answer is yes, they would, and that's just pure stupidity. Trust your talent evaluations, make the pick, and own the results. I hate this mindset of "safety" in the interest of job preservation.

No doubt it exists, though.

Understood. What it tells you about the three qbs that he was looking for.

he was looking for smart mobile guys. All three have that same quality.

Sorry, I got sidetracked by simultaneous tantrums.

This piece from NFL.com indicates that Carroll and Schneider disagreed over when to take him. Schneider wanted to pull the trigger in the 2nd. Carroll pushed for a defensive player instead.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...son-in-round-2

So, didn't want him at all was hyperbolic, but he wasn't the advocate of Wilson that the above makes it out to be, either.

Report: 2000 Chiefs backed out of talks with Green Bay involving a trade for Matt Hasselbeck. A source says the Chiefs decided to build their draft around QB Tom Brady, who was selected by the Patriots just 9 spots ahead of Kansas City