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John Schneider likes to look at the success of Geno Smith, and the Seahawks, in their first year post–Russell Wilson as a triumph of the culture that’s been built in the Pacific Northwest over the past 13 years. And there’s perhaps no better example of that than the reason Schneider stuck with Smith through four one-year deals, each of which helped lead to the deal he signed last week.
Quite simply, the GM listened to Pete Carroll and his coaches.
