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Seahawks Insider
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Shaun Alexander statement
Posted by Darrin Beene @ 04:22:19 pm

A statement by Shaun Alexander:

We received the news from the Seahawks’ front office today that I have been released. While it really isn’t a surprise, this news marks a major transition in my life. I started my NFL career in Seattle and hoped I could remain with the team through the rest of my days as a player. That said, things change.

I will be playing for another NFL team this fall, and doing everything I can to contribute. I am healthy, energized and looking forward to beginning the next chapter of my NFL career.

I want to thank the Seahawks and Coach Holmgren for all they have done for me and my family over the years. I have nothing but respect and affection for the Seahawks staff, my teammates and the organization. I wish them the best.

I especially want to thank the Seahawks fans. You made me feel proud every time I stepped on the field as a Seahawk. I look forward to hopefully returning to Qwest Field one day to play against the Seahawks, and the daunting task of facing the 12th Man —Seahawks fans are among the best.

Finally, Valerie and I want everyone to know that Seattle is home for us, and it will remain so no matter where I play next. We have made far too many wonderful friends to say goodbye. My family will remain in the Seattle area, and when my days in the NFL do eventually come to an end, I plan to retire here. Our hearts are woven into the fabric of this community, we are blessed to be part of it, and we enjoy contributing to it in every way we can.

Thank you, Seattle. You have become a part of me and you will forever remain in my heart.

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Give your opinion on the move by voting in a Hot Button poll.

Categories: Answers to your questions • 38 comments

COMMENTS:

pabuwal @ 16:30 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
A class act and one of the greatest Seahawks of all time!
bassnw @ 16:32 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Our long National nightmare is over.....a great day to be a Seahawk fan!! A heavy weight is off our teams shoulders and it's on to the future. Good Luck and Goodbye Shaun.
aaronmh @ 16:33 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Agreed. Hopefully the SA-haters have finally had their fill - but no matter what you say about him, you have to admit he's a class act all the way. You'll be missed Sean. Go Hawks!!
bassnw @ 16:37 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
A class act? Are you kidding me? The most selfish, egocentric, arrogant piece of crap to ever wear a Hawk uniform.
derekyoung @ 16:40 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Classy exit Shaun. I'm sure there will be plenty of applause for you no matter which uniform you return in. Best of luck.
we want the ball and we're gonna score @ 16:42 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
i agree with bassnw completely. he can go try to pad his stats elsewhere, cause that's about all that he has cared about over the years... (stabbed in the back comment ring a bell?)
douglasdad @ 16:43 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Definitely a class act and a true Seahawk legend. It didn't help losing Hutchinson but the burst was gone.

Thanks for all the memory SA! I'll never forget 2005...

GO HAWKS!
JosefK @ 16:53 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Thank you Shaun. The Seahawks managemnet have greatly, hopefully not gravely, erred today.

Seattle's loss will be some other football team & community's gain. Enuf said.
antediluvian @ 16:56 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Very classy move on his part....and those of you who are too bitter to see it....I feel sorry for you. Yeah, it was time for the Hawks and SA to part ways. But look around the league at Chad Johnson, PacMan Jones, etc. or even other former Hawks (Jeramy Stevens, Koren Robinson, etc.), and you can see that SA is still a class act as a person.

He was the best RB ever to put on a Hawks uni....and he will hold that distinction for some time to come.

But releasing him was most definitely the right thing to do.
snydro22 @ 17:07 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
I wish you the best, Shaun..
CDN_C_Hawk @ 17:12 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
I wish all the best for SA. He provided many thrills for Seahawk fans from the beginning, good and bad. I believe we all feel undistructable, in our youth, but once we hit 30.....the mind starts thinking of years ahead and we are more aware of our bodies..SA is out of those kamakasi 20's, and is looking to a healthy retirement. Hopefully there is a team, wanting a RB with glass knees.
I do appreciate the class and loyalty to the Emerald City, a guy that see Seattle as right next door to heaven, can't be all that bad, in my eyes.

all the best Shaun
BobbyK @ 17:15 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
I can't decide if my best memory was the Raiders game early in his career or the Vikings game where he had 483 TDs in the first half.

Even if you hate Shaun, as it seems some do here, you can't deny that those two games were fun if you were a Seahawks fan.
CYRREEN @ 17:25 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Thanks for everything Shaun, and good luck.
rynehawk @ 17:35 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Thanks Shaun for all the great years.

An unfortunate reality in today's football world; the Seahawks made the right decision in the end. I hope Shaun finds a home somewhere and relives his glory as he rides off into the sunset.
dlport @ 17:43 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Go read the words of guys like Chad Johnson and then be critical of Alexander. Yeah, he did not run as hard we liked all the time, and he was terrible at pass-blocking. But he stayed out of trouble, never complained when management let Hutch go, and issued a classy statement when he is cleary disappointed about being released. In the realm of star athletes, and NFL egos, this was a class move.
jonpaulc @ 17:49 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Classy exit Shaun, you will be missed.

Definitly one of the greatest RB's of all time, how can anyone consider Shaun soft (must be listing to Rod Woodson who never had to try and tackle Shaun) when he had 15 or more TD's in 5 straight seasons (no other back has accomplished that) plus on 3rd and 4th and short for the majority of the time picked it up in the trenches, like to see you couch potatos go out there with a spraind knee and gain over 700 yards in an NFL season, most of you would sit on your couches collecting workmams comp.

Thanks for the memories and best of luck for the future.
Tomahawker @ 17:50 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Shaun - you are a class act. Thank you for all the good you did for us. I was really looking forward to seeing that 10,000 mark happen in Seattle, this season.

Ring of Honor, for certain.

I wish you well,

Tom Spindler (Tomahawker)
President, Mat-Su Sea Hawkers
montanahawkfan @ 17:51 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
To Shaun and Tim Ruskell:

Please sign Shaun to another contract - the day before retirement! What a class act and never a complaint when the naysayers were the toughest.
klm008 @ 17:55 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
You in Palmer Tomahawker? A horrible, horrible day for the Hawks today. Rocky and Shaun, what could be worse?
BigPurpleDawg @ 18:23 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
SHAUN; US TRUE SEATTLE FANS LOVE YOU. Good luck Shaun; you will be missed. forever BLUE.
Ray @ 18:37 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
BigPurpleDawg: How dare you! How dare you say something stupid like "US TRUE SEATTLE FANS LOVE YOU". Like I somehow can't be a TRUE SEATTLE FAN if I don't love a guy that fell down at the sight of an approaching DB and tripped over yardage markers, or that whined about being stabbed in the back after having fumbled twice in a game, just because he was denied the opportunity to set a personal record?

God bless the man, but I feel that I can be a TRUE SEATTLE FAN and not love him. I don't hate him by any means, but I think you're getting carried away with the emotion of the moment.
sherminator @ 19:14 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
(stand up) CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
seahawk44 @ 19:29 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Seattle Vs New England(with Shaun Alexander).....Superbowl XLIII


hmmm
jmpac @ 19:51 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Number 37 to the Rafters of Qwest field!
BigPurpleDawg @ 19:59 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Ray ,remember the good plays[to many to list to remind a uh true seattle fan like yourself] This isnt about you or me its about MR. ALEXANDER. He deserves kind words from the TRUE BLUE. GOOD LUCK SHAUN WE TRUE SEATTLE FANS WILL MISS YOU.
seafanalways @ 20:04 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
SA, you are and always have been a class act. I wish miss seein ya play for the Hawks every Sunday. Good luck with the rest of your career.

For morons like bassnw who cant understand that SA is the best RB seattle has ever had, well thats just it, you guys are morons. Maybe if you losers didnt jump on the bandwagon back in 05, you might have a little more admiration or respect for one of the seahawk all time greats...
OtbBaby @ 20:07 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Good luck Shaun, We will miss you. It was the right move letting Shaun go but I will always luv and respect him for what he accomplished for the "Hawks".
csungrad @ 20:59 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Thanks for the memories, Shaun, and good luck. You were a class act, and the Seahawks wouldn't have been the same without you. I for one will miss number 37.
freehawk @ 22:08 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Good luck Shaun! What a classy statement, unlike some of the others in the comments above. Let's hope we can find another running back who can gain 1600 yards and get 11 TD's over 2 seasons with a broken foot, sprained knee, a broken wrist and a mess of an offensive line.
trout_hound @ 22:12 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Shaun,
Three little letters sum up what you meant to the Hawks: MVP. Thanks for all you did for Seattle sports. May the Spirit lead you to a place behind a nasty line that can blow huge holes for you to gallop through. I am a Hawk fan to the core, and I truly hope you win another rushing title and put up 200 yards and four touchdowns on us next time you're in Seattle. You deserve it. God bless.
IDHawkman @ 22:37 - Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Email
Absolutely the wrong move at this point. We have JJ and TJ to carry us? Mo has proven he can't do it over the last two years. Now we "HOPE" we get a good RB in the draft. That's a crap shoot at best. JJ has proven he can't be a starter behind an oline that has 3 pro bowlers on it. Sheesh, at this point, I'd love to see SA go to Dallas and take JJ's old spot, win it all and then skip the ROH ceremony when they want to put him there.

But...... SA will have too much class to do that. He'll come back for the ceremony and you watch, some jerks will boo him at that time.
moo @ 01:04 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
While I think this was the correct move, I hope I don't end up eating those words. S.A. appears to be a class guy & I wish him the best (as long as it doesn't mean beating the Hawks!)
bassnw @ 04:37 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
All you newbies who proclaim Alexander "our best RB ever" should try and find film of Curt Warner. Watch it, and then shut the hell up.
JoSCh @ 05:52 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
Curt Warner is better than Shaun Alexander because you're old? That doesn't make any sense at all. Just because something happened 20 years ago vice 3 doesn't make it better.

The guy was a very good running back, but he doesn't have the numbers to keep up with Alexander. Curt Warner is not going to the HoF, Alexander likely is. So you're welcome to your opinion, but I have to recommend you fire up "www.ilovecurtwarnerbutnotinthatwaywellmaybethatway.com", I'm sure its available. And you'll be able to live in your blissful 1983 existence without all of us "damn kids". Good luck with your curmudgenry.
modernkutuzov @ 08:47 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
I'm not a huge fan of Shaun, and think this is the right move for the Seahawks. However, describing him as "The most selfish, egocentric, arrogant piece of crap to ever wear a Hawk uniform" is completely absurd.
bitterguy @ 09:54 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
i snickered when he said he felt the love every time he took the field (maybe in 2005 that was true) but that was a classy statement. and for some reason the fact that he's keeping his family in seattle makes me feel good.

i figure he'll make the ring of honor in the next decade, and he deserves to, given his contributions over the years.
JoeHawk51 @ 10:38 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
Thanks for everything on and off the field Shawn! You deserve a place in the ring of honor and it will be a bonus for us to continue to share our community with your family.

I appologize for some of my fellow blogers who lack perspective and memory. You have earned our repect and I hope you can add to your HOF resume, on a non NFC West team. Either way, good luck and thank you!
calbuzz @ 17:16 - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Email
Thanks Shaun. Great memories. I remember how every first and goal from the the five in '05 was a gimme TD.

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