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TommyGilmore
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"The interest is mutual" = "Pete would love to have his contract renegotiated".
I'm going to say I believe Carroll and the Seahawks already have an agreement in place. It's why Frazier turned down the interview request because he probably felt he was just being used to satisfy the Rooney rule. I also don't think you somewhat unexpectedly fire your one year HC and immediately pursue Carroll the same day with no current GM in place. I think they only decided to fire Mora once they knew Carroll was on board.
Sammy Traveller
Footballguy
Carroll at Seattle will be music to the rest of the NFC West, including St. Louis.
trader jake
Footballguy
Jimmy Johnson left The U when the right offer came around. If Paul Allen opened the vault why wouldn't Carroll take his chance?
Please See Mine
Footballguy
unless he is expecting it to hit the fan at USC and he is bailing now before it falls apart.
phthalatemagic
Footballguy
Carroll getting out as the NCAA comes down. Good move. Too bad now he will have to compete against other professional teams.
scrumptrulescent
Footballguy
The surf isn't worth a crap in Washington, is it? How's Spicoli going to make due?
He will still have cool, older guy hair no matter what though. Grecian Formula be damned!
He will still have cool, older guy hair no matter what though. Grecian Formula be damned!
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
He's gonna have a tough time dealing with a salary cap after coaching at USC.
jestertj
Footballguy
Ah, the Lou Holtz strategy. Nice move.
FunkyPlutos
Footballguy
Carroll is realizing the PAC-10 really isn't big time college football anymore...with LHUCKS be next?
Sweet Love
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So funny, there is not even an emoticon appropriate enought to express the hilarity.
Only because my kid is looking over my shoulder and this is his favorite...along with the guy drinking "sweet tea".Blackjacks
Footballguy
Carroll coaching in Seattle and a good chance Reggie Bush a Free Agent..........I think I see a connection.
If Leinart wasn't in division I'm sure he could be had pretty reasonable as well.
If Leinart wasn't in division I'm sure he could be had pretty reasonable as well.
Captain Hook
Footballguy
WHY? Trojans probably spend more than most small market teams
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
That's what I'm saying. How will be adjust to caps on the amount of money that one can spend to procure talent? If the guy can only manage to go 9-4 with a team that gets paid millions more than its opponents, how can he win with a team that doesn't?
fridayfrenzy
Footballguy
Going to be interesting to see what happens with the Rooney Rule with this.
All reports are that Carroll basically has the job, and thus Leslie Frazier declining the interview so that he isn't the "token black guy".
Is the rule you need to interview the candidate, or attempt to interview them?
All reports are that Carroll basically has the job, and thus Leslie Frazier declining the interview so that he isn't the "token black guy".
Is the rule you need to interview the candidate, or attempt to interview them?
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bigfishboy
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At USC, he has twice the talent than any other team he faces.
At Seattle, not so much.
I prefer a coach that will instill discipline and play tough football.
At Seattle, not so much.
I prefer a coach that will instill discipline and play tough football.
IDrinkyourMilkshake
Footballguy
Seahawk forums are speculating that Pat Kirwan might be the GM they pair with Carroll.
fridayfrenzy
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Perhaps someone can explain why he gets that rep, as if he is Nick Saban or something.He had a 33-31 record as HC in the NFL, with 10-6, 9-7 and 8-8 records. He went to the playoffs twice in those years. Not amazing or anything, but it was still respectable. I mean Parcells only had a 32-32 record with the Patriots right before Carroll. Belichick went 5-11 in the year after Carroll was fired.So why does everyone say Carroll is a terrible NFL head coach?
Insomniac
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Next year is uncapped. It's not really clear that all the owners really want a salary cap or will be able to get one. The guys like Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder probably prefer an uncapped system because they'll be able to win every year. Seattle isn't a BIG market but the owner might be as rich as all the other owners combined. If he lost $100 mil a year on the team he'd probably go broke in 200 years or so.
Gr00vus
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So funny, there is not even an emoticon appropriate enought to express the hilarity.Only because my kid is looking over my shoulder and this is his favorite...along with the guy drinking "sweet tea".
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perry147
Footballguy
Like Saban?
Sabertooth
Footballguy
As a Forsett owner I am 
about this.
about this.
rzrback77
Footballguy
We need PK tp stay at Sirius for his information......
He's a West Coast guy. He was never going back east.
He took a team coming off of a Super Bowl appearance and it got worse.
I can only guess the main reason people are so down on him as an NFL coach is (1)he has already had 2 NFL head coaching jobs. As you pointed out he did not do poorly with the Pats and barely had a chance with the Jets but still it's 2 jobs encompassing 4 years without huge success (2) it's not so much that people are down on him as an NFL coach as that they are high on him as a college coach. So I think sometimes when people disparage him as an NFL coach it's in light of what he is as an college coach were he's one of the kings of the game versus what has been a very average at best track record as an NFL HC.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Because they watch ESPN
That's not unusual for a team to lose the SB and be worse the next season. Up until this season it had been a trend.
Shaolin Hangman
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Sabertooth
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No kidding. He only had a 1 in 32 shot of being better. Kind of a normal regression to the mean there. By that rationale, Tomlin took a team that was a Super Bowl Champ and made them much worse this year.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Leslie Fraiser has had a change of heart and will interview after all.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
If you extend an offer to interview and the person declines that should be good enough. You can`t force someone to interview. I remember Jerr yJones cut Dennis Green a check for a BS interview.
Arch Stanton
Footballguy
Forsett went to Cal
ImTheScientist
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If this happens Mays will end up a hawk.
Carroll was too nice, too buddy-buddy with the players. When he needed to "come down on them" he couldn't. It was probably an amateurish mistake he'd never do again.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
Forsett went to Seattle. He's the best back they've got.
Arch Stanton
Footballguy
I was actually replying to someone who said that Forsett was a USC guy but by the time I typed it he had deleted the post.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
Gotcha. I thought that seemed off. Like Carroll was going to recruit only USC guys or something.
Yes that was me, i deleted it after i realised he went to Cal not USC...Sorry about that.
Mr. Brownstone
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-Pete Carroll to the Seahawks.-Jack Del Rio to USC.-Wadsworth to the bar and drinks on me!
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