Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll
Peter Clay Carrollis an American football coach who is the head coach and executive vice president of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and the USC Trojans of the University of Southern California. Carroll is one of only three football coaches who have won both a Super Bowl and a college football national championship. At 7009204733440000000♠64 years, 320 days, Carroll is the oldest head coach currently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 September 1951
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The doctors think he shouldn't have trouble playing. He had an MRI this afternoon, so he missed being out here today. I'd say he won't practice Tuesday and we'll see how he's doing Wednesday. We'll take it one day at a time.
(The doctors) know the results of the MRI. There's definitely something there (on the MRI), that's why we're being very cautious and taking our time. They need to see how it responds and see how soon he can come back and if he does or he doesn't (need surgery).
A good part of his background has been working with the defensive line, so he'll contribute greatly there. And having him serve as the defensive coordinator will free me up and make us a much more efficient staff.
These games are great for us. We need to be challenged, to be under the gun. We need to have to respond. It will make us strong.
This is a great challenge because of the attention,
This is all we could hope for -- it's the Rose Bowl. We get to play in the Rose Bowl in the national championship game.
This is a clear statement about what we wanted to get done, how we wanted to look and what we've expected from our guys, ... I'm really pleased with this day.
All in all, it was a great day. It was a really good start for us.
The history really doesn't have anything to do with how we play, so that's not a big point for me to dwell on. But it is fun for everybody.
All of those questions are ones that are directed at you because you have something you're shooting for. For us to be in a position where any of those arguments even matter, we have a lot of games to win. It's not an issue right now. If we get down to the very end and we're fortunate enough to be in position, then we'll deal with it. Right now, it's not something we talk about.
You could tell early that we could do what we did. We've been in that situation so much, our guys are familiar with the feeling.
You can't get a big enough game for us.
You can watch our players. He has generated this tremendous level of effort by our linemen and our receivers because they don't know where he's going to wind up, and they're convinced when he's running the football it might be to right where they are. Nobody wants to be embarrassed by not having a full level of effort on the play.
Their offense is really functioning at a high level. They make first downs and move the sticks, and work their way down the field much like New England has been doing over the years. It has been very effective, and it is the same offense.