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
We didn't expect it to be this easy, but the game went our way from the beginning. I was a little surprised.
This was a very important game for us. We needed to show everybody that we could play better than we did last week. Our guys did a good job of that today.
This wound up being a bend-but-don't break game, ... I hate to play like that, but that's what this game became. The opportunity to win was still there, and it came down to, 'Are you going to get it done, or aren't you?'
We're trying to hustle Sedrick's development. The first game is not an indicative game. Hawaii doesn't run a normal offense.
I don't feel a whole lot different about going into this game than I did back then. It's all the dreams of a kid coming to the fore.
Looking at him, last year to this year, you can see the maturity in the throwing game and his decision-making and all of that.
I think the guys that have come back now have found that they have enjoyed the heck out of it. After the grind of the NFL, the college game seems a little more different and wholesome and spirited.
I don't understand. We've played in that setting for years, and I think it adds to the game and the excitement of it.
For us at that time, it was exactly the right thing to do. We were going to win the game right there. You've seen us do that in the past. If we have the chance to win the game, we're going to go for it.
For what we're doing around here, every game is a championship for us. To have buildup and the great hype from our opponents at their stadiums that are going to be raucous and crazy just makes us better. It makes us stronger.
I got a chance to be myself - they fired me. They just didn't like it. Your eyes are so big, and you're floating on the energy and excitement of it. ... When you get to game day and get to that stadium, all of the dreams that you live with as a kid come to the front.
If we make a first down, the game is over. We had seen what he'd done the series before. That moment flashes by in an instant. We could have sealed win. We needed to do it on on offense and we didn't. We had to stop them on defense and we couldn't.
We're not worried. We're not going to get worn out. These games just keep you on the edge of your seat a little more.
This was our chance to win the game and the national championship. I don't second-guess that.