Like it or not Pete Carroll has moved on
by Paragon SC on Jun 19, 2011 9:00 AM PDT
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PrintI can't say that I am really surprised but Pete Carroll has put USC in the rear view mirror.
With one of the most storied and dominant runs in the history of college football severely tarnished by the NCAA's unprecedented sanctions...Pete Carroll simply has nothing more to say.
With the college football program over which he presided reeling under NCAA-imposed sanctions and, most recently, a stripping of its 2004 BCS national title, the man who ran the show doesn’t have much to say about the events that caused the collapse of one of the greatest teams of the last decade.
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With ESPN, Carroll was asked this question: "You’ve talked about how you’re disappointed in what the NCAA has done with USC. How do we get our arms around a problem that has been around for such a long time, and seemingly hasn’t gotten better?"
"Yeah, that’s a big question, and I’m not gonna answer it," Carroll said in response. "I’m not going into it."
Whatever the reason, Carroll's new found silence officially closes the book on the Pete Carroll Era.
That is his right, and I am actually fine with it. I don't think he owes USC fans anything more than what he has already given us.
Carroll made a statement shortly after the sanctions were announced...which to some, was probably too much.
I will always be a Pete Carroll fan. I will continue to defend him where it is warranted and will criticize him in the same way as well. I didn't agree with every move that he made and it was clear that at the time that he moved on that his message had lost its punch.
It happens to every great coach who achieves that level of success.
Pete Carroll's legacy, in the eyes of some, has not been completely written. I'm not I sure I agree let alone care. I saw all I wanted to see where it mattered....on the field. The rumors an innuendo that Carroll may have known something more is garbage. If anyone has proof then they should put it out there for everyone to see and scrutinize.
I wish Pete Carroll luck in his future endeavors, whatever they might be. I wouldn't trade anything for experiencing that run that we all witnessed.
Carroll owes us nothing more. He has chosen to move on...in time the rest us of will move on as well.
Thanks for everything coach!!
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Thats great
It is about time someone told these media outlets to go fish, if more people would do this no one would listen to them.
Who--What--Slim Shady----the ncaa is after all the BS they are lying out----and just remember they will rewrite history every seven years after the fact.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jun 19, 2011 5:30 PM PDT reply actions
Nothing good can come from Pete answering questions about the past. He doesn't seem like the type
to dwell on yesterday’s events too long. He is no longer coaching the USC Trojans’ football team. His new employer is Paul Allen and the Seattle Seahawks. As a Seahawks fan I am glad he is here. It would do a disservice to his new employer for him to expend any energy or time focusing on the last. The local Seattle sport’s media has caught on that Pete will respond to any question you ask him, he just doesn’t always answer the question.
Pete was clean and Pete was a coaching genius
Pete Carroll ran the cleanest national championship caliber Div 1 football team in the goddamn history of the sport. Clean, clean, clean. Someone prove otherwise. Pete Carroll had the greatest 9-year run in the history of the sport. Genius, genius, genius. Someone prove otherwise. There will never be another greater football coach, from the standpoint of combining ethics, morals, education, and football skill.
When I’m 100 frickin years old on my deathbed, one of the last thoughts that will make me smile will be remembering you on the sideline, coaching like no one ever coached before, winning like no one ever won before, and showing the world what being a USC Trojan really means.
Thank you for everything Coach. You helped make life special.
by uscdude on Jun 20, 2011 12:26 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
This guy. . . .
. . . .I like!
You tell it like it is, Champ. (and. . . . .you got SOME chutzpah!) God has blessed you.
Fight On!
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!"
by BixBeiderbecke on Jun 20, 2011 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
+1!
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Rec him up boys!
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
You got it!
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Pete Carroll is already on record with statements about the NCAA
and USC’s sanctions. I don’t take his current message as a retraction of anything he has said previously. His current mesage is a mirror of what is coming out of Heritage Hall. It is currently their job to speak for USC, not Carroll’s. If you don’t like the message, you should take it up with Pat Haden.
The thing ’that has been around for such a long time" is NCAA corruption…not something an NFL head coach can or should do anything about.
Some don't have that luxury
It would be nice if USC could move on from the Pete Carroll era.
Just sayin’.
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