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Pete Carroll coming back to the NFL?

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 11, 2008 |

Pete Carroll, ex-coach of the Jets and Patriots and current head man of the USC Trojans, has had some conversations with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank about coming to the team as head coach and director of football operations. Carroll has previously said that he thought the Atlanta franchise was having “a lot of problems there” and he didn’t sound too interested, but Blank (the co-founder of Home Depot) has deep pockets and he could easily persuade Carroll to leave USC for the Falcon job.

I have never thought Pete Carroll was tough enough to be an NFL head coach. He’s a smart guy, and a good motivator, but he was just way too friendly with his players, and when he was with the Jets, the players ran all over him. Plus, he was the head man in 1994 when the Jets were 6-5 and playing for first place at Giants Stadium against the Dolphins and, after blowing a big lead, his defense gave up the famous fake spike by Dan Marino and promptly lost that game as well as the remaining four games to finish 6-10 and out of the money. He was fired right after the season.

He did take the Patriots to the playoffs two out of the three years he was up there but, again, he wasn’t able to gain the respect of his players as a disciplinarian. However, once he got to USC, he found his niche, and he’s won two national championships and has solid teams every year with great pro prospects. Plus, I’m sure he’s getting paid quite handsomely, so why give it up to go to a franchise that is going to struggle for years to come? He should know by now that the pro game is not for him and should stick to college ball where he is the big man on campus.


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