We used to be in there, now we’re out here
Now that Pete Carroll has made the rounds to tout his new book and taken megawatts of heat for the NCAA infractions at USC under his watch, it is time to get past all of that NFL-irrelevant baloney and get to the business at hand. In the span of six months, Carroll has gone from [...]
Tomorrow, Pete Carroll and John Schneider will embark on their first draft together as the new brain trust of the Seahawks, and they are fortunate enough to have two first-round picks to use (a parting gift from former general manager Tim Ruskell). “It’s a huge opportunity for us,” Carroll told reporters recently. “That was an [...]
When Jim Mora was asked Wednesday whether he had talked to CEO Tod Leiweke, he said, “Tod’s busy with some other things right now.” It was assumed those things involved a search for the Seahawks’ new general manager. Little did anyone know that Leiweke was actually talking to USC coach Pete Carroll in Los Angeles [...]
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8 Jan 2010In what has to rank as one of the more shocking developments in Seattle Seahawks history, the team announced this morning that they had fired head coach Jim Mora after one 5-11 campaign at the helm. Sure, Mora didn’t exactly light the world on fire during his season here, but remember, this was the Jim [...]
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