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Originally Posted by cabmando

Sammy,
In the reporter's defense BB did coach the Browns and didn't do all that well.

This is true, He grew into greatness and it didn't happen overnight.

Do you remember who the head coach of the patriots was that Belichick replaced?
He got a job on the college level and built one heck of a dynasty for a decade.
If I'm not mistaken he won a superbowl coaching the sea-chickens and lost a superbowl in 2014 .... to Belichick.

As head coach, Pete Carroll led a resurgence of football at the University of Southern California. Carroll was generally regarded as one of the top college football coaches in the country,[32][45][46] and has been compared to College Football Hall of Fame coach Knute Rockne.[47][48] Program highlights under Carroll include:
Two BCS Championship Game appearances: 2005 win over Oklahoma and 2006 loss to Texas
The Associated Press 2003 National Championship
The Associated Press 2004 National Championship
Seven consecutive Associated Press Top-4 finishes
Six BCS bowl victories
Seven consecutive BCS bowl appearances
A national-record 33 consecutive weeks as the Associated Press's No. 1-ranked team
A winning record of 97–19 (83.6%)
A winning record of 14–2 against traditional rivals Notre Dame and UCLA
An NCAA record of 63 straight 20-point games
Twenty-five 1st team All-Americans
53 players selected in the NFL Draft, including 14 in the first round[49]
Three Heisman Trophy winners: Carson Palmer in 2002, Matt Leinart in 2004, and Reggie Bush in 2005 (since vacated)
Four Top-5 recruiting classes
34-game winning streak (2003–04)
Winning streaks for home games (21) and Pac-10 home games (17)
A 25–1 record in the month of November

In July 2007, ESPN.com named USC its #1 team of the decade for the period between 1996 and 2006, primarily citing the Trojans' renaissance and dominance under Carroll.[50][51] In 2007, his effect on the college football landscape was named one of the biggest developments over the past decade in ESPN the Magazine.[52] In May 2008, Carroll was named the coach who did the most to define the first 10 years of the BCS Era.[53]