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Originally Posted by J P Stein
It looks to me as if Carroll is doing for the Seahawks as he did for USC.....building a dynasty. You may not like his methods.....but tough noogies. The Hawks maybe good enough this year to put a corner piece in the foundation.
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I know Pete Carroll and he knows me by name. At least to the point when I saw him on a Orange Lutheran sideline several years ago and nodded to him hey coach, he said Hi Sam, how you doing?
He is one heck of a man. His charity work and dedication to the community is outstanding. I know of no one with a better work ethic.
But what he did at USC and is doing in seattle is based on emotion.
He fires the players up. At the college level that usually got the best out of them, but often resulted in inconsistencies.
Things like going the entire season undefeated, except for completely blowing that game against a weak team and losing the #1 ranking.
How many times did we see USC do that over the past decade? They failed to get up for a weaker opponent and choked.
If they were running on emotion, they couldn't play without it.
Now on to the seahawks:
That emotional play he inspires has morphed. It isn't just enthusiasm, it has taken on a gangsta hood low-life mentality and is now intimidation, cheap shots, trash talking.
It has become normal to see a seahawk player holding down another player after the whistle, bumping into players from the other team, pushing, generally acting like
PUNKS. The team has taken on a new personality and it is not good.
Pete allows it because he's an adrenaline junkie and it helps his team win, but I see it as selling the team's soul to the devil. Win at what cost?
Same goes for the niners and their new coach's enthusiasm.
An enthusiastic punk is an exaggerated punk.
Reminds me of the raider's phrase "just win baby"which meant for years do whatever it takes to win even if it's wrong or dirty.
THAT is what make Bill Belechik the best coach in the game and one of the best ever. He does not allow or put up with acting like a low-life on his team and still wins without it.
HIS TEAMS HAVE CLASS.