Like my guy Maelstrom pointed out, what Carroll wants is not necessarily a bad thing, and I get why, “ball control, chains moving, good defense...” if you are able to play this consistently, you’ll win more games than you’ll lose, it is a strategy that minimizes turnovers and controls the game.
However, with all his “knowledge” expert “specialist” mind you, he has struggled to build one capable of what he want.
Carroll, may be master motivator, but he is pretty incapable and does not have the talent to locate and draft talent anymore. Or if he himself, was the person that really found all these gems in past (one currently) players such as Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Doug Baldwin, KJ Wright, etc.
How do absolutely know it was Carroll that spotted these guys? Carroll was coming out of USC and had a tremendous amount of inside information at the college level that many in the NFL had probably dismissed. Now that Carroll has been in the league for a decade his inside knowledge has evaporated.
I think his strategy is a good strategy as he is able to draft and build a collective talent but when that collective bunch and their separate pieces aren’t able to play at a consistent high level, his own system will work at a disadvantage.
And this is all Carroll knows and he’ll live and die by its successes and failures. It’s just now it’s more so under the microscope that there are more faults than pros with his system under the collective roster in the past 3-4 years.
Many here will argue they’ll take a 11-12 win seasons and playoff exits because they remember the lean years and do it want to revert back to it. But now it’s different, you have a legit QB in Wilson, sometimes Wilson looks like he’s a top 5 QB and sometimes when Carroll’s system does not work (6-7 games against prime teams) Wilson can look like an inefficient player.
I agree Wilson knows he can grab the power back somewhat. And I also agree since PA passed away, Carroll walks around like he can do wrong with no one to answer too. This makes Carroll feel untouchable. Even if he angers Wilson, Carroll does not have to relinquish any say at all. Wilson can turn this thing around if he continues to be heavy footed and sticks to his convictions.
This is a players league. The players ultimately put fans in the stadiums, purchase merchandise, sell commercials etc.
The owners rely on the players more so than the coaches. If you have a franchise QB, you need to understand how to build a supporting cast around that player because of that player succeeds the coaches succeeds. Not the other way around. And Tom Brady proved that.
You need to make Wilson happy. Not Carroll. More likely Wilson finds success without Carroll than Carroll finding success without Wilson.
Jody Allen and her sports team can either do a better job of managing the Seahawks soap opera or they can totally run it to the ground and lose Wilson in the process. Carroll is real old, he’s going to leave anyways. Who would you rather give 5 years more too? Wilson or Carroll?
It’s a pretty easy answer. Wilson.
I would like to compare PC to Marty Schottenheim. Pete got lucky with a dynamite D, a hot Running back, plus a young and elusive QB on a rookie contract. They both can have or had great season records, and lose in the playoffs.
Leave Carroll in the rear view mirror.
You accelerate hard and you don’t look back!