I'd wager that if our 2nd string players showed better against other team's number 1's this preseason, this poll wouldn't exist.
Pete Carroll is 100 - 59 and 1with 2 superb owl appearance and 1 win. We were 12-4 last year with albeit an unceremoniously and underachieving exit early in the playoffs. A loss however that in my opinion represented a 'come to jesus' moment and changes that will hopefully shed some light on why we've been consistently far above average, but short of great.
His mantra's of always competing, high tempo, scripted 'turnover Tuesday, etc' practices have been copied across the league. His coaches,pilfered by top teams. Defensive strategy, replicated over and over by multiple teams.. And yet almost from the beginning there's been the perennial calling for his head, with each of his successes somehow attributed to someone else, whether the qb HE SELECTED, or similarly, the defensive players he drafted and then built into one of the best defenses of all time... while, btw the media and so called experts were calling him insane and out of touch for his unorthodox drafts and personnel moves. We have never won more than with Pete. In fact, few teams in the history of the league can point to a period of success remotely close to what he's brought.
But sure, let's talk about how quickly we can run him out of town and replace him with that dynamite proven dude who will obviously just get it far better than Pete.
It's about as silly as those who call for Russ's head and wonder how much better we'd be if we had 'someone better' slinging the rock .
We are blessed with an all time franchise , and nfl great coach, front office , qb, lb's, safety - and thats current day roster. Before that, we bid fairwell to more all time greats at safety, d line and RB. All assembled by this coach and this Front Office.
But yeah, let's ponder how much better it would be without them. Or how short we can make the slide before we kick him out the door.
