At the start of the week, Pete Carroll indicated he would remain in place to spend a 15th season as the Seahawks’ head coach. However, a meeting with owner Jody Allen has now resulted in Carroll shifting to an advisory role with the franchise. 
The timing of the move and the characteristics of Carroll’s public remarks on his future have led to questions about his desire to continue coaching. Considering that would require the 72-year-old taking a position outside of Seattle after such a long tenure in the Emerald City, a new coaching gig would come as a surprise to many. However, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said in an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show that Carroll could be a candidate to watch in the event a vacancy for a team with a win-now roster were to appeal to him (video link).
Carroll spoke further about his situation on Friday with Brock Huard and Mike Salk of Seattle Sports. His comments in that interview point to him remaining in Seattle for at least the time being. They also make it clear, however, that his interest in spending time on an NFL sideline again has not been entirely extinguished. As things stand right now, he does not appear to be a genuine candidate for one of the league’s HC vacancies.
“I don’t know that,” Carroll said when asked about his potential desire to continue coaching (via ESPN’s Brady Henderson). “I’ve got plenty of energy for it and thought and willingness, but I can’t imagine there’s a place, the right one. I don’t know. I’m open to everything, but I’m not holding my breath on that. There’s a lot of world out here that I’m excited about challenging and going after. So if that happens, it happens. We’ll see.”
The Super Bowl winner went on to note the apparent difference between his vision of the team’s direction and that of ownership, noting that the latter group is comprised of personnel which are “not football people.” It will certainly be interesting to see how his new position in Seattle takes shape (presuming he does not depart for an outside coaching gig).
The Patriots became the first team to make a HC hire on Friday, promoting Jerod Mayo to replace Bill Belichick. That move leaves seven vacancies around the league, so a market could develop if Carroll elected to change course and pursue a new opportunity. Given his comments on the matter, Carroll’s immediate future is in the air to at least an extent despite his new role in Seattle.
Go back to college
Actually, there’s an opening now not too far from Seattle with the Washington Huskies since DeBoer just took the Alabama job. Washington is jumping to the B1G so there should be a lot of traveling involved.
UW is in Seattle proper, fwiw, but that could be a really fascinating move. I love it.
IF he wanted to continue in the NFL, he might be sneaky great for the Titans.. If Strunk stayed out of his way
He may be attached to Seattle and not want to make a change at this juncture, but wouldn’t it be funny if he went back to LA for the Chargers, brought Shane Waldron with him and some sought after DC?
I’m not sure how funny it would be? Shane Waldron should be fired anyway. He was the OC Russ wanted.
I like his energy and enthusiasm as a coach. Having him in LA could finally put some fun back in Charger games. He’s managed a pretty good run with his teams and think he’d be good for the Bolts.
If the booing from USC fans didn’t drown out the cheers. He left them in a big time lurch.
“Improper Benefits” that forced USC to vacate a BCS Championship title and Reggie Bush to give back his Heisman Trophy. All of which happened on Carroll’s watch.
(An inconvenient truth that NYC-based starf#*ker Mike Lupica omitted from his drooling over Carroll, Belichick, and Saban.)
Feels like he could take a year off and jump back into the game next year.
Maybe. He is pretty old to start over. He might like his FO role in Seattle too??
Missy Elliot is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Foreigner isn’t. Life isn’t fair.
Bill is done. He is. One thing people don’t account for is how long he’s been in one place. He’s just going to go to San Diego and it’s going to “shine”…doubt it.
I wouldn’t sign him or Pete. People need to pay attention to the era, the modern one.
For all that he accomplished I doubt he wins 15 more games. That’s why ESPN pundits are all talking about him in past tense.
He’s a legend, but it’s over. It just is guys (and gals). Give him GM control? Come on…
Aside from rule changes, how would anyone be able to define a modern era from one that isn’t? The fundamentals of blocking and tackling remain the same. A forward pass from decades ago looks identical to the ones we see today. The T-formation invented in 1940 is still the base formation of every offense. Players may be bigger. faster and more athletic, computer analytics may have replaced the blackboard Xs and Os but at it’s core the game is still the same.
Because in the 1940’s younger coaches didn’t learn as fast. The system might be the same, but there’s a broader base to aggregate play information and develop as a coach.
The tutelage handed down by former coaches is priceless, but coaches nowadays can learn a lot faster than Bellichick could when he was 30.
That’s why you’re seeing this influx of younger coaches, they have the brain content of somebody 40 years old the previous generation, 50 years old the generation before and so on. They’re not necessarily smarter, but they’re getting information faster and from a broader range of sources.
So hiring somebody at 72 years old, doesn’t make sense on a 10-year average. Look out for an AI bot wearing diapers as the head coach model in 20 years. lol
Pete Carroll and Mike Tomlin switch jobs followed by Marshawn Lynch and Le’Veon Bell announcing they’re ready to make a comeback…lol.