Pete Carroll agrees to coach Seattle

[Brando19]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/09/report-carroll-agrees-to-coach-seahawks/

Unless he drafts a QB...I don't think this will work out. What's the odds on him heading back to coach college in a couple years?

[Bretsky]

He had it made at USC; surprised he'd make this move but money talks

[mission]

I think he knows the USC athletic department has a hear-no, see-no attitude about certain things and that there's about to be some big drama in LA ...

He doesn't want his name around for that. I think he's actually a play-by-the-rules kind of guy but from the rumors I've heard, there's a lot of stuff going on out there. It's hard to control, it's Los Angeles.

This will allow him to get a chance under his own terms... if it doesn't work out, he can always make 5-6 mil a year coaching in the SEC.

[Bossman641]

I think he knows the USC athletic department has a hear-no, see-no attitude about certain things and that there's about to be some big drama in LA ...

He doesn't want his name around for that. I think he's actually a play-by-the-rules kind of guy but from the rumors I've heard, there's a lot of stuff going on out there. It's hard to control, it's Los Angeles.

This will allow him to get a chance under his own terms... if it doesn't work out, he can always make 5-6 mil a year coaching in the SEC.

I agree. I don't think he's gonna make it in the pros. He needed an out from USC with all the shit that's been going down there recently.

[Scott Campbell]

Anybody know a token minority candidate that they can trot out to satisfy the Rooney Rule?

[mission]

Anybody know a token minority candidate that they can trot out to satisfy the Rooney Rule?

I guess they're flying to Minneapolis today to interview Leslie Frazier for the job. Initially, he declined because he know it was just a technicality but I guess they made it real easy on him and he gave in.

[vince]

Leslie Frasier from Minny is heading to Seattle to be the Rooney puppet.

[Administrator]

Leslie Frasier from Minny is heading to Seattle to be the Rooney puppet.

Liewinski is in Minnesota, at least he was last night...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/08/frazier-will-interview-with-seahawks-after-all/

[Fritz]

I heard some nimrod on Detroit radio yesterday whining about the Rooney rule and saying "Mike Tomlin was a nobody; he only got an interview in Pittsburgh because he's black."

Isn't Tomlin turning out okay as a coach?

Look, the group in power builds in advantages - the best jobs, the best educations, and on and on and on. Their children receive these advantages that others do not. You can do that crap "oh the color doesn't matter to me I want only the best qualified " but if one group has all the advantages, guess who's going to always be the best qualified???

As for Pete Carroll, I, like Bretsky, am surprised. I thought that dude was set for life at USC. I'm not sure why he'd want to come back to the NFL, unless he's convinced himself he needs to prove himself as an NFL coach.

We'll see how it goes.

[Joemailman]

The Rooney rule applies to front office jobs as well as head coaching jobs. I just wonder if it's still needed as far as coaches are concerned. Two of the last 3 Super Bowls were won by minority coaches. It will be 3 out of 4 if Indy wins it this year. Hard to believe that anyone still doubts whether minorities can coach.
I think the focus should probably be on promoting minority hiring in the front office.

[swede]

I think the focus should probably be on promoting minority hiring in the front office.

I think the focus should be on a color blind society. It's a shame to think that anyone would believe that the success of Mike Tomlin is due to the Rooney rule.

In the same fashion, any football organization that would overlook a quality front-office candidate because of skin color is doomed to fail, eventually, because of its own shortcomings. Contrived rules designed to make organizations look progressive wallpaper over real flaws as well as real progress.

[sheepshead]

I think the focus should probably be on promoting minority hiring in the front office.

I think the focus should be on a color blind society. It's a shame to think that anyone would believe that the success of Mike Tomlin is due to the Rooney rule.

In the same fashion, any football organization that would overlook a quality front-office candidate because of skin color is doomed to fail, eventually, because of its own shortcomings. Contrived rules designed to make organizations look progressive wallpaper over real flaws as well as real progress.

Well said. The sooner we stop talking about the color of a mans skin and look at his character the better off we'll be. (didnt someone say that once?)

[Fosco33]

Didn't he have a crappy NFL stint in the past? This wreaks of Saban-esqu...

Why not wait for the LA job? He'd have the town support at least. Hard part about LA - not many people who have money are from LA and generally support their hometown team.

[sheepshead]

Didn't he have a crappy NFL stint in the past? This wreaks of Saban-esqu...

Why not wait for the LA job? He'd have the town support at least. Hard part about LA - not many people who have money are from LA and generally support their hometown team.

The LA job?

[MJZiggy]

When the Vikings move and shitcan Childress.