The Seattle Seahawks made a surprising decision earlier this offseason when they replaced former head coach Pete Carroll with Mike Macdonald. At the time, it was announced that Carroll would remain with the Seahawks via an adviser role. That clearly hasn’t happened, according to recent comments made by the Super Bowl-winning coach.
“I haven’t talked to those guys at all,” Carroll said earlier this week. “I ran into Mike in the parking lot one day, and it was a great chance to just give us alone to meet, say hey, and kind of get greeted and on we go. I have not had much to do with them in any way. And really, I’m just watching the games a little bit when I see ’em on TV, I’m not paying that much attention to it. It just feels like it’s the right thing.”
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Carroll left the Seahawks as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. His tenure lasted 14 campaigns, with 10 playoff berths, two conference championships and the franchise’s only Super Bowl victory. It was clear that Carroll would receive interest from competing franchises, but he clarified he currently has no desire to return to coaching.
“Well, you know, I get asked a lot, so I’m pretty familiar with answering that I could coach tomorrow,” Carroll added. “I’m physically in the best shape I’ve been in a long time. I’m ready to be ready to do all the activities that I’m doing and feeling really good about it. I could, but I’m not desiring it at this point.”
Carroll didn’t necessarily close the door on coming back.
“We’ll see what happens,” he said. “I’m not really uh, I’m not waiting on it at all. I’m going ahead and I got other things that I want to do that I’m excited about, and I’m going to see how all that goes. I’m not thinking that it’s uh, that I’m holding my breath and that kind of thing. So, if it’s been 40-something years, 48 years or whatever coaching and that’s it, I feel OK about that.”
The Seahawks are rightfully excited about the new regime and what Macdonald is bringing to the franchise. Thankfully, he won’t have to coach against Carroll anytime soon. Carroll has settled into post-Seahawks life nicely.
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