One of the big questions out there
is what's going to happen in Seattle. Yeah,
let's hear from Pete Carroll's. We assess whether or not he
should be back for yet another year with the team hears, Carol
from yesterday making, what could be a Pitch directly to
owner? Jody Allen to stay the course.
I'm not a fool, not for one reason. At all. My thinking
that
we have to,
we have to read restart this whole thing, and
create a new philosophy and a new approach and all that.
That I don't think that I think we've got the essence of
the things that we need. We got to build on. We got to support it
better and we gotta continue to grow and progress. I there's
a no stand still
but there's the foundation for doing things.
Yeah. Look, I don't know. Some Seahawks fans would say it's
time to blow it up and start. Dover. But you know,
it's not like that's going to be a quick and easy fix either.
There is no quick and easy fix to this team, but they have to
figure out how many steps backward they're going to take
before. They start taking steps forward. Will there be a new
quarterback and Russell Wilson? And I think the timeline is
very simple.
They make a decision about the coach. That's the first job.
Obviously,
if there's a new coach, there's a chance that the new coach is
a guy that Russell Wilson says a. Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine. I,
I Will consent to a trade to the Seahawks
and I, We'll stay here with this new coach.
So I think the dust settled has to settle on who the coach is
going to be before we even get to the point where we figure
out where Russell Wilson is going to be. But you know that
that's the question that I think only Jody Allen
knows the answer to at this point is a major change looming
with both Pete, Carroll and general manager. John
Schneider, because they're kind of tied together. I don't think
it's one guy stays in. One guy goes Chris. I think if
if one's gone, both are gone and they start over.
With a new GM and a new head coach. Oh, I don't doubt that.
I don't. And I, you know, listen, I think you got to
throw in Russell Wilson in that mix to. I think this is part of
the equation and it is a tough one,
you know, it is. I mean, first off, I feel like kind of weird
and going like, we're even talking about this with Pete
Carroll. I mean, he's I mean, it's been dominating football
here for the last, you know, 10, 12 years,
and they were 12 and four last year.
I know it's not been great.
You don't listen. There's a part of me that goes up. Maybe
it's run, its course, and maybe it is time for Seattle to have
a change in Pete, Carroll to have a change. Maybe
another, there's a part of me that certainly sees the logic
in that. You know, when Pete Carroll says he there's a based
on a foundation of that. I want to kind of go like, hey, yeah
to a degree. I'm not sure. What is the base of the foundation?
Tell me. I don't really know. It's an offensive line that
still can all over the place,
you know, there's some good things of their defense and
front seven. There's a few young guys that are good, you
know, but not super stars. And also there's a lot of things
I think are still questionable
about, you know, the roster and the team.
Where I would disagree with kind of what Pete said there,
you know, so that's where I kind of go back and forth. But
I that's where I think the Russell Wilson thing comes into
play here too. I do, you know, from all accounts that sounds
like Seattle is going to have money to spend next year. Like,
I think their salary cap
is in a pretty good spot for 2022.
And you, you then now Trader Russell, Wilson,
and get some assets from that, you know, maybe you can turn
this thing around. If you can convince ownership like, hey,
I'm not, I'm not looking at it. Like, oh, this is my last two
or three years. I'm Pete, Carroll and I'm be chewing gum
and run
it up and down the sideline for five or six more years, if he
can sell that to ownership and that, you know, again, I'm not
against it. I mean, Pete, Carroll was still way. They
dealt with some issues, Russell Wilson, Miss some games
this year, that totally threw them out of rhythm. I don't
look at the Seahawks. You just go. Oh man. It's just
dysfunctional. They're not good. They got issues
and they got work to do,
but I don't know if I feel like peat, fire Pete, Carroll's,
the right thing to do either.
Maybe I'm getting Co-host mixed up because I know there is one
guy in particular, who will constantly rail on the Seattle
office where I do imagine if it is
right or not, but at some point Pete Carroll responsible for
that because he keeps hiring these. These guys that run
the basic meat-and-potatoes offense, that doesn't have
the creativity, doesn't get the ball in the hands of the best
players
doesn't take advantage of Russell Wilson,
the strategy is and again, I can't remember which co-host
this is. Who said Keep it closed until the water when you
down 10 points. It's in the hay. Hay, rustles come save our
ass today. I know, I think that's the quote and it is, it
is listen.
That's where I got that, that I would file that under.
You know, I maybe it's time for
him to move on and,
you know, yes, there's some adjustments. He's got to make
it for a next job or whatever. Yeah, it drives me crazy that
way it does. And that's where I'm saying. That's a tough
decision. Obviously,
you know, what they're doing? On the offensive side of
the ball is influence by Pete. Carroll period. I mean that's
out the window now. I mean I don't care how many,
how many guys were going to bring in before we just go? Well,
it's basically the same offense, we had
with the other guy.
There's nothing that really changed. So obviously he's
involved in that and has going to have to change to a degree.
That's why I kind of was saying the Russell Wilson thing.
I think is a major part of this here.
You know II for sure. Whether I don't know what to do with
Pete. Carroll. Like I said, he's certainly got enough pelts
on his horse to sit here and go. Wait. You're gonna fire me
what?
Like after all this and I was 12.
And for and won the division just
last year. And I know that that does seem crazy when you say
it, a base level.
But yes, there's questions about the team.
The offense hasn't changed and you got a quarterback that we
know is not happy. He could say all he wants and that's where
I just think yeah Russell's a part of this equation and
I don't see them coexisting next year. That's for sure.
And that's the thing. If they hold out any hope whatsoever of
keeping Russell Wilson, that's where they got to do what they
need. A new coach. Yeah, I got. And they need a coach that
Russell Wilson wants to play for now.
I mean, they should let Russell Wilson pick. The coach know,
it's a delicate balance to strike. But you know, Dianna
has to ask herself. What's my priority here? That's right. If
this town isn't big enough for both Pete, Carroll
and Russell Wilson at this point, and I got to pick one of
the other, who am I picking? And there's a chance.
If she preliminary picks, Russell Wilson, she still ends
up with neither
and, and neither man is clearly a better option right now than
both,
and it may be a better option
than keep Pete. And Let Ross
cook elsewhere. So, you know, when you look at the flowchart,
when you look at how this can play out, made me, the ideal
option is
I believe potentially
hire a coach. The that makes Russ Wanna Stay
option to new coach. Russ wants to leave anyway, but we move
forward with a new beginning and then the worst case
scenario
would be have neither
and or keep Pete and not Russ. I guess that would be worse
than having a Ouch, potentially. If she really
wants major change,
so I don't know what's gonna happen. And
hey, we say this all the time with Mike Tomlin, Super Bowl
winning coach. If he gets fired, he's going to land
somewhere else right away. Going to be, fascinating
to see what happens. If Pete Carroll becomes available
with some of these other teams that are out there.
There's a team in Minnesota
that once upon a time a guy named Bud Grant was lobbying
for Pete. Carroll to be the head coach of that team. And
you look at right now, not that, not that because coaches,
you know, the teams, when they hire new coaches, look for
the exact. Is it of what they have? I think there's too much
similarity between pick Carol and Mike Zimmer for him to be
the answer there.
But you look at some of these other teams,
Pete Carroll could become very attractive for a short-term
five-year thing. He's very spry. He's seems like he's
ready to coach into his 80s.
Maybe it's a 10-year thing. Yeah, but I'll be, I'll be very
interested to see one of these other teams if he's available.
Do they make a play for Pete care? I would think. So, you
know again
like Hey, it's just you. Look at first off his resume. I mean
in 2010 and 2011 seven and nine seven nine, then it's 11 and 5
13, + 3, 12 and 4 10, +
6, 10 and 5, 10 5, and 1. Excuse me, 9 and 7, 10 and 6,
11 and 5, 12 and 4,
and then 5 and 10 this year,
which I know is not good.
But damn, you know, that's where I say that it is a tough
one and then ownerships going to have to figure out what
route they want to go because you certainly could justify
like, hey,
Pete's done. Right here. It's a little frustrating with
the offense. Yes, but he's done great. And
we're going to stay the course with him because we think he
can kind of rebuild and get this team back. And and you
know, give us another five year push. Or do they just say hey,
hey Pete has been great. We're sick of this style of Play.
We want to make it all about Russ
and be more of a high flying high wire act on that side of
the ball. That's what they're going to have to figure out
because I think it's one of the other,
you know, and like to your point where your question was
Pete Carroll to like when I think about Pete Carroll like,
Places that make sense
like to me
Jacksonville makes all
that Pete Carroll would be the perfect guy to finally go down
there and get that organization on the right track except for
one thing.
Yeah. We're not sure you want him to develop your Young
quarterback. Yeah. Do the same right? That's the problem.
Right? That's the first thing. You thought of everything else
you'd go
wait that guy makes sense. He'll kind of get that
organization back in the right place and teach the cons and
everything to go like hey, this is how you run an organization.
Asian,
but the Young quarterback thing is like, hey,
Young quarterback with Pete, Carroll run the ball between
the tackles and play the defense, that's not good. And
that's where,
you know, that, that would be a tough situation,
you know, one that came to mind for me, where maybe they just
throw him and Schneider the keys, if Schneider goes to and
they take their show to a new city. How about Chicago?
Chicago was the next team I was going to bring up there. I just
was rambling. That's another one. I'd look at you. Got
a young Court? You got ya quarterback there too, right?
But but maybe more conducive to the offense that would want to
run. Yeah, and you could you could draw some parallels back
to the early Seahawks years
under Pete, Carroll
the and we know how they love their defense yet. Hog. Oh, yes,
Miss. Another one, it definitely fits that mold of
what you're saying Jacksonville there. You're exactly right
there. Hey, yeah, we can get a guy here that, you know, yeah,
it might not be for 10 years. It might be five or six or
whatever, but he can get us kind
of going on the right track here again, and get
the organization on the same page. Age,
I hear you there. There's no doubt or maybe he could sell
the ownership. Like, hey, I'm gonna change my offensive you
here. I don't know if he really will do that. That's
the million-dollar question. But I think it's a good
thought Mike. I did my head. Definitely went there, too.