4750 days after Peter Clay Carroll had been introduced as the subsequent head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, information broke that there was an “amicable settlement” that the Seattle Seahawks can be shifting on in quest of yet one more new head coach. January eighth, 2010 to January tenth, 2024 was a 14-year span that included a number of the most memorable soccer video games I’ve personally ever witnessed, and a handful I’d like to overlook, however total, the legacy left by Pete Carroll is one in all greatness.
It’s uncommon {that a} coach leaves a workforce higher than it was when he took over, however as a result of that’s precisely what Pete did, the longer term with Mike Macdonald is brilliant. We should always all be excited in regards to the state of the Seahawks at the moment, however I do know I’m not the one particular person questioning what Pete’s been as much as and what’s subsequent for him.
We’ve seen him on the College of Washington’s soccer practices, and even a highschool basketball recreation, however in any other case he’s seemingly laid low since his departure.
If we have been speaking about actually every other human at Pete’s age, not a single one in all us can be interested by what was subsequent. We might all assume retirement is the one factor left. In fact we’re speaking about Pete although, and everyone knows he doesn’t know tips on how to give up. Maybe the one shock was the eight months it took to lastly hear from the person himself when he sat down for an interview with the legendary Doug Baldwin and Dave ‘Softy’ Mahler on Sports activities Radio 93.3 KJR-FM.
Within the interview, Pete mentioned the roots of his philosophy and his impression as a frontrunner of males, and in addition talked about he had only recently returned from Kuwait, the place he had been teaching the troops in a basketball match.
Pete Carroll tells @Softykjr & @DougBaldwinJr on @933KJR when he visited U.S. army bases in Kuwait not too long ago with basketball coaches he coached a basketball workforce of Air Pressure personnel. The ex-#Seahawks coach informed them there’s by no means a 3-pt shot he’d flip down, so begin gunnin’
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) August 21, 2024
The bombshell information, nevertheless, got here a bit later within the interview when Pete talked about that his plan is to return to USC. This time, not as a coach of soccer, however as a coach of younger minds in an instructional setting.
“It’s going to be a extremely thrilling endeavor when it’s finalized,” Carroll stated.
Staying true to his character, he was pretty obscure about what precisely that might entail, but it surely’s not arduous to think about what a category taught by Professor Pete would possibly appear like. The category might be taught in Spring 2025.
When requested about whether or not he would proceed teaching, he was clear that he may however his want to take action wasn’t there in the meanwhile.
“I’m not needing it at this level. This isn’t the teaching season. We’ll see what occurs. I’m not ready on it in any respect. I’m going forward. I’ve acquired different issues that I need to do this I’m enthusiastic about, and I’m going to see how all that goes. I’m not considering that I’m holding my breath and that type of factor. If it’s been 40-something years, 48 years or no matter teaching, and that’s it, I’ll really feel OK about that.”
It’s clear that Pete, who might be 73 years younger in lower than a month, has no intentions of settling down anytime quickly.
Greatest a part of Pete Carroll’s interview with @933KJR yesterday was Doug Baldwin telling Pete “sit your ass down” and spend time together with his spouse, Glena. It’s not like Pete expressed want to do the other, however you might simply really feel the luv there, in essentially the most Doug method attainable lol
— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) August 21, 2024
Carroll, who was moved to an advisory position (based on the workforce), additionally indicated that whereas he had a dialog with Mike Macdonald after operating into him within the parking zone, he’s different had no communication with the Seahawks since his dismissal.
“I’m purposely staying away from it,” he stated. “And I’m not visiting with them in any respect.
“It simply feels prefer it’s the suitable factor to do to allow them to go and I don’t actually have an opinion [on how the Seahawks coaching staff is doing] aside from I do know they’re actually arduous working and it’s a extremely good group of fellows and I do know that they’ve a great group round them to construct on.”
Within the eight months which have handed since Pete’s departure, quite a bit has modified throughout the Seattle Seahawks group, however Pete himself has not modified a bit. The identical energetic, aggressive man everyone knows and love remains to be as much as his outdated methods, guiding and shaping younger minds. Within the meantime, I’ll be filling out the FAFSA types and enrolling at USC for the spring semester.
