Published on: 12th August, 2010
Pete Carroll was known at USC when he had ample talent available for playing a series of running backs who would comprise a committee. Will this be the case in his first season with the Seattle Seahawks?There are advantages to playing more than two people at the position when the ...Published on: 8th August, 2010
Pete Carroll He is accepting a new challenge after a great stretch at USC replete with two national championships. He had previous NFL stints with the New York Jets and New England Patriots. What many NFL fans, and Seahawk patrons in particular, are highly curious about will be the offensive scheme under ...Published on: 7th August, 2010
Julius Jones will turn 29 on August 14. In virtually any other walk of life he is a very young man. In certain sports participant endeavors 29 is an age where one is just beginning to hit stride with plenty of remaining years of achievement left in a professional career. Jones does ...Published on: 2nd August, 2010
Justin Forsett is a running back who could aid Pete Carroll in one of two ways in the coach’s first season at the Seattle Seahawks' helm. Forsett stood in the shadows as backup to former Notre Dame stalwart Julius Jones last season. With Pete Carroll known at USC, where standout running ...Published on: 31st July, 2010
Even before taking the head coaching job for the Seattle Seahawks, at a time when his name was being discussed, certain doubters referred to Pete Carroll as an NFL “failure.” This criticism had a familiar twist. The flip side of this contention surfaced after Carroll’s coaching stints with the New York ...Published on: 6th July, 2010
Veteran NFL players have frequently functioned as role models to those just acclimating themselves to new systems. This pattern often asserts itself with greater frequency in the cases of players who function at quarterback. This marquee position has often had players referred to as “coaches on the field.” Perhaps the first in ...Published on: 2nd July, 2010
Don Coryell died Thursday at the age of 85 according to a news release from the San Diego Chargers, the team with which he enjoyed his greatest coaching success. Coryell died at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in suburban La Mesa. The Chargers revealed that he had been ill for some time but ...Published on: 1st July, 2010
It was a fall Sunday afternoon at Qwest Field and the Seahawks were in action. As NFL commentators are prone toward doing, a discussion began on which player on the field had achieved the highest ability level. They began discussing the most valuable player in action from both squads combined. Such discussions ...Published on: 29th June, 2010
Two promising players that Pete Carroll selected in the last NFL Draft to help boost the Seattle Seahawk's aerial game are Golden Tate and Anthony McCoy. Carroll has experienced the results of their talents firsthand. He coached tight end McCoy at USC and was compelled to defend against Tate as a ...Published on: 27th June, 2010
It was the mid 70s and America was not far removed from the end of the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the resignation of the U.S. president. During a period replete with political history, the NFL had generated important history of its own. The announcement was made that the league would be ...