LA Times: Carroll proposal $7 mil/yr for 5 years
to be Head Coach and President (not GM - they are interviewing for that role per another article)...
Also in this article, Frazier (Minn Vikings DC & Rooney satisfier) has turned down an interview... writing on the wall?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/01/pete-carroll-seattl…
January 8th, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
Hopefully the deal gets done soon and M can capitalize
January 8th, 2010 at 11:25 PM ^
If this somehow pans out and we end up getting Sean Parker and DILLON BAXTER, how awesome would that be?
January 8th, 2010 at 8:31 PM ^
If thats true, how could he not take it. Unbelievable!
January 8th, 2010 at 8:32 PM ^
WHOA! No word on whether he will have primary authority for personnel decisions, but still, there is only one job I could have that I would not leave for this offer.... head coach at Meeechigan. (I mean "could" in purely the hypothetical, putative sense.)
January 8th, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
As they were paying Holmgren $10mil a year when he quit.
He's making at least $4.4mil now.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/23/sports/sp-college-salaries23
January 8th, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^
$7 million a year for a 33-31 all-time NFL record? If only my mediocrity was rewarded so handsomely.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^
awarded you are are. I give you one point
January 8th, 2010 at 8:39 PM ^
Is it enough that Seattle offered an interview to a minority candidate or do they actually have to physically interview a minority candidate? If I remember the Lions hiring Mariucci, they got fined b/c they didn't actually interview any minority candidates even though they had some _scheduled_, the minority candidates just didn't take the opportunity b/c they (rightly) believed Mariucci already had the job.
I looked on wikipedia and the entry there on the rooney rule wasn't clear...
January 8th, 2010 at 8:49 PM ^
If it's just a fine, do you think Paul Allen cares?
January 9th, 2010 at 1:28 AM ^
I'm sure he won't mind -- he's got an 8:30 rez at Dorsia.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:50 PM ^
It's pretty bad then when you want to interview the black candidate just to cover your ass, the interview process is already over with. I don't think this is the true spirit of the Rooney Rule.
January 9th, 2010 at 11:25 AM ^
They have their guy, so having to interview a minority candidate as an afterthought is a slap in the face to said minority candidate. I don't like that.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^
to the Lions situation. They claimed they tried to interview minority candidates, but they couldn't get any to interview because everyone thought the decision had already been made to hire Mariucci. And that argument held no water, so they were fined $200K.
Agree with SFX, I presume they've just decided to pay the fine.
In the words of Joel Goodson, "sometimes you just gotta say "What the fuck" and make your move."
January 9th, 2010 at 12:21 AM ^
I believe they tried to interview Art Shell and he blew them off.
January 9th, 2010 at 9:01 AM ^
Art was to busy eating with his OC to answer the phone!
January 8th, 2010 at 8:53 PM ^
This is about what I had in mind when I mentioned in an earlier thread that Carroll could write himself a "retirement contract." This isn't even Lotto; it's Powerball.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^
His choices on retirement:
Stay - faces likely NCAA punishment; play next year without his seniors and half his leave-early juniors, a still-sophomore QB; likely struggle to even win the PAC 10 for several years then get fired or not re-signed
or
Leave - and even if Seattle stays crappy for 5 years, make $7 mil a year with complete control then retire
January 8th, 2010 at 9:03 PM ^
that unlike at USC, in the NFL there is actually a salary CAP? A new set of rules for Sneaky Pete to operate under could prove challenging.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:12 PM ^
The options are: go a year without a cap and have slotted rookie salaries -or- have a lockout. He comes in now, drafts all his seniors/juniors (Joe McKnight to Seattle who needs a RB, wanna place bets?), then kicks back, waits for cap free next year and brings in all current USC NFL guys to win 4 Superbowls in a row...
SOME sarcasm...
January 8th, 2010 at 9:18 PM ^
However, free Escalades just don't carry as much weight in the NFL as they do with kids coming out of high school.
January 9th, 2010 at 11:40 AM ^
He's the best... and the worst...
January 9th, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^
Isn't that from the episode where they hire Sneaky Pete to move the Frogger machine so George won't lose his all-time high score?
Nice.
January 11th, 2010 at 5:58 PM ^
+1 to you good sir. Yes it was, but after thinking about it, it may have been "slippery Pete". I'm not sure.
Oh, you mean the holes!
Can we steal the battery?
Extra bit of trivia; I just saw that someone actually broke the fictional score from that Frogger game, for real!
January 8th, 2010 at 9:14 PM ^
The Seattle Seahawks select....... surprise Taylor Mays.
January 9th, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^
"KEEP CARROLL we don't want him.
- ENTIRE City of Seattle"
"If Pete Carroll leaves, I would love to see USC hire Mike Leach."
"it's very convenient to jump on the "oh he's leaving 'cause of the impending sanctions" bandwagon, but please!......hold off on the talk..."
"I cant believe there are still people buying into the coaching thing. There is no such thing as a "good coach". good players make coaches seem good. coaches are all the same"
January 9th, 2010 at 12:23 AM ^
What if USC goes after Jim Harbaugh? That would really suck IMO!
January 9th, 2010 at 12:37 AM ^
I don't know if he'd want a job under a possible NCAA cloud (we're not just talkin' bout practice). I don't know if I want Harbaugh in A2 or far far from it...but the USC football job might tempt and simultaneously scare off some top level coaching talent.
January 9th, 2010 at 12:40 AM ^
If there are pending NCAA sanctions, the Stanford job instantly becomes a much better one than USC.
January 9th, 2010 at 12:46 AM ^
Pete is "scheduled to meet with Seattle officials" to become the new head coach +/- a word out of place... (during game on ESPN)
January 9th, 2010 at 1:04 AM ^
I wonder if McKnight knew about this before hand, or if he was just leaving to beat the supposed "rookie cap."
January 9th, 2010 at 1:46 AM ^
I never really minded USC, but this would be all too perfect. As would a little side of Baxter and Parker to Michigan.
January 9th, 2010 at 2:44 AM ^
how much was pete making a year at usc!? that could be very indicative of whether or not he is choosing to leave usc...or if the ncaa threats have finally gotten to him.
January 9th, 2010 at 9:04 AM ^
...if Lane Kiffin ditched TN to come back to head USC. And not great in the sense that I like Kiffin but to further his rep as a weasel.