Pete Carroll

[overseascardfan]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/seattle-seahawks-fire-jim-mora-010810

Is Pete's tenure at USC over? Paul Allen can open the vault for him and he is coming of a down year by USC standards. Where will USC turn if he bolts?

 

[Lefty]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/seattle-seahawks-fire-jim-mora-010810

Is Pete's tenure at USC over? Paul Allen can open the vault for him and he is coming of a down year by USC standards. Where will USC turn if he bolts?

Mike Reilly.

 

[Southpaw]

Mike Riley is a good guy and coach. If one of Carroll's reasons for leaving is for possible sanctions by the NCAA, I can't imagine Mike taking the job.

But what about the embattled Mike Leach? Imagine his offense with their recruiting base.

 

[boisesuns]

They will offer petersen but he will probably turn them down.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

They will offer petersen but he will probably turn them down.

They want Riley or Harbaugh, Peterson would be way down USC's list. The administration at USC is also smart enough to see what Boise coaches do in real conferences.

 

[Gaddabout]

Boosters have been obsessed with Jack Del Rio for years, even when Carroll was winning championships. I would suspect he would be their first call. Can you imagine Koetter following him there as OC?

 

[HooverDam]

Its a very rare day when one event means good news for all 3 football teams in AZ (UA,ASU, Cards) but I think this is it. Sure Carroll may succeed in Seattle but past trends suggest he likely won't, SC will obviously have some slippage from this.

Erickson (or more precisely Lubbick) and Stoops better be all over any current SC commits that they were once in on if they have any brains at all (questionable).

 

[ASUCHRIS]

If one of Carroll's reasons for leaving is for possible sanctions by the NCAA, I can't imagine Mike taking the job.

It just has to be. I can't imagine Pete leaving the best job in college football for an NFL job. Much easier to win in college, especially when you have superior talent at every position every game. With Seattle in complete rebuild mode, it makes no sense unless the NCAA is ready to put the hammer down.

 

[O]

Boosters have been obsessed with Jack Del Rio for years, even when Carroll was winning championships. I would suspect he would be their first call. Can you imagine Koetter following him there as OC?

I would imagine Jeff Fisher is high on their list also.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

I really don't buy the doom and gloom scenarios for USC Football unless they get really hammered by the NCAA. They still have clout, the cash to get just about any coach they want, and most of their recruits are staying on board.

 

[HooverDam]

I really don't buy the doom and gloom scenarios for USC Football unless they get really hammered by the NCAA. They still have clout, the cash to get just about any coach they want, and most of their recruits are staying on board.

But they, like anyone, could make the wrong coaching hire. Their fan base has become obsessed with hiring a "SC guy" which is stupid and could lead to them passing over a better candidate.

 

[Southpaw]

From Ben Maller;

Jan 8, 2010 8:01 PM
USC needs to call Mike Leach
If Pete Carroll really does leave the best job he'll ever have to end up fired after three years in the NFL, USC needs to call a huge Pirates fan.

Mike Leach is the guy SC should hire. He's quirky, goofy and aloof. Also the best offensive mind in college OR pro football.

Leach is a winner, He had a winning season every year during his tenure at Tech. Thats like a basketball coach taking the Clippers to the playoffs every year.

The Red Raiders had more than 150 NCAA, Big 12 and school records broken with Leach coaching.

He's also got some ties to Southern California. Leach earned a Law degree from Pepperdine University in 1986.

Leach won't win any PR contests with the media, but his offensive system is the best in college football. Fans love offense, he brings offense and excitement to the game. He'd be a huge winner at S.C.

I've Heard a couple of different theories going around LA on why Carroll's name came up for the Seahawks job.

- He's tired of AD Mike Garrett, feels the program is going the wrong way, wants to get out before a string of disappointing seasons.

- This is a power play. Carroll wants more money from USC. He's also like to force Mike Garrett out and gain extra power at the University.

- That deal the school made with the NCAA to throw the basketball program in the toilet to save the football team wasn't accepted. USC's football program is going to be hit hard with sanctions.

 

[Russ Smith]

I really don't buy the doom and gloom scenarios for USC Football unless they get really hammered by the NCAA. They still have clout, the cash to get just about any coach they want, and most of their recruits are staying on board.

Yahoo reported that several USC recruits have already said they might reopen their recruitment if Pete leaves.

And Scott Wolf of the Daily News is reporting he already turned in his resignation to USC.

I think the recruits might think the same thing we do, he's leaving because he knows the NCAA isn't done with USC? So it's not just him leaving it's the belief USC will be on probation when they get there.

 

[ozzfloyd]

Heard he informed his players via text message.

 

[Gaddabout]

Looks like USC has turned it's focus to Steve Mariucci. I thought this guy was overrated at Cal (they went 6-6 in his one year before he jumped back to the NFL), but I wouldn't be laughing with him at USC. He's a ginormous ball of energy who could be just as dynamic recruiting as Carroll was. Now, his game day decisions are definitely open for heavy criticism, and he can be absolutely brutal on QBs, but this would not be a good sign that other Pac-10 teams can raid the USC cookie jar. Especially if they quickly turn him.

 

[Russ Smith]

Looks like USC has turned it's focus to Steve Mariucci. I thought this guy was overrated at Cal (they went 6-6 in his one year before he jumped back to the NFL), but I wouldn't be laughing with him at USC. He's a ginormous ball of energy who could be just as dynamic recruiting as Carroll was. Now, his game day decisions are definitely open for heavy criticism, and he can be absolutely brutal on QBs, but this would not be a good sign that other Pac-10 teams can raid the USC cookie jar. Especially if they quickly turn him.

Same as last time Riley, Fisher and now Del Rio all turned them down. Carroll was 4th choice and won a lot but now they may pay for it sanctions wise.

Mariucci at Cal was weird, that year the team mantra was something about win the 4th quarter. So that year something like 4 of their losses were games they led into the 4th quarter, and they collapsed down the stretch(like they have since wtih Tedford).

I've always felt the problem Cal has and much of the conference has is they don't have the depth SC had every year so as the season wears on and guys get hurt, they fall off? USC had such depth they were able to absorb more injuries, that won't be the case the next few years if they get sanctions and recruiting falls off.

I think Carroll will be ok in the NFL but nothing special, in college his advantage was I have more talented players than you do, that won't be the case in the NFL.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

he mentioned in a radio interview that it's going to be an adjustment reaching into a 53 man roster as opposed 110 students in regards to managing injuries