Remembering that 4th down stop. I really like Pete Carroll to me he's the Joe Cool of coaching. Dyk that he was fired in his first two hc jobs? But he's had a spectacular career since then. Two nc's at SC, and one SB with Seattle. But he could have had more. A couple of years ago in the SB against the Pats he throws the ball when they're on the 2 yard line. Marshawn Lynch was having a great game. Just give him the ball and they'll score again and win another SB. But he throws it, a backup db intercepts it and NE wins another SB.
At Texas we saw Pete Carroll do the same thing against us. Two minutes to go SC is up 38/33. They have the ball and it's 4th and 2. If SC had won the game LenDale White would have been the MVP we could not stop him. We keyed on Reggie Bush all night, he only had one big play and he committed a boneheaded lateral that switched the momentum to us. But on 4th and two he's standing on the sideline next to Pete Carroll. You think our defense didn't notice? They had scored on their last five possessions with LenDale White doing most of the damage. But with Reggie on the sideline we knew what was coming. We made the stop and even with a friendly spot he was still short. And the SC defense which was not that good, was finally in a situation where they had to win the game. And the rest is history.
And there was Pete Carroll after the game explaining himself. And just like after the SB be was cool, calm, and collected. He shrugged it off. In both games he took the losses remarkably well. His friends say that's how he is. I'm sure he was disappointed but losses don't tear him up inside.
But he's still a great coach.
And he's still and will always be Joe Cool.