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  • December 25, 2018 at 8:48 pm #95668
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    Seahawks give coach Pete Carroll an extension

    Frank Schwab

    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cli…e-coach-pete-carroll-extension-213951220.html

    The NFL’s oldest coach is going to be on the job a while longer.

    Pete Carroll, the 67-year-old with endless energy, has done a fine job with the Seattle Seahawks this season. He was rewarded with an extension that will run through the 2021 season. If Carroll coaches for the entire contract, he’ll be on the sideline at age 70.

    The Seahawks came into the season with a lot of doubters, having lost multiple superstars over the offseason. While this isn’t Carroll’s best team, it might be his best coaching job.

    Pete Carroll has had a fantastic season

    The Seahawks clinched a playoff spot with a win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. Less than 24 hours later, Carroll’s extension was done.

    The Seahawks had a lot of turnover in the offseason, but the constants were Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson. A great coach-quarterback duo can make a big difference in the NFL, and Seattle is going back to the playoffs after missing the postseason last year. Seattle is 9-6 with a game to go.

    While Carroll probably won’t win NFL coach of the year, he deserves consideration. Despite losing players like Michael Bennett, Jimmy Graham, Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Cliff Avril and Earl Thomas to free agency, difficult cuts or injuries, Seattle has just kept on winning.

    Carroll is Seattle’s all-time leader in wins

    Carroll will always be an icon in Seattle for bringing the Seahawks their first Super Bowl championship. That was part of a great stretch, when the Seahawks had an incredibly deep roster full of stars, with a few Hall-of-Fame-level talents.

    88-54-1 record. He has led the Seahawks to the playoffs in seven of his nine seasons. He is firmly established as one of the best coaches in the NFL. This season was a new challenge for Carroll, but he mastered that too. Carroll is the all-time leader in wins among Seattle coaches, with a 88-54-1 record. He has led the Seahawks to the playoffs in seven of his nine seasons. He is firmly established as one of the best coaches in the NFL.

    And he’s going to be around a while longer.

    December 25, 2018 at 10:09 pm #95675
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    MMQB: Pete Carroll Reviving Seattle

    ALBERT BREER

    https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/12/24/pete-carroll-seahawks-frank-reich-colts-fletcher-cox-nick-foles-nfl-news-notes

    Seahawks coach Pete Carroll got a richly deserved extension on Monday—contracting him through 2021—which makes this a good time to take a good look at how he’s breathed new life into his program over the last year, with Seattle headed back to the playoffs without Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril or Earl Thomas. Part of it, of course, was knowing when to part with established stars, and that his program needed to reestablish the culture of competition and physicality it was built. Another was the reworking of the coaching staff, and in particular the hires of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and line coach Mike Solari. And then, there’s been the willingness to let talented young guys like Tre Flowers, Chris Carson, Tedric Thompson, David Moore and Poona Ford take their lumps and learn on the fly. The result has been a team that’s playing faster and with more purpose that the late era Legion of Boomers.

    Those inside the building also credit returning core players like Russell Wilson, Tyler Lockett, Bobby Wagner, Jarran Reed, Frank Clark and Doug Baldwin for being torchbearers for the program.

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