Pete Carroll's Super Bowl-throwing bad call has tarnished the former champ's reputation. Many have wondered what was going though the fun-loving coach's mind. The situation has been examined and analyzed many times over. Carroll was on the brink of joining football's top coaches, when his faith in his star running back faltered. At the time, Marshawn Lynch even smiled at the coach, as if saying, "See what happened when you didn't trust me."
Before his time with the Seattle Seahawks, Carroll held coaching positions with the New York Jets, the New England Patriots and, most successfully, the University of Southern California.
Pete Carroll signed with the Trojans in December of 2000. During his time there, he led his team to a school record of 34 straight games from 2003 to 2005. The streak wasn't broken until the 2006 National Championship against the Texas Longhorns.
Since then, Carroll has had several semi-successful stints with several different teams.
However, none of them have earned him as much notoriety as his time with the monstrous Seahawks. According to ESPN, Carroll acted out of character with his poor call that cost them the Super Bowl:
"Pete Carroll was going to be the happy face of the NFL, the guy who put the fun back in the No Fun League. He was one Marshawn Lynch yard away from showing the world you can create a pro football dynasty while acting like a child loose in a candy store. But a not-so-funny thing happened...It rained on Seattle's parade. Instead of notarizing his standing as Belichick's equal, Peter Clay Carroll made the dumbest and most damaging call in Super Bowl history..."
Every one in the stadium believed Marshawn would take the last yard with ease. According to The Big Lead, Lynch wasn't afraid to show Carroll his disapproval:
"Marshawn Lynch will be the target of an all-new outrage cycle after this Vine of him laughing on his way off the field continues to make the rounds. The 5-minute mark [of the video] shows Lynch smiling after the interception, but is not as pronounced as the Vine, which [analysts] have been unable to verify. [Some have suggested that,] 'He's probably smiling to stop crying,'"
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