H2o Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Have a friend who's uncle works security at the Ralph. Said he overheard that Ralph is going to be contacting Pete Carroll after the Rose Bowl game on January 1 about the coaching job that WILL be vacant very soon. In all seriousness, I don't think that Ralph could lure him away unless he gave him alot of power in the organization and I don't see Wilson giving up the dough that would get him to accept the job either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Just say no to Pete Carroll. Buffalo isn't Southern Cal and they can't recruit players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 As much as it pains me to admit it the Bills have no shot of landing a big name coach. The best they can hope for is striking gold with a young guy that is looking for a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Just say no to Pete Carroll. Buffalo isn't Southern Cal and they can't recruit players. Bingo. Carroll is in a great situation out there. Unless the NCAA is going to come down hard on USC for the Reggie Bush scandal I don't see why Pete would want to leave Southern California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 IMO, Pete Carroll LOVES his current position too much to go anywhere. He's also very active in the community fighting gang violence. He's trying to make a difference. I don't see him leaving USC for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 IMO, Pete Carroll LOVES his current position too much to go anywhere. He's also very active in the community fighting gang violence. He's trying to make a difference. I don't see him leaving USC for a long time. Pete Carroll is going to leave SoCal for a place that gets hurricanes with snow? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Bingo. Carroll is in a great situation out there. Unless the NCAA is going to come down hard on USC for the Reggie Bush scandal I don't see why Pete would want to leave Southern California. I think the guy still has the itch to coach the pro game. Great situation in southern California, for sure. But to have a BCS title and get a Super Bowl ring possibly? The Super Bowl is the top of the heap. You can't tell me the guy wouldn't want to give it another shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJPearl2 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Pete Carroll is going to leave SoCal for a place that gets hurricanes with snow? PTR EXACTLY. He makes 4 mil a year at one of the best colleges in the country in the best climate in the county (I live here, I know). And he is going to take a pay cut to coach a sh------- team in terrible weather in a small market? Get real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Bingo. Carroll is in a great situation out there. Unless the NCAA is going to come down hard on USC for the Reggie Bush scandal I don't see why Pete would want to leave Southern California. That's a good point, but not what I was getting at. I meant that being able to recruit kids to play in lovely SoCal is a far cry from drafting kids and trying to sign FA's at a disadvantage in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Little Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I once read that Carroll's inspiration came from seeing the Bills' Wall of Fame in his first season as the Jets' coach. 'Twas a cool thing to see, that the Bills inspired him way back then. Nevertheless, he's not coming here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I have Heard that Pete Carroll would like to take another shot at the NFL but I doubt it would be with the Bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I think the guy still has the itch to coach the pro game. Great situation in southern California, for sure. But to have a BCS title and get a Super Bowl ring possibly? The Super Bowl is the top of the heap. You can't tell me the guy wouldn't want to give it another shot. Why would he? For a Super Bowl ring? Please. He has national championships. I think it's much harder to win a national championship than it is a Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 That's a rumor I could buy into - Carroll got his NFL start here. I'd be surprised if he left USC, but I could see him doing well here as HC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Carroll is the type of guy this organization needs. He is an extremely high energy positive guy and I can't see him letting Ralph miser his way to mediocrity. That said, unless he loves reclamation projects, there is no good reason Carroll would leave USC for Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Have a friend who's uncle works security at the Ralph. Said he overheard that Ralph is going to be contacting Pete Carroll after the Rose Bowl game on January 1 about the coaching job that WILL be vacant very soon. In all seriousness, I don't think that Ralph could lure him away unless he gave him alot of power in the organization and I don't see Wilson giving up the dough that would get him to accept the job either. Pete Carroll is not an NFL coach. He is a tremendous college coach who is able to recruit high school kids like no other. That isn't a knock on him at all. His skill set just makes him much much more effective at the college level than it does the pro level. Same as Nick Saban, Bobby Petrino, and Steve Spurrier. All very good college coaches who didn't fare so well in the NFL. Doesn't mean they are bad coaches at all. Just means their skill set makes them better suited for the college game. There are some good NFL coaches who probably would not be as good in college as they are in the NFL. In the NFL you go out and draft the players for your team and they have no choice but to sign. In college, you try and influence the kids to sign with you, but in the end all the power lies with the high school players. The day Pete Carroll stops being able to recruit all-star high schoolers is the day USC starts falling. His ability to recruit excellent talent is responsible for his success as much as anything, and in the NFL you don't do any recruiting, so his, like most great college coaches best trait, is rendered moot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 For the record, Caroll didn't seem interested to take the ATL job last year. At the time it wasn't a marquee position, but Carroll gets about 25 first round picks every year recruiting. I'm not sure he'd ever leave SoCal for any NFL job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I'd be shocked if Carroll would even consider coaching in the AFCE again. If he has any feelers out for coaching in the NFL again, I'd bet they would be out West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 [ ] He might consider it [ ] Good NFL coach [x] Epic fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 For the record, Caroll didn't seem interested to take the ATL job last year. At the time it wasn't a marquee position, but Carroll gets about 25 first round picks every year recruiting. I'm not sure he'd ever leave SoCal for any NFL job. why would he? He is basically guaranteed to make 4 or 5 million a year for as long as he wants, the NCAA has regulations for how many hours the students can practice, thereby limiting the amount of work the coaches do, he is a celebrity on campus....why trade that in for a job paying you a little more, trading in bankers hours for working 16-18 hours a day or more, and being the target of ridicule every time you make a questionable call in a game, regardless of if it was the right call or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 [ ] He might consider it[ ] Good NFL coach [x] Epic fail LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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