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Atlanta will see if USC's Carroll has interest in NFL return
yahoo ^ | Jan 9, 2008

Posted on 01/09/2008 12:42:15 PM PST by stainlessbanner

Late Tuesday night, ESPN.com, citing multiple sources, reported that Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is pursuing USC coach Pete Carroll according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

According to the story, the Falcons "might be willing to grant Carroll far-reaching responsibilities." The Falcons on Tuesday said they were extending their simultaneous searches for a new head coach and general manager.

On Tuesday, the Falcons were granted permission to interview Tennessee defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. That interview is slated for this week. But the team was denied permission to talk to New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: atlanta; carroll; falcon; nfl; usc
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1 posted on 01/09/2008 12:42:17 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Carroll may want to return to the NFL, but I doubt he wants to take the helm of the basket-case that is the Atlanta Falcons....


2 posted on 01/09/2008 12:45:31 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: stainlessbanner

I’m stealing this from another website, but it’s too good not to use.

Carrol being pursued by the Falcons kind of like being asked out by the girl that smells funny.

http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/


3 posted on 01/09/2008 12:48:31 PM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: Rummyfan
He went from one of the worst NFL head coaches to one of the best in college.

Is his ego writing a bad check?

4 posted on 01/09/2008 12:48:42 PM PST by AU72
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To: stainlessbanner

ummm.... no.


5 posted on 01/09/2008 12:48:57 PM PST by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
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To: stainlessbanner

Since Jimmy Johnson coaches coming straight to a head coaching job from the college ranks haven’t done too well.


6 posted on 01/09/2008 12:49:28 PM PST by joebuck
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To steal from Jim Rome earlier today...”If I was Pete Carroll, and I knew the Atlanta Falcons were trying to get in touch with me... I’d change my phone number.”


7 posted on 01/09/2008 12:50:42 PM PST by VA_Gentleman (Gotta knack for bein' wrong ~ Dinosaur Jr.)
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To: joebuck

To steal from Jim Rome earlier today...”If I were Pete Carroll, and I knew the Atlanta Falcons were trying to get in touch with me... I’d change my phone number.”


8 posted on 01/09/2008 12:50:49 PM PST by VA_Gentleman (Gotta knack for bein' wrong ~ Dinosaur Jr.)
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To: Rummyfan

Pete Carroll isn’t going to leave USC for any place. He has a great lifestyle, makes plenty of money and can have one of the top three teams in the country every year. If not for Booty’s mid-season injury, USC would have been in the BCS Championship game. Unfortunately they would have taken on OSU and that would have been a real rout.

USC v. LSU would have been a great game.


9 posted on 01/09/2008 12:51:00 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Rummyfan

Carroll is the king of Los Angeles. He’s already effectively running the entire operation of L.A.’s only “professional” squad. He’s not interested in returning to the NFL when he has a job for life at ‘SC.


10 posted on 01/09/2008 12:52:25 PM PST by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
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To: AU72

Pete actually had a winning record in the NFL; and he did take over a losing team.


11 posted on 01/09/2008 12:52:51 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: joebuck

The reason Johnson had the success he had in Dallas was because of the Hershel Walker trade.


12 posted on 01/09/2008 12:53:05 PM PST by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: SeaHawkFan
USC v. LSU would have been a great game.

UGA v. USC would have been a better one...I would love to see the Dawgs "lubricate" the Trojans!

13 posted on 01/09/2008 1:04:27 PM PST by meandog (I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
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Don’t think UGA could handle USC’s offense


14 posted on 01/09/2008 1:11:24 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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Don’t think UGA could handle USC’s offense...

Ha! Try running a T-bone past a bulldog!

15 posted on 01/09/2008 1:17:31 PM PST by meandog (I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
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To: stainlessbanner

If Carrol was smart, he would tell Blank & The Birds to take a hike as both the team and the owner suck! Blank knows as much about football as I know about DNA, and that ain’t a whole lot.


16 posted on 01/09/2008 1:22:23 PM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: meandog; SeaHawkFan

The Trojans would beat UGa I believe...But if there’s one complaint about Carroll, it’s that he doesn’t get the most out of his talent. There is no-way no-how USC should have ever lost to the PAC-10 doormat Stanford team this year. At home no less! Look how they thumped Illinois. Would have liked to have seen a USC - UGa or USC - LSU matchup.....


17 posted on 01/09/2008 1:27:30 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Rummyfan

USC lost Booty in the first Quarter against USC and Stanford changed QBs in the second quarter.

The best college QBs play in the PAC-10 and a hot/lucky QB can beat almost anyone.

Backup QBs in the PAC-10 have started in the NFL. Tom Brady’s backup was a backup at USC and only played a few downs in college.


18 posted on 01/09/2008 1:31:58 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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Okay, but Brady himself was a back-up at Michigan!


19 posted on 01/09/2008 1:46:55 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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Rummy, you’re right about not fully maximizing the talent. Carroll has a couple assistant coaches that need to be tossed, namely the running backs coach and the receivers coach. Also, USC benefitted greatly by Norm Chow’s presence and experience and the replacement Sarkissian just doesn’t have the feel for the game that Chow’s experience provided.

One thing I haven’t understood, though. Such a big deal is made out of losing to Stanford. Sure, Booty played most of the game with a broken finger and threw 4 interceptions, so that factored into it for sure. More a coaching blunder than anything else, get him outta there! But any team in the Pac-10 can beat you on any day, given they all can throw the ball effectively and put up 30 points in a hurry. Far and away the toughest challenges USC has faced have come from the Pac-10 teams, certainly not the SEC or Big-10 teams they have regularly routed. And another thing is, losing to a big underdog is a product of maybe being flat that day. But losing to a team you knew was good is an indicator that you might not be all that good. Meaning, there was no excuse about not being up for the game, you came to play and got beat. Therefore, USC’s loss to Oregon was the bigger indicator this year.


20 posted on 01/09/2008 1:55:45 PM PST by raptor29
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