Posted on 06/15/2010 5:47:50 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
RENTON, Wash. -- Days after the NCAA trampled his former Southern California Trojans, coach Pete Carroll's mindset remains the same from afar.
Fight on!
Carroll says the NCAA had no basis for unfair and "really, really harsh" sanctions on USC.
"There's nothing there," he said Tuesday of the investigation into his program's knowledge of former Trojans running back Reggie Bush's improper benefits and relationship with an agent.
"Now the word's out. You can do this," he said. "One person can do this, go after a university and a kid. And nothing has to be true. Nothing has to be true. They just have to make claims, and then the investigations and all that are under way.
"I just hate the thought that that can take place and we can do nothing about it." Carroll says he didn't leave USC six months ago to escape imminent NCAA penalties.
"Why wouldn't I have left some other time [during the NCAA's five-year probe]?" the Seahawks' powerful new coach asked.
Carroll was facing questions for the first time since the governing body for college sports on Thursday banned USC from bowls for two years and took away 30 scholarships over three years, mainly for what Bush received during Carroll's tenure.
"I thought I would never leave USC, but this is just too good an opportunity to pass up," he said, reiterating what he said in January.
He says his notoriously open program at USC had nothing to do with an agent reaching
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Luv this line
Carrol’s absolutely correct, kneejerk jealous Trojan-hating comments aside. Jealousy of the most successful program in eons is small and unbecoming.
He’s a Baraqqi. Probably a useful position to recruit college kids who don’t make any money. Maybe not so popular with top bracket NFL players, LOL.
Fortunately we live in a country where everyone is entitled to their opinion, Touche’ douche bag
"Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has steadfastly defended his tenure as the head coach at Southern California from 2001-2009 and decried the sanctions imposed on the school by the NCAA last week.
But at least one of his current players thinks Carroll made a shrewd move leaving the Trojans behind for the NFL. Seahawks WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh told TMZ that Carroll made the right decision:
"Yeah, of course. Get out when the house is burning."
Carroll had maintained since he left USC that he did not expect the NCAA to issue sanctions against the school.
At least ONE of Carroll's current players understand's just WHY he left. He saw the sanctions coming, and got out before he could get caught by them. Plain and simple.
Coach Carroll to Houshmandzadeh, ‘DROP AND GIVE ME 30”, never mind, here’s a couple of grand to shut up.
Not very smart to throw your new boss under the bus. I’m thinkin he might have a difficult year.......just sayin.
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