NFL Preview: Seattle Seahawks

Pete Carroll enters the NFL after a decade-long absence that has seen him hit the highs and lows of the college game. After his largely successful – if currently controversial – time with the USC Trojans, Carroll felt ready to step back into the professional leagues and take over his first NFC team.

Carroll previously coached the Jets and Patriots and is known for his energy and enthusiasm; two things the Seahawks lacked under Jim Mora Jr.


The days of Shaun Alexander carrying the ‘Hawks to the Superbowl and making an appearance on the cover of Madden are long gone. Matt Hasselbeck is approaching his hundredth birthday (despite only being 34) and the once roaring Qwest field has been quiet of late, instigating the untrue rumour that the 12th man (the famous Seattle crowd) had taken his own life.

The Seahawks may have beautiful jerseys, but their record over the last few seasons has been anything but. Under Mora the Seahawks were aimless and impotent – the hope is that Carroll can inject some of his trademark buoyancy to a team that, with the decline of division rivals and current champions, the Arizona Cardinals, have a real chance of going from hopeless to hopeful in the space of a season.

The Hawks have been decent in the playoffs when they’ve been there, so who knows of what sort of a run this solid, if unremarkable team, might be capable.


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