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Seattle Seahawks Interested In Pete Carroll
Published: January 8, 2010
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After firing head coach Jim Mora, league sources says that the Seattle Seahawks are interested in USC head coach Pete Carroll, according to ESPN.
The sources are also reporting that Carroll is interested and is trying to bring Trojans offensive coordinator Jim Bates with him.
“You’re about to see a big headline that shakes up the major college football world,” a source close to the situation told ESPN.com.
Mora was fired Friday morning after going 5-11 in his first only season in Seattle.
If reports are true, and Carroll is hired, this wouldn’t be his first stint as a head coach in the NFL.
Before coming to Southern California, Carroll was the head coach of the New York Jets in 1994 and the New England Patriots from 1997-99. Carroll went 6-10 with the Jets in 1994, but led the Patriots to the AFC East Division in 1997 after going 10-6 in New England. The Pats would lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC divisional playoff game.
Carroll led New England to a return trip to the playoffs in 1998, but was fired by the Patriots after going 8-8 the following season in 1999. Carroll has a record of 33-31 as an NFL head coach.
He has been the head coach of USC since 2001 and has 97-19 as head of the Trojans, along with National Championships in 2003 and 2004.
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A Fine For Denver Broncos’ Brandon Marshall Would Be Ridiculous
Published: December 21, 2009
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While the Cincinnati Bengals honored fallen teammate Chris Henry by wearing a No. 15 patch on their helmets Sunday, Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall had a different idea.
Marshall, who was friends with Henry while the two were in college, decided to honor Henry by wearing Henry’s nameplate on his jersey during pregame warm-ups before the Bronco’s game against the Oakland Raiders.
However, the move by Marshall violates the NFL’s uniform policy, as players cannot sport any nicknames, other player’s name, or other numbers on their jerseys. Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, who’s last name was Johnson at the time, was fined in 2007 for his nameplate saying “Ocho Cinco” before the game.
Ochocinco also said earlier in the week that he would wear Henry’s No. 15 jersey in Cincinnati’s matchup with the San Diego Chargers Sunday, no matter how much money he would be finned. But he decided not to wear No. 15.
But for Marshall, this is a special circumstance. He wants to honor his fallen friend by wearing the nameplate on his jersey and I don’t see any reason why the NFL should fine Marshall for this. Quite frankly, if the league does fine the Denver wide out, it would be ridiculous and I think the NFL would make a terrible mistake by doing so.
There was a report Sunday afternoon that Marshall would receive a “hefty fine,” and if he is, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would make the “No Fun League” look terrible. Why would you send a message like that?
I can understand getting fined for putting nicknames on jerseys, but when a player is trying to honor another player, it’s pretty sad. If a member of the Los Angeles Angels wore Nick Adenhart’s No. 34 with Adenhart’s name on the back short after his death on April 9, 2009, I don’t think Bud Selig and Major League Baseball would have come after that player.
“He [Henry] was a buddy of mine,” Marshall told the Colorado Springs Gazette . “It’s devastating to lose him, especially him getting on the right track and being able to turn things around.”
Henry and Marshall became buddies while the two played against each other in college. Henry played for West Virginia, while Marshall was at Central Florida.
The NFL and Goodell need to recognize that Marshall’s act was a tribute to his late friend and not an act of self promotion.
However, fanhouse.com is reporting that two league sources said that Goodell has not yet decided if he’ll fine Marshall or not, but fines are not likely.
Let’s hope so. Fining Marshall would show no class in the league and would not be the right thing to do.
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