Pete Carroll is officially the Raiders HC

[JRaider17]

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status ... 6145411365

[Atlasffa]

Coach Carroll recruiting fans.

https://x.com/Raiders/status/1885403193435422757

[Atlasffa]

https://x.com/MoeMoton/status/1885384142113603899

If you don't want to read the whole article in the link, here's the most important part:

Winner: Las Vegas Raiders

Let's be honest about the Las Vegas Raiders' head coaching search. They weren't going to attract high-end offensive candidates with Aidan O'Connell and Gardner Minshew II as their top quarterbacks. Pete Carroll was by far the best choice for them in a division with Andy Reid, Sean Payton and Jim Harbaugh.

Ben Johnson's agent, Rick Smith, appeared on the 2nd City Gridiron podcast and denied that the Raiders had a shot at hiring his client (h/t RaidersBeat).

"Initial gut reaction day one on the Raiders was 'No go. OK?" Smith said. "Tom Brady absolutely has an extremely compelling case that gets you to listen. The whole thing 'Ben to the Raiders… great sources' and all the other stuff, that was never right."

Other than Johnson, the Raiders had only requested an interview with one other offensive candidate, Baltimore Ravens play-caller Todd Monken, and the two sides never agreed on an interview date. The other candidates on their interview list were defensive-minded coaches, mostly retreads.

Carroll's resume stacks up against the coaches he will see twice yearly in the AFC West. He's led his pro teams to 13 winning seasons and 12 playoff appearances, which includes two Super Bowl trips, in 18 years as an NFL head coach.

Carroll and his staff must figure out the quarterback position, but he'll save the Raiders from being an embarrassment in a division with three playoff teams.

Furthermore, his track record of building winning cultures at USC and with the Seattle Seahawks brings hope to a franchise that needs steady progress after decades of instability.

[Atlasffa]

Pete sighting. . .

Admit it--that man does not look like the oldest coach in the NFL!

https://x.com/NFLMAVERICK/status/1885538963223465994

[DanKD]

He looks younger than Harbaugh

[FLORIDARAYDAH]

[quote=DanKD post_id=1272612]He looks younger than Harbaugh[/quote]He has had more plastic surgery than Cher though

[Corleone]

[quote=Atlasffa post_id=1272574]Pete sighting. . .

Admit it--that man does not look like the oldest coach in the NFL!

https://twitter.com/NFLMAVERICK/status/ ... 3223465994[/quote]Aha, womens basketball, Pete knew our soft spot to get this job. Sly old bastard!

[RunOverByHubbard]

I was out of the country for three weeks, so this may have been covered in this thread, but worth noting. Pete Carroll and John Schneider completely overhauled the Seahawks roster in their first 2-3 seasons, culminating in their Super Bowl win. The first year alone, GM Schneider orchestrated 284 roster transactions and changed nearly half the 53 man roster by opening Sunday 2010. Will Carroll do this again with the Raiders? We are way behind the other three teams in our division so why wouldn't they be aggressive?

[chucker]

[quote=RunOverByHubbard post_id=1272709]I was out of the country for three weeks, so this may have been covered in this thread, but worth noting. Pete Carroll and John Schneider completely overhauled the Seahawks roster in their first 2-3 seasons, culminating in their Super Bowl win. The first year alone, GM Schneider orchestrated 284 roster transactions and changed nearly half the 53 man roster by opening Sunday 2010. Will Carroll do this again with the Raiders? We are way behind the other three teams in our division so why wouldn't they be aggressive?[/quote]It's hard to say who will stay and who will go, but there will likely be some roster surprises - they'll move players if they don't believe they are all in.

[Sir Raider Duck, OMS]

[quote=Corleone post_id=1272625]Aha, womens basketball, Pete knew our soft spot to get this job. Sly old bastard![/quote]I remember that SI piece by Peter King from the mid 2000s where he described walking into Al Davis' office and seeing four TVs in a diamond shape on the wall, each running a different WNBA game. King, who thought Al was just being demonstrably woke and stuff, asked Al who was drafted in the first round of that year's WNBA draft. Al rolled his eyes, looked at King, and rattled off the entire first round.

[Sir Raider Duck, OMS]

[quote=chucker post_id=1272710]It's hard to say who will stay and who will go, but there will likely be some roster surprises - they'll move players if they don't believe they are all in.[/quote]Or they'll move players who might be "all in" but don't have the physical attributes to fit into his and his coordinator's systems.

He won't try to force a square peg into a round hole.

[raider_kin]

[quote=Sir Raider Duck, OMS post_id=1272712]I remember that SI piece by Peter King from the mid 2000s where he described walking into Al Davis' office and seeing four TVs in a diamond shape on the wall, each running a different WNBA game. King, who thought Al was just being demonstrably woke and stuff, asked Al who was drafted in the first round of that year's WNBA draft. Al rolled his eyes, looked at King, and rattled off the entire first round.[/quote]So Al liked horse faced lesbians?

[Sir Raider Duck, OMS]

[quote=raider_kin post_id=1272714]So Al liked horse faced lesbians?[/quote]Why are you so threatened by female athletes?

[raider_kin]

[quote=Sir Raider Duck, OMS post_id=1272715]Why are you so threatened by female athletes?[/quote]Because most of them have a bigger wee wee than I do

(cue the yellow card heading straight for my nose)

[SkullCrusher]

[quote=Sir Raider Duck, OMS post_id=1272712]I remember that SI piece by Peter King from the mid 2000s where he described walking into Al Davis' office and seeing four TVs in a diamond shape on the wall, each running a different WNBA game. King, who thought Al was just being demonstrably woke and stuff, asked Al who was drafted in the first round of that year's WNBA draft. Al rolled his eyes, looked at King, and rattled off the entire first round.[/quote][quote=raider_kin post_id=1272714]So Al liked horse faced lesbians?[/quote]No that's you telling us about yourself. As you know Al wasn't about caring about things like that. It was, what can you do for me? Not what you look like and do on your own time.

[RickRyb]

[quote=raider_kin post_id=1272714]So Al liked horse faced lesbians?[/quote]What a jerk!