I’m speaking more to those who claim Pete is just a motivator and doesn’t know his Xs and Os. I find that laughable. And while he’s definitely not Kyle Shanahan, much of what he’s doing offensively is based on both the Shanahans (especially run game from Mike), Gruden, and now adding in the Rams stuff via Waldron. He also was the one who saw what they were doing with RG3 and had Bevell add read-option in for Russ. So no, he’s n’t an innovator on O, but he watches and adjusts as needed.
Not always, Pete Carroll isn't a great offensive mind. Just look who he has surrounded himself with during his tenure here. Bates, Bevell, Schottenheimer??? Come on. Carroll's offenses have cost us many postseason games. It's not his forte and he tends to meddle here.
Even with an old Matt Hasselbeck we kept trying to throw those same deep passes. That right there is the definition of a square peg into a round hole. We were scheming and offense like Russell Wilson was playing. His offenses were far more rudimentary than most anything in the NFL and we telegraphed everything we were going to do. Carroll has the same philosophy of "keep it simple" on offense which isn't necessarily a good thing.
Every coordinator/HC has to understand X's and O's to some degree. Carroll made his name in the NFL as a defensive coach. He understands offenses to some degree but that doesn't mean you can operate an offense at a high level. Our offenses on the Seahawks have been problematic for a while in big games and i lay that squarely at the feet of Pete Carroll and his coordinators that he's hired.
A good example of what I'm talking about is in 2015. Wilson was finding rhythm in the short passing game. He looked better than he ever has in that area of his game. Then towards the end of the season we started the long developing plays and deep bombs with a run heavy attack. This stymied our offense production, especially in the playoffs.
Or how about when we kept using Jimmy Graham as an inline blocker? Carroll is NOT a great offensive mind and at times has hindered his offense from doing its job.