seabowl":1n5k2zwv said:
During these unprecedented times, Pete Carroll is doing what many coaches do in these circumstances by covering up for his players issues when speaking to the media.The fact is he and many witnessing what is happening know that Russ right now is the main issue. It’s interesting because for a number of years it was the opposite where Russ was covering up (by his incredible play on the field) for poor coaching and an insufficient offensive line.
Whatever the case, Pete is protecting Russ as he should but I know it’s eating at him.
Coaching an NFL team is not much different than being a manager for a company. You take full responsibility for your team's lack of execution and you either need to A) Change your strategy so your team can execute B) Fire non executing employees and get it ones who will C) Motivate your employees so they do execute.
Pete is doing nothing but trying option C. He has rarely opts for A or B, if he ever does A it's for a game or two and the second an egg gets broken in the process of making a potential omelet, he reverts. B) he also takes way too long to do. And no GOOD Manager/coach is going to stand there and publicly blame their employees for the lack of execution that's the quickest sign of shitty leadership in my opinion.
Like you all realize that when Pete gives pressers, that's no different than a CEO giving an earnings call to shareholders. We as fans are shareholders and investors for this team, we're season ticket holders, we buy merchandise, we buy tickets to games, etc. etc. etc. Could you imagine a CEO saying crap like "Oh yeah we didn't hit our earnings estimates because well my employees are just stubborn, they wont' follow my strategy or they can't execute it" or "man...our competitors just did something different we didn't expect or the damn economy just isn't playing fair (refs)". That would be the stupidest thing ever, and the reality is..well get new employees, get new managers, change your strategy and hit your numbers (in this case WINS) or GTFO. The NFL is no different.
At this point the responsibility now falls on the ownership and they now have to make the same choices of A-C above. Usually option B, find a new manager/leader/coach to get it done.
And of course there is always option D) QUIT/Retire/Sell The Team