London12":2jogmz18 said:It saddens me a lot to see a lot of these comments.
If I may take an example from "soccer" here in England, Alex Ferguson was the man that brought many consecutive trophies to Manchester United in a ten year period after years of nada. He went through a rough patch for three years where people called for his head. The next season United won the league, the season after the European cup. Years of success followed until his retirement. Since then we have gone through years of mediocrity.
Tldr - you really don't know what you've got until it's gone. Don't get rid of a winning coach based on a down year as there is no guarantee of success after. Also this is hardly a down year.
Not talking of "getting rid" of Carroll, but rather a sense he is himself already on the way out of his own choosing. Not necessarily after this season, but perhaps the one after?
There comes a time when a coach feels they have reached a point of diminishing returns, and if this playoff run is a brief and disappointing one, Pete may very well reach that point.
He has every right to go out on his own terms at a time of his choosing with what remains of his contract, but if he chooses to bow out earlier than 2019, I would not be surprised. It is going to take an enormous amount of skill to keep this team patched together beyond this season. There are some strong undercurrents just beneath the surface of what is seen during game day that will prove a serious PITA for any head coach - Carroll included.