Emperor Carroll Has No Clothes
Originally published Aug. 28, 2011
The emperor has no clothes.
Someone please point this out Friday night when Pete Carroll, emperor of the Seattle Seahawks, leads his offensively-challenged birds out onto CenturyLink Field to face the always-challenged Oakland Raiders.
It’s only an exhibition game. It’s the final tune-up for both clubs before the start of the regular season. But this is the NFL, so it will still have all the pomp and nonsense of the regular season. There will be NFL cheerleaders. There will be hours of NFL tailgating. And there will be NFL prices to pay. But in this NFL setting, the man barking orders in the blue hooded sweatshirt along the Seattle sideline isn’t an NFL head coach. (more…)
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