Do I Believe Pete Carroll?

CAESARPete Carroll said he would have stayed at USC if he knew sanctions were coming in an interview with the L.A. Times. Five years ago, it did seem like the NCAA was never going to wrap up the Reggie Bush case.

But it was still the elephant in the room around USC. There were countless time I asked Carroll about the status of the case. Everyone knew something would come down at some point. So, no, I don’t believe him now. I think he is simply appeasing USC fans.

Carroll knew potential sanctions were on the horizon. Maybe not the draconian sanctions that hit USC but something. He left because he always wanted to correct his NFL image that he could not win at that level. And he knew USC was probably going to struggle a bit (those 2009 blowout loss to Oregon and Stanford were big signs) compared to the lofty success he had from 2002-08. And he probably was a little burned out at USC, where he and Mike Garrett were growing apart.

So it is simply revisionist history for him to say now that he would have told the Seahawks to buzz off and stuck out probation at USC.

72 thoughts on “Do I Believe Pete Carroll?

  1. If anyone would know about elephants in the room, it would be Mr. Five Guys…..

  2. Pete Carroll said that if he knew 5-year sanctions were coming he never would have left. So Scottie you ARE saying you believe Carroll because you also say Carroll didn’t know draconian sanction were coming. Here it comes – Wolfian logic again.

    PS: why any good college coach puts up with the B S from the NCAA and BCS is beyond me. Every good coach should be looking to escape the mess that has been created in college football and go to the pros.

  3. I tend to believe Pete on this one. Scott is correct about the falling out between him and Garrett however. Pete cared about his NFL legacy but I think he also cares about his USC legacy too… It’s easier for him to say it however after the SB victory.

  4. What about a post on the Ed O-Bannon testimony against the NCAA. This is relevant to USC football, is it not?

    • Whatever O’Bannon did to get this far, you bet the house the God-father of anarchy, Sonny Vaccaro, lead him every step of the way!

  5. Got to give Wolf credit on this one. PC was losing his MoJo at SC for whatever reason. He wanted to go back to the NFL, why else did he keep interviewing for jobs. He got derailed at SC by Bush and Garret. He had a great run at SC and is in the middle of a great run at Seattle. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him move on to something else in a couple seasons, especially if he gets another SB ring. Fight On Pete, it was a magical time when you were here!

  6. “revisionist”??? that is putting it MILDY, wolfman!!!

    i call it a big fat LIE!!!

    EVERYONE knew the sanctions were coming!! there was some guy on here named Count Smackula who was LITERALLY counting down the days!!!

    and why would he think the sanctions would be mild??? EVERYONE knew the Lake story and the amounts of money involved!!!

    maybe Caesar can sell that lie to the Dummies, but to the wolfman??? good luck!!!

    but BEYOND that, Caesar claims not only did he think there would be NO sactions, we says if the sanctions hit before he left, he wouldda stayed UNTIL the issues were “fixed”… presumably until the sanctions were over.

    what kind of DUMMIES does he think you gueys are???

  7. To see what Pete Carroll did for this program, as a USC fan, you really “want” to give him the benefit of the doubt on this story… Auburn, Ohio St. Penn St. North Carolina, Miami and a few others can thank USC for being the prized sacrificial lamb getting as close to the SMU death-knell as everyone is watching and ready to attack what the NCAA sanctions committees levels out now… Up until USC, the NCAA was a runaway freight-train, unopposed. Now it is starting to come apart. I do believe Pete when he said he wasn’t expecting the level of sanctions thrown at the program… no one did.

  8. Who cares? Pete Carroll’s era at USC is history. The sanctions will be history tomorrow, too.

    These last four years were hard ones for USC fans. But the Trojan Family served the sentence with honor (plus enjoying two 10 win seasons).

    On the flip side of the coin, tomorrow is a sad day for the rest of the Pac-12. USC is already a rapidly rising program. Now the Trojans will be competing again on a level playing field as everyone else. It’s not a matter of IF the Trojans win another national championship, but HOW SOON. The best is still to come for USC football!

  9. Even if Little Petey Pom Pom says he would have stayed if he known…why didn’t Little Petey help mitigate SUCC’s football sanctions with the NCAA. To my knowledge, Little Petey has not appeared b4 any investigative forum regarding what he knew or didn’t know b4 SUCC was busted.

    • Wrong. The LA Times article today notes that Carroll appeared at an NCAA hearing on USC’s behalf a month after he accepted the Seattle job, and several months before the sanctions were handed down.

      Now GTFO.

        • “To my knowledge…”…. gotta love the qualifiers… you must be taking lessons from Wolfie….

      • Actually snarf, the Times article you’re quoting was in the 6/8/2014, Sunday Times – “On the day the NCAA announced the penalties, Carroll said in a VIDEO statement that he ‘never thought there were facts that supported significant sanctions.’ ” “The University didn’t know, Carroll added. We didn’t know.”
        Then the Times continues,”Carroll met with NCAA investigators and, a month after accepting the Seattle job, appeared on behalf of USC at an NCAA infractions hearing in Arizona.”
        Little Petey must have worn blinkers. And sure did go out on a limb for SUCC during the investigation. I count 16 penalties for NCAA cheating that SUCC and Little Petey didn’t know squat about.

    • Wrong. The LA Times article today notes that Carroll appeared at an NCAA hearing on USC’s behalf a month after he accepted the Seattle job, and several months before the sanctions were handed down.

      Now GTFO.

    • just do more investigating before you write.. when you do not know the facts, pose it as a question.. might help you save face..

  10. Scott, do I care what you think? No. Pete has done more for USC than you’ll ever do.

  11. Carroll is a liar, so says the Ugly Bucket. Lying is something Ugly knows a lot about, but Carroll was not lying. He was the greatest thing to happen to SC since John McKay, and most of us will be forever grateful.

    • Review the EVIDENCE, counselor!!!

      Petey had a good run, but he was betrayed by Bush and McNair, and he left under a very dark cloud of suspicion!!

      It’s like OJ saying, “if I was free, I’d be searching for the killer right now!!!”

      LJ, tell us you DONT believe him too???

  12. Hey Wolf, any more news on Adoree Jackson driving around Gardena in a six figure car?
    …something about a new Mercedes Benz or a little something like that? I liked the kid’s passion, but I had no idea that his parents were ballin’ like that.

  13. What’s always missing in this story is the selfish departure by PC in the midst of a scandal – all PC had to do was stay that one last year – he didn’t – he should have but he didn’t.

    Having said that let’s see what happened after ‘woodie’ bailed out on ucla after the 1975 mens bb season ended. When that mess finally came out there was no 4th estate going after ‘woodie’ for his cowardly indifference of the control Gilbert had – that is the most unreported and whitewashed scandal in the history of college athletics – to this day there has never been a full exposure of the depth of corruption under ‘woodie’ and JD Morgan – Morgan passed away late 1980 and ‘woodie’ why ‘oh dear me oh my’ ‘woodie’ just get getting all the accolades and canonization while such as Tarkanian were bluntly investigated in a manner not seen again until the Bush mess at USC.

    • Difference between Wooden vs Little Petey. Wooden retired in LA; Little Petey hightailed to Seattle to win a SB with Mora’s FB team. Facts is facts according Hilary/Helen.

      • The cowardly con aka ‘wooden’ that the 4th estate ran 100% interference yesterday, today and forever – Saint John The Divine – they even named a church in Manhattan-NYC after him – Oh come let us adore him…..the fraud of all time

      • One more difference between the two…. Wooden is dead……facts are facts

      • One more difference between the two…. Wooden is dead……facts are facts

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