After losing four straight games for the first time under head coach Pete Carroll, who has 14 years of experience, the Seattle Seahawks find themselves in uncharted ground.
Carroll also gave some unusual responses to a few queries during his weekly Seattle Sports broadcast on Monday morning.
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Two in particular stood out from the conversation that Carroll had with host Mike Salk
Salk first inquired as to whether the 6-7 Seahawks, who fell to the San Francisco 49ers 28-16 on Sunday, could alter anything before their upcoming Monday Night Football game on December 18 against the 10-3 Philadelphia Eagles.
Here are a few tasks that need to be completed. Carroll answered, “There are some things we need to get done, and we’ll take care of business.
Carroll shot back as Salk started to offer a follow-up question.
“I promise not to discuss it with you. You’ll simply have to watch to find out. Cannot assist you,” Carroll murmured.
Carroll soon lightened the tone by making a joke about regular co-host Brock Huard missing Monday’s show due to sickness, so that may have come out as a little more serious than he meant.
But Salk did manage to get in his follow-up query. Carroll described the potential adjustment in this way, giving the impression that it would be more concerned with strategy or plan than with players:
We have to fix some stuff, we have to fix the process, we have to make sure that we’re doing the right job as coaches to make sure they see the things that they need to see with the earnest (so) that they’ll carry it to the game time so when it happens, it happens right for us instead of happening wrong. It’s not very difficult to change that game. It’s not very difficult. It’s just doing things exactly right, and it’s easy. It’s part of the system. We should have gotten that done.
However, Salk’s very next query was met with an enlightening reply.
“Do you think the players are understanding what you’re saying?” Salk enquired.
Carroll responded, “Ask them.” Afterwards.
Salk sought to learn more about that.
Alright. Salk remarked, “I suppose the reason I asked isn’t because of the messaging, but more because it comes from you, from you, through the coaching staff to them.
Carroll picked it up from there.
I need to perform better everywhere. I promise to tell you that every week, no matter what, as there are a lot of things that I may potentially influence. I might have a negative mental impact on the squad, the players, and the coaches. There are so many facets to it, you know. Although carrying this out is an exciting opportunity, there is always so much more you might expect to accomplish because you want guys to be flawless. You want people to perform in the same manner that we see, imagine, and attempt to organize. And I have to go straight to the messages when it’s game time and they don’t You must immediately focus on the warm-up, the repetitions, and the rep pace. Was it enough good? Did we accomplish enough to make our point? Did we catch the person who needed to be caught since it seemed like he didn’t fully grasp the message? It simply never stops. It is ultimately my obligation to complete this never-ending process. And if it isn’t completed, I have to go figure out how to finish it. That’s how I interpret it, then. Not that it’s admirable, but I don’t know how to be more accountable than that. That’s all that’s necessary to do the task.
The warm-up, the repetitions, and the rep pace need to be your first priorities. Was it good enough? Have we done enough to prove our point? Given that he didn’t seem to get the message, did we get the individual who needed to be caught? It just never ends. In the end, it is my responsibility to finish this never-ending process. And I have to go figure out how to finish it if it isn’t finished. That’s my interpretation of it, then. I don’t know how to be more accountable than that, not that it’s praiseworthy. That is all that is required to complete the task.
