This ESPN article appeared back in September: (The whole article is very long and very insightful about coaching and building a team.) This is the Pete Carroll experience we always hear about. After flaming out as an NFL head coach, Carroll rebuilt his rep as an ultracompetitive buddy coach at USC. But beneath the perpetual smile was a guy who thought, more than anything, there was a better way to win. Meditation is only part of it. After Carroll was fired by the Patriots following the 1999 season, he agonized over what hed do differently if he landed another NFL head-coaching job. Almost every day for the better part of a decade, while leading Southern Cal to seven top-10 finishes and one BCS title, he jotted down do-over notes. His dream was to fundamentally change the way players are coached. ... The timeworn strategy is, of course, to be a hard-ass -- think Bear Bryant banning water breaks, Vince Lombardi screaming and yelling, Mike Rice throwing basketballs at players heads, Nick Saban berating his team on the sideline. Carroll craved a chance to reimagine the coaching role in the NFL. I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen? I think we know what happened, Pete.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 04:48:55 +0000
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