What the Seahawks Reassigning Pete Carroll Means for the 49ers

Analyzing what the Seattle Seahawks reassigning Pete Carroll from head coach to advisor means the San Francisco 49ers.

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00:00 This is huge news. Pete Carroll is out as the Seattle Seahawks head coach after 14 years.

00:06 The team just announced it. And the way they phrased it, Pete Carroll and them amicably agreed

00:12 to evolve his role with the franchise from head coach to advisor. As if it's a promotion.

00:19 Pretty funny. It's a funny way of saying fired. Because frankly, this is bad news for the rest

00:26 of the NFC West. Pete Carroll used to be the best coach in the division, but now he had become the

00:33 worst coach in the division. The game the league had passed him by. He's 73 years old and he isn't

00:39 even a good defensive coach anymore. Let alone quarterback coach. He got rid of Russell Wilson

00:47 at the right time. Kudos. Then he turned around and gave a three-year, $75 million contract

00:54 to Geno Smith, who might be the most mediocre quarterback in the NFL. You do not pay for

01:02 mediocre quarterback play in the year 2024. No, you do not. Because Jake Browning exists.

01:11 So yeah, Pete Carroll had to go. And now the Seahawks just might join the rest of the NFC West

01:22 in modern football. Although, the fact that Pete Carroll is still there as an advisor

01:30 gives the rest of the division hope that maybe his influence will, you know, maybe he'll pick

01:38 the next coach. Someone in his image who's equally stuck in the stone age of football.

01:45 Possible. Really, as long as they're giving Geno Smith $25 million a year, it doesn't freaking

01:51 matter who their coach is. Do you think they'll get Jim Harbaugh? Did that cross your mind,

01:57 your synapses? Because it just crossed mine. And you know what? Why would he want to coach there?

02:02 Who wants to coach Geno Smith? Not even me. So yeah, still the worst team in the division,

02:12 Seahawks. But baby steps.