I know in the circle of world situations right now, ie war, global warming, poverty, famine and of course the inevitable U.S. presidential elections (one would think the entire world only cares about our election considering the media coverage), college football should be on the very bottom of the scale of worry, but for those of us University of Southern California football fans, there looms a very possible tragedy - the coach, Pete Carroll is considering offers from a couple of professional teams - Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins.
We, the loyal fans have become accustomed to winning big the past 7 years and we have won very very big. During this time, SC won 2 national titles and 4 Rose Bowl titles. A fan cannot wish for a lot more than that. Pete is the reason. His recruiting program for new students is obviously one of the best in the country. High school seniors from all over the country, pray that Pete or a Southern California representative will show up at their games and knock on their doors with scholarship offers. He is a true gentleman and one of the few college coaches who opens the teams practices to media and the public. Anyone can walk across campus to sit in the stands any time the team is practicing. After practice, while the team in standing on the sidelines, any reporter or fan can walk up to any player including the quarterback and just start a conversation. The media loves it, the fans love it and most important, Pete and the players love it.
Los Angeles doesn't have a professional football team. Right now the University of Southern California Trojans are the closest us football fans come to having a team to love and we know how much the success owes to Pete. He is the backbone of the team, and, most of us believe we need him to keep the program successful.
The media is reporting that Pete is considering offers from the two professional teams mentioned above. Pete has been a pro coach before, but not a very successful one. Now that he is tops in the college arena, he would have a great reason to accept a pro offer to see if he can win in the N.F.L. It's not so much the money offer as much as it would be proving his capabilities. Right now we don't know whether the offers are valid or if he will accept one.
What we the fans do know that if Pete leaves us for greener football arenas, we will be so much poorer for the loss and we will never be able to say thank you enough for everything he has given us the past 7 years. We have been a very lucky university and a very lucky city and if he chooses to leave, we will miss him more than he will ever know.
Gosh, I hope he stays!!!!
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I hope he stays, for your sake. Not being a fan, I never heard of him, Moosie.
I'm not a football fan at all and have never watched a game but having been a baseball and hockey fan, I know how hard it is to lose a great coach. Hopefully he will end up staying with your team!! Glad you were able to get your electrician friend to come look at your breaker and repair it:-) Taking a shower in the dark is quite the experience, isn't it! When our power had gone off one time, I had lit a whole bunch of candles to take my shower:-) xox
I'm not following football nor the elections being here in Canada but I just wanted to say hello! It's been a while since I've touched bases with you on your blog. Hope you are doing well and I appreciate your visits to my blog, it's nice that you have been dropping by... thanks, it means a lot!
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Michele
I don't know. I like the Patriots, yet he was not given a chance to succeed. And he was let go with the Jets in 1994, not given a real chance to succeed..
With USC, he has total control, and has done very well. It is said that he might only go to the NFL if he has total control of everything with the team. If he gets that, and a sizable compensation package, it may pay off for him.
At least USC has a great tradition, and may do well with any head coach. John Robinson was with USC for a while, coached the NFL (L.A.) Rams, and went back again to USC later. You never know...
Thanks Ralph for thinking good thoughts and I really believe that John Robinson didn't make it with the Rams because Georgia F. who didn't know crap about foodball wouldn't let him run the team, but who knows for sure. So far there hasn't been anything but rumors about Pete but we are literally holding our breaths.
In the meantime GO PATRIOTS. They truly are awsome and a pleasure to watch. The Giants game was a nail biter but I loved it. That's my kind of football!!
I don't know much about football or any major league sports for that matter but for your sake I hope he doesn't leave you! Sometimes the grass really isn't all that much greener on the other side of the fence and we're better off staying put!
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