Seahawks gamers not comfortable that Pete Carroll isn’t a coach of the yr finalist

Heading into the 2022 season, the Seahawks had been anticipated to be one of many worst groups within the NFL. Buying and selling Russell Wilson away recommended that they had been starting a rebuild, and the betting odds put their over/below win complete at simply 5.5 video games, third-worst within the NFL.

So when the Seahawks went 9-8 and made the playoffs, head coach Pete Carroll deserved lots of credit score. And plenty of of his gamers weren’t comfortable that Carroll wasn’t named a coach of the yr finalist on Wednesday.

Responding to a tweet from the NFL that listed 5 coaches — Nick Sirianni, Kyle Shanahan, Brian Daboll, Sean McDermott and Doug Pederson — as coach of the yr finalists, Seahawks security Quandre Diggs spoke up for Carroll.

“Man I don’t perceive how Pete isn’t a finalist!” Diggs wrote. “Not a prime 5 teaching job with a crew all people anticipated to be sorry? Y’all killed me final yr once I mentioned “Pete informed me we’re not rebuilding we’re attempting to win now!” as soon as i re-signed!”

A number of teammates retweeted Diggs’ publish in assist.

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith, who was named on Wednesday as one of many finalists for the NFL’s comeback participant of the yr award, was extra succinct in making the identical level. Smith replied to the tweet itemizing the coach of the yr finalists with the phrases, “Peter Clay Carroll.” A number of teammates approvingly retweeted that tweet as properly.

Carroll has by no means received the NFL’s coach of the yr award and has by no means even come shut within the voting. He was named faculty soccer coach of the yr in 2003 at USC.

Seahawks players not happy that Pete Carroll is not a coach of the year finalist initially appeared on Pro Football Talk