Richard Sherman knows Pete Carroll better than most. The former Seattle Seahawks cornerback and Carroll reached back-to-back Super Bowls in 2013 and 2014. To this day, Carroll has the only Super Bowl victory in franchise history.
On Thursday’s edition of “Up and Adams,” Sherman backed Carroll to fix everything wrong with the Bears, including a sticking point he believes isn’t considered enough.
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(0:11) “I think he’ll get a coaching job just because he’s a culture builder,” Sherman said. “And I think everyone has gotten into this cheesy mentality of offensive genius, our defensive genius and they forgot to build the culture of a team, and he builds it with young quarterbacks.
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“He was built on quarterbacks that people wasted. And he’s had success building defenses. All the pieces are there for him to be really successful.”
Of course, one can argue that the Seahawks won ten games under rookie head coach Mike Macdonald this season, and that Carroll’s departure was far from ruining the organization. As such, one might wonder what his effect on the Bears would be if he came to the Windy City.
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The potential head coach would have a lot on his plate and not much time to accomplish it. In addition to his starting duties, he will need to change the culture in the building and change everything else he sees offline about the organization from top to bottom to elevate the team like he did with the Seattle Seahawks.
If he were hired in January, he would need to hire an offensive and defensive coordinator. Then, he would need to hire additional position coaches.
After that, Pete Carroll would need to figure out and communicate his NFL draft recommendations to general manager Ryan Poles. After that, he’ll need to work on OTAs and set plans for training camp.
After doing all that, Carroll would need to figure out how to reach the players to orchestrate change. At the same time, he would need to figure out what works with Caleb Williams and what doesn’t. Then he can get to work on the scheme for the 2025 season.
The scheme could be their biggest contribution to the team and potentially their best hope for quickly defeating the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers in the division race.
Simply put, if he is hired, Carroll will have a jam-packed few months before he is even in a position to institute tangential plans for the 2025-26 season. In other words, Carroll might be all he can do to stay afloat in 2025.
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Edited by Ribin Peter