I think Pete knows that USC is about to get into some legit trouble so he is doing like former coaches and players have done and is leaving. Coach Pete Carroll was close to reaching an agreement with the Seattle Seahawks. That would deliver yet another blow to the university's besieged athletic program. Carroll has been offered the job of both coach and president at an annual salary of $7 million for five years, according to a source close to the negotiations. Some people are like Pete wouldn't leave but why not? He has dominated the college football scene for a minute now and USC is down a little bit. Coaches have a sense of how teams are looking for the future and evidently the Trojans are not going to be close to winning the BCS Championship anytime soon. Seattle announced early Friday it had fired Coach Jim Mora. Team President and General Manager Tim Ruskell was forced to resign early last month. The control Carroll would have as Seattle's president is important because he thought he had too little say about drafting and signing players in his previous NFL jobs. The man is smart though. Carroll's reputation during all the crazy stuff with Bush and McKnight has remained largely untouched during all of this, the investigations have sparked some grumbling that he plays loosely with NCAA rules though. But even if he did do something, the athletic department wouldn't do anything. Why? Because the football team generated $35 million in revenue between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. If Carroll were to leave USC now, it could badly damage a team that fell to 9-4 this season, missing a Bowl Championship Series postseason game for the first time in seven years. The search for a coach would harm the Trojans' ability to restock with new talent.
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