Pete Carroll’s return to Seattle ended in a weird fashion, as most likely could have predicted.
But after Daniel Carlson’s game-ending field goal attempt was blocked to have the game finish in a tie, Carroll told reporters that being back at Lumen Field as Raiders head coach wasn’t anything too wild.
“I’m sorry to tell you it wasn’t like something that was obvious. It’s a football game,” Carroll said in his press conference. “I’ve been fighting wars for other people my whole life, coaching. I mean, I was with my team and we were battling. It was cool to be here. I loved it here. I’ve always loved the whole experience that we had here all those years together and all of that. I don’t forget that. I don’t disrespect that one bit. But it didn’t translate to something crazy to me. It was jus