Pete Carroll’s Seahawks Future
OK, there has been a lull in the news developments. In checking with John Wooten of the Fritz Pollard Alliance about the Rooney Rule ramifications of a coaching change, I also asked for clarification about how that policy applies to front-office positions.
He explained that the rule applies to high-level football operations positions such as general manager, executive vice presidents. It did not, however, apply to presidents because many of the presidents across the league — perhaps most — don’t have any involvement in football operations. Now that wasn’t the case in Seattle with Tim Ruskell, who was both president and general manager. Wooten then said that the indications from Seattle would be that those positions would be split.
Read that last sentence. Now, it’s not the final word on what Seattle plans to do because the Seahawks could always change their mind, but with Pete Carroll now firmly identified as part of Seattle’s future, it could be a hint as to what will happen.
