Chile's Corner tonight
The real world beckons. (As in life, not the show). I'll have the new Chile's Corner up to the site before I sign off tonight.
In the meantime, wow ... the name Pete Carroll strikes a raw nerve in Boston to this day. Here's a composite email expressing the general sentiment I've received about my Friday column:
Dear Moron,
You're a moron! Pete Carroll is the worst coach ever! I have been a diehard Patriots fan since 1994 (I was really really busy from 1989-93 and could not make it to Foxboro even though I really wanted to go) and have been to every game since then (except for 2000 and the middle of the 2002 season, I was busy again)! My grandma could coach better than Pete Carroll!
Have a good day, moron,
Reader
Sorry, guys, I'm not backing down. Here's the Carroll era in retrospect:
*1997 -- If Drew Bledsoe doesn't fumble a simple snap in the clutch, they have a chance to return to the AFC title game.
*1998 -- You subtract one the most prolific total yardage machines in football in the past decade in Curtis Martin (and let him scoot off to a division rival to boot); Bledsoe struggles through a broken finger and eventually gives way to Scott Zolak, and they still get back to the playoffs.
*1999 -- No excuse for the way things fell apart at the end. But someone answer this: If 1999 was all the coach's fault, then why is it that when the guy who went on to coach three Super Bowl champions (and counting) came along, the team dropped from eight wins to five? Bad personnel decisions came back to haunt the organization. And Carroll wasn't the one shopping for groceries.
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