Trouble Brewing in Seattle? Expect Storm If Seahawks Bring in Brandon Marshall

While NFL teams pursue buying free agents, the Seattle Seahawks are amongst to make a sudden transition in its depleted roster, shuffling to percolate in an undermined NFC West division.

Normally, when a team is rebuilding to wipe away misery, the franchise seeks to cruise in a new direction and avoid any weasels, egomaniacs, or problematic receivers whose cancerous nonsense ruptures consensus.


Except in the Pacific Northwest, where the gloomy skies usually forecast scattered showers, but also a Careerbuilder.com starting point for head coach Pete Carroll, first impression matters given his coaching letdowns in the past.

Times fizzled in the NFL, failing to coach the pros as exemplary like during a remarkable nine year stint at USC where he mastered the inconceivable after erasing a stodgy psyche.

If you want to call this a redemptive period for Carroll, signing Brandon Marshall, an enigmatic receiver is a bit risky and a heavy burden.

It’s not exactly a must-needed addition, certainly a gigantic experiment to sign an iffy receiver with much uncertainty.

Nonetheless, maybe there’s some goodness to Marshall, maybe he has mellowed after all the trouble he created in Denver. Then again, maybe he’s a ruckus when it doesn’t work in his favor.

The Seahawks are scheduled to visit Marshall on Saturday, regarding a contract offer according to sources. It’s a franchise uncaring of the baggage and troubles he presents, something a rebuilding and young franchise doesn’t need.

Because he’s apathetic, juvenile and equivocal, it’s difficult to rehabilitate from the agonizing when era Seahawks fans mourned pathetic debacles.

So why is the Seahawks expressing interest, willing to spend enormous bucks on a troublemaker and pestering diva?

Gathering a clear understanding, the franchise needs a prolific receiver to assemble a quality tandem in the receiving department with the aging veteran T.J. Houshmandzadeh and to strengthen a motionless receiving origin losing free agent receiver Nate Burleson to the Detroit Lions.

Aside all the transitions, any player other than Marshall is a fitting piece to Seattle’s nucleus.

For those recalling the time Tim Ruskell worried much about character and dignity, now is the moment for him to ponder a risky decision that could put the Seahawks entire season in jeopardy.

Truth is, he’s the notorious player as of late, the laughingstock of the league for his foolish acts. Not only is he a mischief-maker, Marshall is a blockbuster receiver on the market this offseason, even though his marketability has faded for his arrogant, turbulent and egotistic conduct.

Despite all absurdity, he’s coming off his third consecutive season with at least 100 completed catches, so Marshall is well-deserving of a long-term contract in a change of scenery, but just not in Seattle.

He had three straight 1,000-yard seasons, all in Denver where he became a nuisance for the accusations of domestic violence and disrespecting and abusing women. There was more poor judgment in recent memory.

He had faced arrests for battery, disorderly conduct and driving under the influence. Stupidity is one thing, but ignorance is another, certainly the mind of Marshall.

This is awful for a rookie head coach reestablishing a reputation in the National Football League, with plenty of headaches in the first season as Carroll can see what type of team he’s coaching and where there’s much need for improvement.

Bringing abroad trouble to blend in with an unknown roster, isn’t a way to preface a new foundation, but a way to initiate turbulence.

Instead of adding havoc, the Seahawks is a franchise needing to ponder. That’s bad to know this renovating organization seems desperate and bold enough to sign a psychotic athlete.

To the populace in Seattle, remember he dragged down humor and urgency in Denver.

Fine, disagree with my premise, but he divided a unanimous and talented team, firmed to win the AFC West until the Broncos collapsed midway in the season.

Early in the regular-season last year, Denver’s coach Josh McDaniels handed Marshall a suspension as a disciplinary punishment of detrimental to the team.

I’m curious to know whether hearing this makes Seattle reconsider before making a contract offer.

I hope executives and the coaching staff think twice.

McDaniels sensed that Marshall was irresponsible and indifferent, when he refused to practice because of a hamstring injury. There’s no question that he’s a special talent, but his natural gift could explode at anytime.

He’s a risky addition, consisting of baggage no team really needs.

If Seattle signs Marshall, trouble might be brewing in the rainy skies.

Pete Carroll Ditches School for Pros as USC Hurts

For years, he has built a foundation and declared citizenship. The masses, in the Southland, are wondering why a college genius has chosen to ditch the campus life, where he has clearly been the symbol of USC football. As a baffled community tries to figure out why he’s fleeing the Hollywood lifestyle for the rainy days in Seattle, Pete Carroll is running and leaving behind a corrupted athletic department.

Maybe it doesn’t have to do with all the scandals, but maybe he feels it’s time to make a transition to the next level. People in Los Angeles were used to seeing ferocity, built and formed by the clever-minded Carroll. The crafted coaching trait were signs of brilliancy, thriving as a valuable architect USC never envisioned losing.

However, the unforeseen fiascoes last season and repugnant scandals, may have dictated Carroll’s future. You can’t blame, arguably, the greatest coach in USC history of evading the toxic haze. All the grotesque messes are headaches, are enough to make a successful coach resign. So Carroll isn’t on vacation, but leaving for the airport, where he’s ready to catch the next flight to Seattle.

In a country where decisions are suitable usually in any giving situation, there’s no law stated in the constitution that he must remain the coach at USC. There’s much negativity floating around USC in which Carroll could be burned out, nauseated of the pending investigation and alleged infractions.

Because issues continue to unfold, the Trojans are caught in a horrific predicament and mystique is ripped, not grasping a sense of what is transpiring such as the latest outbreak. Of late, the messes have stained the pride of a prominent program, facing all sorts of headaches. But the latest spill came when news surfaced that tailback Joe McKnight allegedly drove a Land Rover owned by a businessman.

Meanwhile, there’s an investigation still pending on if Reggie Bush received gifts and cash, including renting a free home while attending USC. Four losses last season could’ve compelled him to leave and not spend the rest of a productive livelihood in Southern California.

Where he presented nine years of excellence, Carroll is thrilled and takes on a greater challenge. He’s leaving the campus for the pros. He’s leaving USC for the Seattle Seahawks, a franchise where he has to start from scratch, similar to the arrival at USC.

For years, NFL teams organized interviews and pleaded for Carroll’s assistance. But every time, he ignored and turned down NFL jobs to relish an illustrious profession at the college level.

As the executives in Seattle were desperate and elated to give Carroll a wealthy deal, he refused to turn down a chance at redemption. Reportedly, the five-year deal ranges at an estimated $32.5 million to revitalize a stagnant organization that has won nine games in two seasons. From two standpoints it seems unforeseen.

First of all, hardly, everyone in L.A. is stunned Carroll has resigned and is leaving for the NFL. Secondly, everyone in the Pacific Northwest is shocked the local franchise faltered instantly in Jim Mora Jr.’s renaissance era. Agreeing in principle with Seattle, seems like a perfect fit in an atmosphere where he has a chance to vindicate to all doubters.

Last time he coached the pros, Carroll seemed mediocre and committed failure by rupturing an image. But now, he has a chance to redeem burdens and confirm his magnitude of success, if meeting the pro criteria is as simple as the college game.

And the idea now, after he graduated from the campus life with a degree of prosperity, is to make a statement by surviving the pros. But given his horrid track record, Carroll isn’t supposed to survive in a game that recruiting isn’t a factor for overhauling and assembling resurgence.

During all head coaching stints in the NFL, Carroll was fired by New England and the New York Jets and failed in producing enough victories to procure recognition. The Trojans' reign has suddenly come to an end, in which the genius who assembled almighty classes during a nine-year stay understands triumphant ages eventually vanishes.

While the fans are hurt wondering whether Carroll is worth describing as a traitor or quitter, he considers finishing out a phenomenal career in the NFL. Three weeks away from national signing day, and Pete is gone. More than millions paid out now is the least worry at USC. Two national titles, seven Pac-10 titles, seven BCS bowl games and 97 wins in 116 games will always exist as Carroll’s legacy lingers.

Whenever a coach groom student-athletes and produce victories at an ideal program, many become attach to an incredible play-caller, recruiter and mentor. And, indeed, he had the personality to nurture sports figures. Not many players were unknown under Carroll. In fact, many were identified as legends and were All-Americans. What we are seeing now is a man leaving school for a bigger challenge, an exciting journey in the pros.

If the average fan is disappointed and feels betrayed, having a critical attitude or lambasting him comes as no surprise. Carroll knows he’s departing the prestige lifestyle for a hapless town.

That pretty much describes where it stands as far as sports. Though the Trojans have won 11 national championships and seven Heisman Trophies, he views a surreal transition as an effulgent juncture. Thanks to Carroll -- USC was obsessed with well-balanced quarterbacks.

Of course, each had the complete package and displayed unmatchable precision and mobility. The big men stood on campus in prior years and were gunslingers and runners, such as Matt Leinart, John David Booty, Mark Sanchez and Matt Barkley, who Carroll molded and taught the fundamentals of the game.

So, maybe leaving for the NFL isn’t bad after all. Now he’ll be able to make personnel decisions, something he has had very little of while in his seasons as head coach. As the Seahawks are expected to hire a general manager, the announcement could come as early as Tuesday or later in the week.

But, either way, Carroll is the next head coach and filled the coaching vacancy in a matter of days following Mora’s dismissal.

With several recruits stressing uncertainty, the tougher hassle is filling the coaching vacancy. The next head coach may not be USC alumni Jeff Fisher or frontrunner Mike Riley, who singed a three-year contract extension late Sunday to remain Oregon State’s head coach.

It’s clear the Trojans may be expressing interest in Jacksonville Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio and former USC offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian could be in the mix as well.

Even though he admitted his “dream job” is Washington, Sarkisian may be interested and a perfect blend for the program. His familiarity is considerable, adapting to Carroll’s tactics and understanding the formulas in the offensive playbook. That name makes the most sense out of all candidates, but which ever way you visualize it, USC hurts without an attractive guru like Carroll.

Even if agreeing in principle mocked the Rooney Rule, Carroll has been welcomed aboard to coach an NFL franchise.

Yes, the Seahawks ignored the Rooney Rule, but stealing a genius hurts the Trojans. Somehow the program must Fight On.