re: So does anyone want to eat crow re: Pete Carroll?

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The Hawks draft really smart players like Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman. It's paying off.

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Carroll has been by far the best talent evaluator in the league since he arrived in Seattle. Take a look at this list:

2012
1st - Bruce Irvin - 10 sacks in 24 games already
2nd - Bobby Wagner - 220 tackles, 5 INTs, 4.5 sacks in 24 games; one of the best young LB's in the game along with Lavonte David
3rd - Russell Wilson - nuff said...MVP candidate
4th - Robert Turbin - backup RB & KR; rushed for about 600 yds in 1.5 years backing up Lynch
7th - JR Sweezy - played DT in college, transitioned to OG and starts at RG

2011
1st - James Carpenter - starting LG
4th - KJ Wright - 240 tackles in 2.5 yrs
4th - Kris Durham - starting WR for Lions
5th - Richard Sherman - Pro Bowl CB; top 3 CB in the league currently
6th - Byron Maxwell - starting opposite Sherman in place of the injured Browner; will start full-time next yr when they release Browner

2010
1st - Russell Okung - Pro Bowl LT
2nd - Earl Thomas - best Safety in the league
2nd - Golden Tate - great PR; top 30-40 WR in the league
5th - Kam Chancellor - starting SS, very good one at that

That's unfathomable.

I'd be curious if Saban thinks about a second go at the NFL with the success Carroll is having. I don't think he has the stones to do it, but it's got to be interesting to him seeing the success Carroll is having.