Pete Carroll struggled in his first NFL stop with the New England Patriots, but learned a lot from the experience that he brought for USC and Seattle Seahawks.

“Everything that now is the philosophy, the approach, the mentality, the language, everything came out of that experience,” Carroll said. “It is classically one of those deals where you get kicked in the tail and come back better. I hate to learn the hard way. I like the other guys to learn the hard way. It did give me an opportunity to put something in motion that I’m really, really proud of.”