Pete Carroll tells Marshawn Lynch how split with Seahawks happened

It's been almost a year and a half since Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks parted ways after his 14 seasons of leading the franchise. As time passes, Carroll continues to reveal more details about his departure and how it unfolded.

Despite many hypothesizing Carroll was fired, he's since clarified it was he who initiated the split. The root of the problem in 2023 was the Seahawks being on the cusp of playoff viability while also having multiple aging stars on the roster. Decisions were upcoming on the direction the team needed to be headed in, Carroll said on the Get Got Pod with Michael Robinson and Marshawn Lynch. There wasn't going to be an easy resolution.

"There came a time late in that last season, when there was about four or five games to go, I went into John [Schneider]’s office and I said, ‘We’re coming up to the end of the season … there’s a lot of changes that are coming, potentially, and you and I aren’t looking at these changes probably the same way,'" Carroll said. "I thought we were really close, and I love Bobby [Wagner] and I love Quandre [Diggs], Lock [Tyler Lockett]. I wanted to keep going with those guys, and I knew he was likely thinking differently — he was."

Although they were in a partnership, Carroll always had the final say on personnel decisions while he was Seattle's head coach. With the team reaching a crossroads, Carroll suggested what he'd always told Schneider would eventually happen: If ownership approved, Carroll would step down and Schneider could move into a true general manager role.