Pete Carroll is usually as upbeat as anyone you’ll encounter in the NFL (or anywhere else for that matter), but it was clear Monday that the Seahawks coach is growing a bit tired of the many reports of locker room unrest that have surfaced since his team traded Percy Harvin.
One of the latest reports came from ESPN, claiming that the Seahawks have “grown tired” of Marshawn Lynch’s ways.
“I have nothing to say about that, because there’s nothing to that,” Carroll said. “I have no idea where that came from. We have nothing to say about that. At this point, I don’t think it behooves us to try to respond to all of these kind of things in the locker room. Our players have told you how they feel, our coaches have told you how we feel, and we’re in a really good place right now. It’s just not worth it. There’s nothing to that at all. I don’t know where that came from.”
Another report, this one from the NFL Network, said that Lynch no longer talks with his coaches, something else Carroll refuted.
Asked how often he and Lynch talk, Carroll said, “Whenever I need to. Look, what do you want me to… You’re asking me about my personal relationship with my players now? We’re doing great. Everything’s going great.”
Carroll said Lynch is the same Lynch he has always been: “He’s doing fine. He’s done such a great job. Since the day he got back here, he looked terrific, he returned in great shape, he’s busted his tail, he’s done everything we’ve asked of him… He’s always ready to play and he’s played his tail off, so he’s doing great.”
Finally, Carroll was asked if it was safe to assume that Lynch will still be on Seattle’s roster past Tuesday’s trade deadline.
“Yeah, go ahead,” he said. “you can go with that.”
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