Pete Carroll dings Gillette Stadium atmosphere: ‘They weren’t nuts’
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll wasn’t that impressed with the New England Patriots fans packing into Gillette Stadium on Sunday night.
Carroll told the “Brock and Salk” show on ESPN 710 Seattle that the atmosphere in Foxboro didn’t quite compare to what his team gets at home in Seattle.
“OK,” Carroll said of the environment, via Sheil Kapadia of ESPN. “It’s not a great place. They weren’t nuts. It’s because they’re so used to winning. There was a time when they kicked their last field goal to go ahead, and it was like a round of applause for the nice effort. Gosh, our guys would be going berserk. We’re so hungry for it. It’s a gorgeous setting, beautiful arena and the fans, just the whole thing. It’s really classy.”
Carroll did admit that he relished the victory in light of how the Seahawks lost Super Bowl XLIX to the Patriots at the goal line.
“It was pretty fun. I’ve gotta admit, I haven’t had more fun just enjoying a win, really,” Carroll said. “So there’s some stuff in there somewhere. But it was a freakin’ blast. The game was, the way that people were yelling at me walking on and off the field.”
If you remember the play call, you can understand why this win meant a little more to Carroll. The fact that it involved the Seahawks making a late defensive stand on the goal line probably made it even better.
