On Sunday, legendary USC head coach Pete Carroll and the Las Vegas Raiders were blown out 40-6 by the Indianapolis Colts. The loss marked one of the worst defeats of Carroll’s entire coaching career, which spans several decades at both the college and professional levels.
Naturally, Carroll who is not particularly used to losing big, did not take the loss very well. Following the game, he spoke about how he is processing the defeat.
“I’m processing it poorly to tell you the truth because I did expect to win right out of the chutes,” Carroll said.
“[The Colts] outexecuted us . . . we weren’t able to get off the field, and that’s why they were able to sustain their drives.”
Las Vegas now sits at 1-4 on the season. Carroll’s team has dropped four consecutive games following their season-opening win over the New England Patriots, with three of the four losses coming by double-digits.
If it is any consolation for Carroll, his first USC team in 2001 also started out 1-4 and finished the season 6-6. Obviously, things soon improved for the Trojans, as they would not lose more than two games in a season for the next seven years. Now, Carroll is trying to execute the same level of turnaround in Vegas as he did in Los Angeles nearly a quarter century ago.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: Pete Carroll frustrated by Raiders’ poor start to NFL season
