Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has never been shy about expressing himself, with much of his harshest criticism aimed at the NCAA, especially after it hammered USC with a two-year bowl ban and significant scholarship reductions just after Carroll's exit for the Pacific Northwest. Carroll unloaded once more on the governing body that oversees college athletics in an interview with NFL Network's Rich Eisen, pointing to those draconian measures as the main reason for successor Lane Kiffin's unsuccessful tenure with the Trojans. "This whole NCAA thing I just think was so terribly out of balance," Carroll said on the Rich Eisen Podcast. "They had to try to survive all of that, it's awful that it was like that. But it didn't end well and it's unfortunate for Kiff. You know, he's a tremendous worker and all, it just didn't work out." Source: NFL.com DaBears22's Take: It's funny how Carroll blames the NCAA for what Kiffin had to deal with in his time at USC when the sanctions came from Carroll's tenure there..
