{"id":4991,"date":"2015-02-02T21:02:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2015-02-05T14:41:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T14:41:01","slug":"pete-carroll-falls-on-his-sword-after-crushing-super-bowl-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/pete-carroll-falls-on-his-sword-after-crushing-super-bowl-loss","title":{"rendered":"Pete Carroll Falls on His Sword After Crushing Super Bowl Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX, AZ. — After the Seahawks crushing Super Bowl loss against the Patriots on Sunday, of course in retrospect, we all ask the same question, “Why didn’t they give the ball to Lynch?” But what if the pass would’ve succeeded? Like in so many of the Seahawks gutsy calls in past games, Peter Carroll<\/a>, Russell Wilson<\/a> and his strategists would have been called nothing short of brilliant … except on this one somber Super Bowl Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Seahawks coach, Pete Carroll, expresses disbelief after Patriots Malcolm Butler intercepts a goal line pick pass from Russell Wilson, clinching the Super Bowl XLIX win for the Patriots.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maybe I’m the only one who understood the reasoning behind Carroll’s controversial call. Let’s take a look. There were three plays left, but only one time out. The Patriots goal line stance were expecting Lynch to run the ball. Maybe they should have gone Beast Mode first, but if he didn’t make it, then they would’ve had to use their last time out, therefore Carroll and Wilson went for the pick pass, which would’ve stopped the clock if failed, thus giving Lynch now two chances to score on 3rd and 4th. It sounded like another brilliant strategy, right? WRONG!<\/p>\n

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Patriots rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler had a vision he would make a big play. Photo shows Butler intercepting Russell Wilson at the goal line to win Super Bowl XLIV for the Patriots.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It looks like Tom Brady is having an out of body experience as he just realized his team clinched the Super Bowl XLIV title with rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler’s miracle goal line interception..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No one foresaw Patriots’ rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler’s goal line interception coming, taking away any chance for Marshawn Lynch to even attempt a touchdown. Butler, who said he had a vision, now became the miracle that the Patriots needed. We will never know now if Lynch could have made that last yard for the win.<\/p>\n

Watch Patriots rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler pick off Russell Wilson to win\u00a0Super Bowl XLIX.<\/strong><\/p>\n