After referring to Trojan coach Pete Carroll somewhat disparagingly as “a nice Hollywood mix of Knute Rockne and Bob Barker” and “Pompom Pete,” Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe presents a surprisingly fair profile of the former Patriots coach’s tenure in New England: “Kraft was too involved, general manager Bobby Grier was overmatched, and Carroll took the fall despite compiling the third-best winning percentage (.549) in franchise history.” Carroll admits that “it was good to see them lose the year after I left,” and he addresses the Boston media directly:

It’s too bad you didn’t get it. You didn’t figure out what I could have brought you. You guys never knew. You never asked me any questions. You guys never figured out who I was. You never even asked. We talked about hamstrings and shoulders and stuff. You guys never did figure it out. It was terrible and it didn’t have to be like that. But all of that having been said, we were just a couple of football decisions from being on the other side of it.

An expatriate in paradise (Boston Globe)