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RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Pley Carroll's favorite memory of Paul Allen is obvious.
February 2014. In New Jersey. On the ground of MetLife Stadium raising the trophy Vince Lombardi.
"He wanted to be a champion and get on the stage with him in the crowd and stealing confetti and all that, and just being with him, that's my favorite moment with Paul," Carroll said Tuesday. & # 39; & # 39; Now, there was a big moment later in the night when he was on stage and he was playing (on the guitar). He was hitting him and he thought he was Eddie Vedder or something. He went.
& # 39; & # 39; I think that's the big moment we had to share. He must have it because you can have all the money in the world, but it 's really hard to have this world championship and that meant everything to him. To be able to share this with him was incredible. & # 39; & # 39;
The Seattle Seahawks coach was thinking Tuesday, a day after the team's owner, Allen, died at age 65 from a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
It was Allen's message and approach that drove Carroll away from college football and back in the NFL in 2010. With Executive Director John Schneider, Seattle's power structure has created a franchise that has reached the playoffs of six of Carroll's eight seasons, claiming twice NFC Championships and winning the first Super Bowl title in franchise history.
Carroll described Allen as "shy," but the two men communicated regularly. Until this season, Allen was a regular at home and games on the road for the Seahawks. He usually had pre-game conversations on the field with Carroll.
"He just wanted to know how much we would do the blitz or if we had some tips and tricks, basically," Carroll said. & # 39; & # 39; At that point, as the game approaches, there will always be questions about guys who are injured or healthy and that sort of thing. You always wanted to know about the quarterback, what we were hoping to do and how we were going to defend the other quarterback, so it's a pretty basic basic element that a fan would want know before entering the game if he can ask the head coach. & # 39; & # 39;
Carroll said his team was still preparing a plan to honor Allen for the rest of the season. He thinks the best way is to keep Seattle competitive and claim a playoff spot in the NFC. The Seahawks are 3-3 and are entering their week after last weekend's 27-3 win over Oakland in London.
& # 39; & # 39; We will fight for him. You are competing or you are not competing. I think it's a bit like that we can best pay tribute to what he would like us to do, "Carroll said. & # 39; & # 39; I would like to live in his image of wanting to win championships and keep moving forward and doing great things. I see no reason why it's not there yet, we're going there. I feel good to tell you that's how we do it. & # 39; & # 39;
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