Deflated footballs are easier to catch and throw and the New England Patriots have been accused of using them during its win against the Indianapolis Colts in the game that determined who would be going to the Super Bowl. Now for some more conspiratorial rumblings.
Pete Carroll once interrogated a four star US general about whether 9/11 was an inside job. pic.twitter.com/2iOAXvPEy6
— Most Wow Facts (@MostWowFacts) January 25, 2015
It turns out that Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has some fans among the so-called 9-11 “truthers,” the folks who say the 2001 terrorist attacks were either planned by the government or faked entirely.
Last spring, retired general Peter Chiarelli stopped by the Seahawks headquarters to chat with Carroll. Chiarelli had just wrapped up a stint as the U.S. Army’s vice chief of staff and was working on post-traumatic brain injuries, and wanted to talk with Carroll about that, plus Chiarelli is a Seattle native and a big Seahawks fan.
Here's How 9/11 Truther Pete Carroll Would Have Prevented The Iraq War http://t.co/whZgRtHzbC #911truth #911myths #SuperBowl #Patriots #Iraq
— Brian (@GzusAgnt007) January 31, 2015
Carroll, on the other hand, didn’t want to talk brain injuries or football. He took the confab in a whole different direction, asking the retired military man if the 9-11 attacks had really happened the way it was reported and that if the government was behind it. Chiarelli told Carroll that, yeah, they did happen, and that he had lost colleagues at the Pentagon that day, but Carroll apparently went on about how it all didn’t add up. When asked about it later, Carroll said he was just trying to find out the truth.
I asked Pete Carroll about being an 9/11 truther and HE DID NOT DENY IT http://t.co/T5WsfQe3Wh
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) January 28, 2015
Carroll already has his own set of controversies surrounding him – including that he up and left the head football coaching job at the University of Southern California when allegations surfaced that its star player, Reggie Bush, had accepted all kinds of improper gifts and that other shenanigans were going on with the team.
Pete Carroll wondering if the refs were given instructions to ground his aerial attack just like the DOD was on 9/11. pic.twitter.com/j42yAMn0N5
— Jeb Lund (@Mobute) November 2, 2014
The school was sanctioned by the NCAA, losing 30 football scholarships and a bowl bid for two years. The NCAA also vacated some key victories, including all games from USC’s entire undefeated season in 2005-2006. Carroll said he had no idea anything wrong was going on – which his detractors say is fiction — and denied that the NCAA sanctions had anything to do with his decision to leave the school and take the head coaching job in Seattle.
Pete Carroll Grills Army General About Whether 9/11 Attacks Were Real http://t.co/s4u2pHX63e pic.twitter.com/8FCMzq5Waa
— Ochocinco's OCNN (@ocnnreport) June 14, 2013
Carroll was pilloried in the sports news world, with Sporting News writer Mike Florio going as far as saying that the Seahawks should fire Carroll because “justice won't truly be served until the only coaching Carroll ever does entails holding an Xbox controller.” The Los Angeles Times wrote, “Carroll says he didn't know about the Bush violations. That now seems impossible. He made $33 million from violations that will cost his old school its reputation, and folks here will never look at him the same.”
Strangely enough, in the post-game press conference after last year’s Super Bowl – which Seattle won – a man bum rushed the podium and yelled into the microphone, “Investigate 9/11! 9/11 was perpetrated by people within our own government!”
Pete Carroll? "@nycjim: post-Super Bowl presser, man grabs mic and shouts: “Investigate 9/11.” http://t.co/Kk60z8jtJz pic.twitter.com/LeoPGhYRJi
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) February 3, 2014
Will the same thing happen this year? Maybe by the coach? Hmmm.
