Las Vegas’ raiders welcome Los Angeles chargeers for a week 2 match and a confrontation between the Rivals of AFC West could be sufficient for the game to receive a national projector as a second half of the “Monday Night Football” of ESPN.
However, this game has a little more heat because it takes up one of the most intriguing coach rivalries of the last 20 years. When Pete Carroll was hired by the Raiders in January, this meant that he would face Jim Harbaugh with the charges twice a season and renew a conflict that started in 2009.
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The two coaches opposed 12 times between the college and the NFL with Carroll holding an advantage of 7-5. He also has two national championships and a Super Bowl title compared to the Harbaugh national championship. (Carroll has a 5-4 sheet in its NFL clashes, while Harbaugh has a 2-1 sheet in its university meetings.)
Naturally, the two incorporating their rivalry is a high -level scenario in their confrontation of week 2. However, no coach seemed interested in attaching the conflict in advance. Carroll was rather cold on this subject.
“I remember Jim … I have no good memories,” Carroll told journalists, Via Ryan McFadden of ESPN. “There were great games.”
Harbaugh was more to come when he was asked about the rivalry on Wednesday, even saying that he had “only respect” for Carroll.
“It’s expected and fairly well documented ” Harbaugh told Eric Smith On the Chargers website. “He is a great coach, one of the best. A lot of respect. I have always thought that if I had already played for him or on one of his teams, I bet that we would have been very good friends.”
In another life, perhaps in an alternative universe, the White Stripes’ “We are going to be friends“Could have been about these two. Alas, not in this reality.
Pete Carroll had a 5-4 record with Seattle Seahawks against Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers of San Francisco (Photo by Ray Chavez / Medianews Group / Bay Area News via Getty Images)
(Medianews Group / Bay Area News via Getty Images via Getty Images)
By entering his third season in Stanford, Harbaugh and Cardinal were ready to move in the PAC-10. The Carroll USC program ruled on the conference after a season of 12-1 and a seven-year race during which the Trojans went 82-9 won two national championships, four Rose Bowls and seven PAC-10 titles.
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Like the adage of a new detainee gaining respect in prison by hitting the biggest guy in the face, Harbaugh knew that he had to shoot Carroll and USC to win the conference and photo of national university football in esteem.
Stanford then turned upside down. 1 USC in the first season of Harbaugh, 24-23, in 2007. But the tensions between the two coaches officially increased two seasons later.
In this 2009 match, Stanford not only beat the USC number 9, 55-21But the cardinal rubbed it by scoring two affected in the last six minutes. Adding to the indignity, Stanford marked a touchdown with less than seven minutes remaining to take an advance of 48-21.
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However, Harbaugh chose to try a conversation in 2 points rather than kicking at an additional point. The 2 -point test failed, but the lack of respect lingered and led to the most memorable moment between Carroll and Harbaugh.
When the match ended, Carroll and Harbaugh did not just exchange the typical handshake between the coaches in the midfield. The Trojans coach confronted his colleague for his aggressive tactic with a question that has become sad.
“What is your agreement?” Carroll asked Harbaugh. “How are you?”
Perhaps surprised or standing, Harbaugh replied “Yeah, I’m good” and the two coaches exchanged a few more words while they were walking on the ground before separating to join their respective teams.
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Carroll undoubtedly advanced this 2009 by beating five years later when the Seahawks defeated the 49ers in the NFC championship match, 23-17Facing San Francisco from going to a second consecutive Super Bowl and depriving Harbaugh of the championship that has so far escaped him.
Eleven years later, Carroll and Harbaugh are opposed once again (and will do it again in week 13 on November 30). Football fans hope that the game will be up to the task of advancing billing and perhaps provides spices between the two competitors.
