Pete Carroll: It Wasn't 'Football People' Who Decided Seahawks, HC Would Part Ways

Pete Carroll was very transparent about how his time as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks came to an end.

In an appearance on Seattle Sports 710 AM on Friday, Carroll described the meetings with Seahawks owner Jody Allens and others in upper management for the team that ultimately led to the end of his tenure as the team's coach.

Carroll said that management was offering "media opinions" and that was a key difference between the two sides.

"The difficult part is, if you guys could know, it's really hard because they're not football people," Carroll said, via ESPN's Brady Henderson. "They're not coaches, and so to get to the real details of it is really difficult for other people."

He elaborated by saying that the management was making decisions based on the storylines from the media's perspective and that reflects lack of true experience within a football staff.

"How could you know other than what you guys talk about on the radios and what the articles say and what the pundits are drawing conclusions on," Carroll said. "That's why you have to go in realizing that that's what you're dealing with and then try to talk through to get to the essence of stuff. That's always going to be a challenge because when you don't have legitimate dyed-in-the-wool football people calling the shots, then you have to try to make sense of it, just like we try to make sense of it for your audience, it's no different."

Seattle missed the postseason for the second time in three seasons after finishing 9-8. Carroll has transitioned into an advisory role, so he is expected to remain with the franchise.

He finished his tenure with a 137-89-1 record and notably led the team to two Super Bowl appearances and one title.