San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman compared the head coaching styles of Pete Carroll and Kyle Shanahan and explained their differences and similarities to NFL.com journalist Jim Trotter.
He started by comparing the two coaches’ locker room philosophies and how they talk to and treat their players.
“(Carroll) has a way of coaching, a way of talking to his coaches, a way of having his coaches talk to his players. They don’t do the whole rah-rah, curse-you-out style. He would never hire a coach like that,” Sherman said. “Kyle is similar in that he has a philosophy of the best man plays. He doesn’t care about your draft position or any of that. He’s more of a straight shooter than Pete. Pete has a way of making sure everybody feels good, making sure he pushes buttons with certain players and not pushing buttons on other players. Kyle is different. He’s one size fits all.”
Sherman went on about the two coaches’ defining attributes and knowledge of the game of football, citing Shanahan’s offensive prowess and Carroll’s Cover 3 scheme.
“Kyle is one of the best offensive minds we’ve ever had in this game. That comes into it,” Sherman said. “With Pete, it’s the Cover 3 he brought to the league. It seems so simple, but nobody can run it like we ran it. The way both of them implement what they do — they talk to others on a personal level, then have the great coaches around them who believe in their philosophy.”
The Seattle Seahawks-San Francisco 49ers rivalry has been reignited in the past year and Shanahan and Carroll could see more fierce battles in 2020, provided there is even a season.
