Carroll thanks Pats fans for the quiet atmosphere

[Mogamedogz]

Pete is a good coach for the right team, and Seattle is the kind of team he works well for. Obviously, things went really sour here because that wasn't the kind of team that fit his "player's coach" style. The inmates took over and that was that. Skip over the coach and go ***** to Bobby behind his back. The culture aftershock of going from Bill Parcells to Pete was about as drastic as it gets. They are polar opposites. Looking back now, it was the ultimate recipe for disaster.

So yea, im sure Pete got plenty of personal satisfaction out of coming here and getting that win last night, and he's definitely taking his proverbial victory lap today. Whatever, he earned it.

That aside... man it sucks to admit this, but he's not lying. Having been to my fair share of stadiums over the years, our crowd these days just doesn't stack up well. I think it's a combination of a lot of things, but mostly (for me at least), a lot of us blue collar types have just been out priced.

I was at Patriot Place on Saturday night. Did the normal stuff with younger kids. The Hall, 5-Wits, and dinner at CBS Scene. The SNF bus was there, Bradyland was crawling with "12's". I mean literally everywhere I looked there were Seahawk jerseys. You could just feel how big of a game it was for them.

Eating dinner, we were seated right next to an extended table of Seattle fans. About 20 of them. Nice people, and they knew their football. But even they were of the wine and cheese variety. You could smell the money coming off of these people.

At the end of the day, I guess that's just one of the prices of our unprecedented success. Games, especially big games, have become less and less accessible to us average Joe's who are more likely to get a bit more rowdy out there. It becomes more of a Special Event than a football game. From my perspective anyway.

 

[Mogamedogz]

they need to cut back the foghorn on 3rd downs, its annoying sometimes

Especially when they are blowing it in error on first down when the opponent has it in the RZ...like last night.

 

[Tuck]

What do we expect when the ticket prices are some of the highest in American pro sports? Back when the tickets were $27 you'd get a different crowd than what we have now.

 

[Kontradiction]

 

[102 Pat]

they need to cut back the foghorn on 3rd downs, its annoying sometimes

Unfortunately it's needed to get most out of their seats.

 

[Kontradiction]

I'm sure sections were loud but, for the most part, it didn't seem like it was overly noisy outside of a few occasions. There were times where I could actually hear Wilson's cadence. Of course, the brain dead end zone lounge doesn't help matters much.

 

[sambam94]

not sure what stadium goes nuts over field goals..even if it is for the lead, it means drive stalled..a failure.

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

Patriots Players Dispute Pete Carroll's Comments On Fans At Gillette Stadium

 

[Mogamedogz]

lmao, Funny thing...

This is a picture taken in Gillette at the Guns N Roses concert in July. And THAT crowd basically rattled the region from Boston to Providence. Just more proof that the whole "Stadium Design" stuff is pretty much nonsense IMO.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

He's just gloating over that win. Obviously it exorcised a lot of demons for him - Poor Pete.

 

[Nikolai]

Most of the time they start way too late and by the time there is a little noise the ball is snapped. It is pathetic (in my not so humble opinion).

I've noticed this a lot too when going to games. The crowd doesn't get loud when the other team is in the huddle, but only when they get to the line and then not always loud enough in enough time to really affect them.

I've heard the stadium get loud and it's usually when the Pats get touchdowns or some huge play is made. The loudest I've heard the stadium (and I've said this many times) was the dropped pass that ended the Ravens comeback chances in that 2009 regular season game. Deafening...

Of note, during the 2011-2012 years, when the D could never get off the field on third down, I noticed a lot of people just got tired from consecutive drives of screaming their heads off, only to have the opponent convert on the third down and then the cycle starts again, over and over.

 

[Joker]

Pete the Cleaner can STFU, choke and die for all I care.Don't even get me started on this dipshyt douchebag.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

You would have figured in his time here he'd have been aware of the crowd noise situation.

 

[Koma]

He's just gloating over that win. Obviously it exorcised a lot of demons for him - Poor Pete.

Carroll also had some comments about the Buffalo kicker embellishing his reaction to Sherman's hit. Seattle won that game, too. Pete's a pretty poor winner, yet that doesn't get the attention that, say, Belichick not delivering a meaningful enough handshake does.

 

[brdmaverick]

I don't get why people here hate Pete as much as they do.

I hate that they lost, but Pete seems like a very likeable guy who........

1.) never was really given a chance here
2.) had to live with one of the most questionable calls in Super Bowl history

While I hate losing, I don't mind that it was to him.

 

[brdmaverick]

I could have sworn I saw Brady trying to quiet the crowd while the Pats were on offense last night.

I guess that jives with what another poster was saying about "fans getting loud at the wrong times"

 

[Mogamedogz]

You would have figured in his time here he'd have been aware of the crowd noise situation.

No way. The last time Pete was here it was a different world. We were still playing in the old Sullivan Stadium, Gillette wasn't even under construction yet.

That crowd was deafening. We could stomp on those old metal bleachers and shake the whole damn town. Plus we were literally right on top of the field. You could get into it with players/coaches... and most times people did.

I can imagine the culture shock it must have been for him walking into Gillette now with only his old memories of the late 90's to compare it to.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Fact is...instead of adding seats to increase crowd noise wine & quiche connoisseur Robert Kraft blew away 1,500 ST end zone seats owned by the plebs so that the truly beautiful people with the box etc. seats could pay another premium $$$ to have yet another venue to socialize, pay $$$ for wine and food and pretty much ignore the game.
You go Bob!

Petey is right. Compared to Seattle raucous 12th person, Gillette sounds like a library reading room.

 

[JMC00]

Pete the Cleaner can STFU, choke and die for all I care.Don't even get me started on this dipshyt douchebag.

Glad we have that image of him from SB49 when Butler picked off Wilson.

Literally yelled at the TV "run and up down the sidelines like a cheerleader now you f**k" when they panned to him.

 

[DefenseRules]

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I guess that jives with what another poster was saying about "fans getting loud at the wrong times"

Brady needs to give us a break. The defense SUCKS we can't get excited about them. He and the offense are all we have. Special teams is shaky at times too. What else can we cheer for?.