Fri, January 4, 2008
The The Hair?—10:24 AM
I love Pete Carroll these days. I love him almost as much as I love his hair, which should tell you something. I realized the other day that he's actually made me care about USC football, to the point where I watched more than one game this season, which is a record for me. Admittedly, it's easy to like a team as colossally successful as they've been lately, but sue me, I do.
I bring this up because Los Angeles magazine has published a lengthy, unctuous, and fascinating profile of him. The announcers brought it up during the Rose Bowl (I still haven't learned how not to hear them) and, in rare form, they were right about something: it's a fun read.
Granted, the author often gets caught in eddies of self-reflexive meta-commentary, but if I were writing about hanging out with Pete Carroll I'd probably try to mention the fact that I got to hang out with Pete Carroll a lot, too. The article waxes poetic about his awesome hair, compares him to Thor, and offers Carroll quotes that sound like Charlie Crews. What's not to like?
