One of the more polarizing figures in sports media is the Pacific Northwest’s own Colin Cowherd. Born and raised in rural coastal Washington, and later becoming an Eastern Eagle, Cowherd has had a rather rocky relationship with the Seattle Seahawks.
One would think he’d be a homer, and at times he has been more than complimentary of the Seahawks. But in recent years, Cowherd became rather critical of head coach Pete Carroll and a vocal supporter of quarterback Russell Wilson. To Cowherd, Carroll was the issue in Seattle in the “Let Russ Cook” debate.
But after a year and a half of seeing how Carroll’s Seahawks and Wilson’s Broncos have fared apart from each other, Cowherd has made a course correction. Earlier this week, the FS1 host went on the Brock and Salk show to make his “apology”:
“I thought it was too hard on him,” Cowherd said of his previous comments about Carroll when asked Tuesday by Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk about his apology. “… With Pete, what I said was I thought he was stunting Russell’s growth. And in the end, he saw what we didn’t.”
Cowherd admitted this at the beginning of the month on his show The Herd.
"I thought Pete was too tough on Russ… The truth is Russ simmering was probably better than Russ cooking."
— @ColinCowherd praises Pete Carroll pic.twitter.com/n6xOYRX5hD
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) October 3, 2023
To Cowherd’s credit, no one in sports media is better at admitting when they’re wrong than him. He openly makes it a Monday segment “Where Colin Was Right/Wrong” and it buys him credibility.
The 12th Man is certainly happy to hear Cowherd continue to admit he was wrong about their team and coach.
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