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Fabian Orellana Jersey .Y. - As if they were enjoying a morning coffee together, Pete Carroll and John Fox fulfilled their
final media obligations leading to the Super Bowl. Relaxed, self-assured and
even charming, the coaches of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos answered
questions for 30 minutes on Friday, joking with each other and the audience. No
grumpy one-sentence responses. No agitated reactions to edgy queries. At one
point, Fox wondered if he could say a specific crude word to the audience on
hand. Watching on television, he then went ahead and used the word. Carroll
immediately quipped: "You cant say that, John," eliciting laughs from reporters
— and from Fox. Neither man seemed overwhelmed or even antsy about the biggest
game of his life coming up on Sunday, even as they sat with the Vince Lombardi
Trophy that is given to the NFL champion. "I think its a pinnacle for probably
everybody that does what we do," said the 58-year-old Fox, who was with the
Giants when they lost the 2001 Super Bowl to Baltimore, and led the Panthers
there when they fell to New England in 2004. "Its something you work really hard
(for). "As Pete mentioned earlier, you take individuals and try to paint a
picture of where you want to get to. I think this is the pinnacle of it. Unlike
different levels of football, theres only one happy camper at that end. Thats
going to be the team hoisting that trophy." Carroll has hoisted championship
hardware, but in college with Southern Cal. This is his first trip to the big
game — he had never even attended a Super Bowl before this one. "The trophy
really does symbolize the ultimate challenge and competitiveness in our sport
and in our world of coaching or playing," said the 62-yard-old Carroll. "To
dream about being in this position as a kid and then working all through the
years of coaching, battling and watching other guys do it and for the first time
for us; its a tremendous honour. "Its a tremendous opportunity and it creates an
extraordinary challenge to see if you can be the one. It symbolizes a tremendous
amount to all of us. We all live with that, our players and our coaches. Its
great to be here, and (Im) thrilled to be doing it, too. It makes for so much
fun. The whole buildup, the whole following, knowing its a global event on game
day just adds to the fun of this thing. The challenge continues to be out there
for us to reach for, so its very exciting." Both coaches have defensive
backgrounds, and they made note of that. Yes, the NFL has become a
light-up-the-scoreboard league — and no team ever did it better than Foxs
Broncos, who scored 606 points this season. But Fox and Carroll made their
reputations as defensive co-ordinators before becoming head coaches. Carroll
spent one season in charge of the Jets and three with the Patriots before
heading to USC. Fox led Carolina for nine seasons. "Youve got a couple old DB
coaches here, and its interesting thats how it turned out," Carroll said. "It is
an offensive era that were in, and with all the passing game its gone crazy.
Maybe its fitting that weve been fighting our whole life trying to slow this
thing down, and we get a chance to do it here on the biggest stage. "Really we
have very similar paths and the fact that were defensive guys, maybe that gives
the defensive guys hope that maybe we can hire one of those guys in the league
soon." That already is happening, perhaps with the theory that strong defensive
minds can slow down the points parade. Of the seven head coaching hires this
year, four were filled by offence-oriented coaches (Bill OBrien, Jim Caldwell,
Ken Whisenhunt, Jay Gruden) and three by defensive guys (Lovie Smith,
Mike Zimmer, Mike Pettine). "I came up with a guy, Chuck Noll, who is a
defensive guy, who I learned a lot from," Fox said of the Hall of Fame coach of
the Steelers. "Ive been blessed to be around a lot of great people from
ownerships on down to general managers, front office people, as well as coaches.
You always take pride. This is a prideful thing to be in this position and play
in a game like this with such great history. "Dont forget about those defensive
guys moving forward."
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another 0.(SportsNetwork.com) - The New York Knicks hope to get two prominent
resources back in the lineup Saturday versus the Phoenix Suns at Madison Square
Garden. The Knicks did not have leading scorer Carmelo Anthony (23.4 ppg) in
Thursdays 103-97 loss at Chicago because of a sore knee and he is questionable
Saturday afternoon. Knicks guard J.R. Smith has missed the last five games with
a partially torn left plantar fascia and is also questionable. New York has lost
three in a row and 13 of its last 14 games, and couldnt overcome Jimmy Butlers
career-high 35 points. Even Bulls guard Derrick Rose missed the contest with an
illness Tim Hardaway Jr. picked up the slack with Anthony sidelined and led the
Knicks with 23 points. Amare Stoudemire chipped in with 16 points and six
rebounds, while Cole Aldrich added 13 points and 10 boards. Chicago is a good
team, they understand how to play in these situations and they made more plays
down the stretch, said Knicks coach Derek Fisher. The Knicks will try to stop a
six-game home losing streak and are 33-11 inside the confines of MSG.
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Phoenix halted a six-game losing streak with Wednesdays 111-106 triumph against
the Charlotte Hornets. Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points off the bench, Goran
Dragic added 20 points and eight assists and Gerald Green provided 16 points in
a reserve role. Eric Bledsoe recorded 15 points for Phoenix, which shot 52.4
percent and is in the midst of playing three straight and seven of eight games
on the road. When youve lost six games in a row and you get down 15 or 18
points, however many we were down, thats an easy time to quit, said Suns coach
Jeff Hornacek. But our guys didnt quit, they kept playing and playing. The Suns
are 7-7 as the visitor this season. Phoenix and New York will play the first of
two meetings this season and are scheduled to meet again March 15 at US Airways
Center. The two teams split a pair of games last season. The Knicks will try for
their third straight win at home in this series.
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