Pete Carroll and his Las Vegas Raiders are not going to be perfect, but being perfect isn't real. It's far from possible. What people do respond to in any culture or society is when the person they are interacting with is completely genuine.

"My favorite guy out there to watch is Laki Tasi," Carroll admitted. "He knows nothing about football when he walks in the door, and he's made tremendous progress. He's enormous, he's the biggest guy you ever saw, and I think he weighed in at weigh-ins the other day (at) 369 (pounds)."

Pete Carroll bounced around the fields during the Raiders' offseason practices, exhibiting the youthful enthusiasm that has been the most visible part of his identity throughout his coaching career.