Pro Day Malarkey?

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CARROLL UNHAPPY WITH USC PRO DAY?
Published 4/4/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
USC coach Pete Carroll was reportedly unhappy with one of the drills that NFL coaches and scouts observed his former players run through at USC’s pro day workouts this week. According to Adam Rose of the Los Angeles Times , the players engaged in “a hand-to-hand combat drill,” and Carroll wasn’t happy to see it. Carroll reportedly said, “ That won’t happen again here .” USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis said of the drill, “That was a sleeper. I didn’t know that one was coming. You see it on film but you’re never quite ready for that until it happens. That drill’s a doozy, ...

Pete Carroll, Unlike Fletch, Does Not Like to Be Manhandled
Published 4/5/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... In yesterday's LA Times' USC blog, Adam Rosen wrote that "The other Pro Day eye-opener was a hand-to-hand combat drill in which players engaged a former-NFL-player-turned-coach (pictured above). Carroll apparently wasn't happy with it and reportedly told the media, 'That won't happen again here.'" ...

Reporters' Notebooks
Published 4/7/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Adam Rose, All Things Trojan: About those phony 40-yard dash times. Chauncey Washington just ran 4.35 seconds at USC's pro day. If that's true, Washington shouldn't be entering the NFL draft — he should be entering the Beijing Olympics. The fastest time ever clocked on a track is 4.38. ...