Seahawks’ Pete Carroll wonders why time kept running vs. Saints

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll argues with the officials about not stopping the clock in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)Among the many decisions by officials that left the Seahawks baffled later was a call by head linesman Greg Bradley to rule that New Orleans’ Tim Hightower had been tackled in bounds after taking a pass for no gain late in the fourth quarter.

Hightower was slammed out of bounds by Kelcie McCray, and the Seahawks figured that would stop the clock, and preserve a timeout. Instead, Bradley — after initially appearing to begin signaling to stop the clock — motioned to keep it going.

That forced an incensed Carroll to call Seattle’s…