Former Seattle Sehawks running backs coach Sherman Smith made it clear Friday that he's no longer with the team because Pete Carroll wanted to make a change.
"We went into the meeting, Pete just started talking about he thought it was time about making a change," Smith said during an interview with "Brock and Salk" on 710 ESPN Seattle. "And it surprised me because I thought I would be the one more or less leading the conversation -- either saying I hadn’t decided to retire yet or I’m going to coach another year. But I didn’t think it would be him saying, ‘I want to make a change.