Pete Carroll remembered the confetti falling to the ground at MetLife Stadium that evening in 2014, and what it meant to be standing on that stage with Paul Allen moments after winning Super Bowl XLVIII.
That is the best memory Carroll says he has of Allen, the beloved Seattle Seahawks owner, who died Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
“We take it back to the Super Bowl,” Carroll said at his weekly press conference Tuesday, before pausing briefly to remember that night in New Jersey.
“He’s a winner. He wanted to be a champion.