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Pete Carroll walks thin line between success, failure with enthusiasm

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is well aware of the many challenges that lie ahead for his team, and he’s eager to tackle them all.

The price of success can be daunting. The fallout from failure can be oppressive.

Those are the dynamics the Seahawks are juggling as they launch what promises to be an extraordinarily intriguing 2015 season. And that is the multifaceted challenge that has energized Pete Carroll, a man to whom energy already is a life force.

“It was really cool to be on the field,’’ Carroll exuded after the first practice at Virginia Mason Athletic Center, and he clearly meant it.