On eve of training camp, new coach Pete Carroll says Raiders will win a bunch of games

HENDERSON Nev AP Pete Carroll was excited because well he s Pete Carroll He was in the Raiders media room Tuesday answering reporters coaches but much of his mind was on a organization meeting just more than an hour away I can t wait to kick this thing off and get rolling Carroll explained This is familiar territory for Carroll something he missed after a year off from coaching Now in Las Vegas he will try to revive a Raiders franchise still striving to return to its former glory before it came to a sudden halt after appearing in the Super Bowl in the season That effort begins in earnest Wednesday morning when the Raiders open training camp and Carroll isn t lowering the bar for a organization coming off a - season We are going to win a bunch of games Carroll mentioned I can t even imagine anything else I ve been winning games a year for years or something I mean what are my expectations We are going to win a bunch and I don t care who hears that It ain t about what anybody hears It s about what we do and so that s why expectations are really high The standards need to be so that the expectations can be met We ll see what happens Carroll hopes to follow the gameplan he took to Seattle in The Seahawks finished - in each of Carroll s first two seasons before recording double-digit wins eight of the following nine years That run included back-to-back Super Bowl appearances a -point rout of Denver and a memorable and heartbreaking oh-so-close loss to New England Before that Carroll turned USC into one of the nation s dominant programs that included the and national championships the first shared with LSU You either have a philosophy or you don t and we got one Carroll declared We got beliefs and principles that guide us so I m not altering those much I m staying true to what we know and what s been productive for us Part of Carroll s confidence can be traced to last year when he was off the sidelines after the Seahawks forced him out The last year was really valuable to me Carroll reported The perspective that you have when you re in the middle of it is different than when you can step away The opportunity for clarity was so obvious to me so I saw things differently and I felt like I learned a lot of things and took in a lot and have altered my expectations of what we re able to do and how we need to go about getting better and doing things more proficiently in all areas He could be enjoying retirement but jumped at the chance to coach again when the Raiders called Carroll turns on Sept and the NFL s oldest developing coach doesn t look ready to slow down A p m club meeting isn t something just to get through but in typical Carroll fashion to attack with gusto We ve got to find ourselves Carroll disclosed We got to figure out who we are and that demands to be guided well So it starts with me and then the coordinators through the position coaches have to do a tremendous job of figuring out what they can bring us with the players that we have It s a big process It might sound kind of loosey goosey on that thought but this is a specific science to me It s a fascinating process it really is I m really pumped about getting in the middle of it Raiders sign Adams other free agents The Raiders signed safety Jamal Adams who played in five games and started three last season with Tennessee and Detroit He made first- or second-team AP All-Pro from - Adams has started of career games making tackles sacks tackles for loss four interceptions and passes defended Four others also signed wide receiver Phillip Dorsett II guard Atonio Mafi wide receiver Seth Williams and safety JT Woods No timetable for Wilkins Carroll stated he didn t know when defensive tackle Christian Wilkins placed on the physically unable to perform list because of a laborious recovery from a broken foot will return to practice He can be activated at any time in preseason off the PUP list once medically cleared We have to sort of wait out Carroll announced Defensive end Malcolm Koonce is back after missing all of last season because of a torn ACL We re going to look after him make sure that we do it right and developing him in but he s ready to go Carroll explained AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source