Kudos to Jody Allen for doing what she needed to do and moving on from Pete Carroll.

As hard as it surely was to do, Allen clearly saw what needed to be done and actually had the guts to do it despite Carroll’s self-described attempts to change her mind (“I didn’t back off for an instant”). That is great leadership by Allen to make a needed change.

This move does not take away from the fact that Carroll is the best coach in Seahawks history — the only one to win a Super Bowl, the one with the most wins, the one with the longest tenure. It was a great run, especially the 2012-16 seasons when the Legion of Boom was in its prime.

It does not take away from the fact that he is a great person, well respected by nearly all of his former players and coaches.

But all things end — always. That is life. And, for the Seahawks to return to contention, it was time for this move to happen, as we wrote yesterday.

Now John Schneider takes full control and is responsible for finding a coach who can marshal the talent the Hawks have added via the Russell Wilson trade the past two years. Carroll, who said he tried to convince Allen not to fire him, will remain as an advisor (assuming he does not get a coaching offer elsewhere), but he made it clear he will have no say in Seattle’s next coach. It is Schneider’s show now.

The general manager reportedly has been doing research for a month or so on possible candidates, obviously sensing (or even knowing) this might be the year the franchise made a change.

Dan Quinn is the name everyone is linking to Seattle, due to his previous ties during the LOB years and his steady status as one of the league’s top defensive coordinators. But Schneider reportedly is going to do a thorough search, which you would expect him to do (there are interview parameters he has to meet anyway).

Mike Vrabel is out there as well after being fired by Tennessee, and there are some good young offensive minds – Detroit’s Ben Johnson and Houston’s Bobby Slowik lead the way.

As we have said in several forums, we would lean toward an offensive coach. But that guy would need to have a very strong defensive coordinator to fix what really ails the Seahawks.

If Quinn were to end up returning as the guy, he would need to decide whether to retain Shane Waldron as OC or perhaps go get someone from Kyle Shanahan’s tree (Shanahan was his OC in Atlanta before the 49ers hired the offensive wiz).

Vrabel could re-enlist Arthur Smith, recently fired Atlanta coach who was his OC in Tennessee for two years and helped the Titans rank second overall, fourth in scoring in 2020.

Schneider has options, and it will be interesting to see whether he brings back the familiar face (Quinn) or another defensive coach or else goes with a young offensive mind (offensive coaches have won five of the past six Super Bowls).

Jody Allen did her part; now Schneider needs to do his.