Of course the league's referees have nothing against Carroll. He's a sort of classy guy. Does the league have anything against him? No clue, but unless you're suggesting that the league actually sends inferior refs WITH a bias vs. Carroll, the the collusion thing doesn't work.
i have never seen Carroll as a revolutionary, just a darn good coach, wherever he's been. There is a lot of self-hype to him, but he hasn't revolutionized the game in any fashion, really. Even his imagery stuff is normal. His, "We are Family" schtick wears thin, especially because Seattle always seems to have internal issues. ESPN The Mag had a terrific article a while back about the Offense vs. Defense dissension, fueled by the favoritism the defense thinks Wilson gets.
He runs a conservative offense, usually with a thundering RB, led by a mobile QB, and backs that up with a smash mouth defense. From 30,000 ft, that looks a lot like Tom Landry and Chuck Noll.
The two missed calls above? What coach doesn't think his team got jobbed on two calls, even reviews. My Ducks won by a ton yesterday and they got jobbed on a review or two.
on the 1st play, if you are the referee AND you miss the face mask on the 1st play, then the end of that play Looks suspicious. Ejection? Maybe not, unless there had been a bunch of that stuff going on. Mostly the refs blew it, especially considering it was trailing the play. 15 yards on the kickoff seems the better call.
2nd play? Is it catchable in bounds? I am not seeing that.