While appearing on Clay Travis’ radio show on 104-5 The Zone in Nashville, former Titans and Seahawks’ running back LenDale White had some unflattering things to say about Pete Carroll and his former coach’s involvement in the USC scandal surrounding Reggie Bush.

On USC (from Larry Brown Sports):

“I don’t want to bad mouth nobody, but as big as this scale is and as much as they (the NCAA) saying somebody took, for you not to know anything is kind of unbelievable to me. I don’t know. If you’re the athletic director I’m pretty sure you get wind of something, that somebody’s put something in your ear. When I was going to school there, and we were partying too much on campus, coaches could show up at our dorm room and tell us to calm the partying down. But you can’t tell if somebody took a $750,000 home? I don’t know. It’s weird to me.”

On his release from the Seahawks:

“I was shocked. I’m still shocked. I would figure if there was a problem or anything needed to be said or done, that my old coach would grab me to the side and whisper something in my ear and tell me step it up or do something different. I would figure that.”

“Thursday (the day before the release) when I was leaving practice, Pete Carroll hugged me and told me everything was going well. I thought everything was fine. I went to Vegas, just having fun for Memorial Day weekend and then I get a call Friday morning telling me they’re going in another (direction). I never really got an explanation.”

“I actually called Pete and asked Pete what was going on. Pete never knows why anything, right? Pete, he beat around the bush. He just said it wasn’t going to work out. He didn’t really give me an answer. He didn’t give me a clear explanation.”

When he showed up to the NFL scouting combine in 2006, White was so out of shape that one GM was actually quoted as saying that he “needed a bra.”

In his first training camp with the Titans, White was involved in a scuffle that led to him spitting in the face of a teammate.

In March of 2008, he received citations for destruction of property, disobedience to a lawful order/interference and resistance while in Denver, Colorado. (All chargers were later dropped.)

In May of this year, he was suspended four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He recently also admitted to smoking marijuana, although he notes: “that is all I have ever done. That’s all I do, that’s it. I smoke.”

I mention these things because it’s clear that White has maturity issues. He doesn’t seem to grasp what it means to take full responsibility for your actions. At 25, he could still have a productive NFL career, but in order to do so he needs to undergo a complete turnaround.

As of right now, after he made the comments about Carroll and USC, why would any team take a chance on him? Even if what he says is true, those statements didn’t need to be made. His only focus right now should be on playing again and nothing else – not Pete Carroll, USC or how much he believes he was screwed over by the Titans and Seahawks.