This is no time for excuses.
Quit saying that it will take time for Norv Turner to implement his system with the Chargers.
There is no reason for this team to be a loser at this point, just because the head coach is new. (After all, isn't former Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips 3-0 in Dallas?)
Look at the last time the Chargers hired a new head coach. His name was Marty Schottenheimer; the year 2002.
He took over a team that lost its last nine games in 2001. All his first Chargers’ team did was start out 6-1 on the way to an 8-8 season. (An injury to defensive stalwart Jamal Williams led to the team losing its final four games.)
There goes the excuse of taking time for a new coach and his team to jell.
With no apology to the apologists at the San Diego Union-Tribune, hiring Turner for the 2007 season was a horrible decision.
Turner couldn’t win in nine previous seasons as a head coach, and Hall of Famer to be Jerry Rice says Turner will never win as a head coach because he can’t motivate.
This is a Chargers’ squad that was supposed to be Super Bowl-ready. In reality, it’s a team that will be fighting for its life this Sunday against Kansas City with a 1-2 record.
Cris Collinsworth got it right during Sunday Night Football on NBC-TV. He sent out a bulletin to all teams saying you should not fire a coach who goes 14-2.
That’s what the Chargers did with Schottenheimer.
Without Schottenheimer and team leader Donnie Edwards at linebacker, the Chargers seem lost.
I wonder if a certain Union-Tribune columnist still sees General Manager A.J. Smith as the equivalent of John Wayne for being involved in the wonderful moves to get rid of Schottenheimer and Edwards.
Quit saying that it will take time for Norv Turner to implement his system with the Chargers.
There is no reason for this team to be a loser at this point, just because the head coach is new. (After all, isn't former Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips 3-0 in Dallas?)
Look at the last time the Chargers hired a new head coach. His name was Marty Schottenheimer; the year 2002.
He took over a team that lost its last nine games in 2001. All his first Chargers’ team did was start out 6-1 on the way to an 8-8 season. (An injury to defensive stalwart Jamal Williams led to the team losing its final four games.)
There goes the excuse of taking time for a new coach and his team to jell.
With no apology to the apologists at the San Diego Union-Tribune, hiring Turner for the 2007 season was a horrible decision.
Turner couldn’t win in nine previous seasons as a head coach, and Hall of Famer to be Jerry Rice says Turner will never win as a head coach because he can’t motivate.
This is a Chargers’ squad that was supposed to be Super Bowl-ready. In reality, it’s a team that will be fighting for its life this Sunday against Kansas City with a 1-2 record.
Cris Collinsworth got it right during Sunday Night Football on NBC-TV. He sent out a bulletin to all teams saying you should not fire a coach who goes 14-2.
That’s what the Chargers did with Schottenheimer.
Without Schottenheimer and team leader Donnie Edwards at linebacker, the Chargers seem lost.
I wonder if a certain Union-Tribune columnist still sees General Manager A.J. Smith as the equivalent of John Wayne for being involved in the wonderful moves to get rid of Schottenheimer and Edwards.
