Lance McCune of Bonsall may come from a small community, but he made a major comment concerning the San Diego Chargers in the San Diego Union-Tribune this week:
“Memo to A.J. Smith: Looks like you kept the wrong Turner,” McCune wrote.
With Michael Turner leading the NFL in rushing for the upstart Atlanta Falcons, maybe the Chargers did indeed keep the wrong Turner.
After all, through five games, it appears as if head coach Norv Turner is back to his old tricks with a 2-3 record.
Turner, now in his 11th season as a head coach, has a career record of 71-90-1 (.441 winning percentage.)
He’s only been to the postseason twice, splitting two games as head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1999 and going 2-1 in the postseason with the 2007 Chargers.
Of course, he was brought here to win in the postseason. Previous Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer couldn’t win in the postseason if the game was handed to him on a platter.
Therein comes the next debate. At least Schottenheimer reached the playoffs, which is more than Turner has done 80% of the time as a head coach.
The Chargers are supposed to be Super Bowl-worthy this year. Thus far, it appears as if they are more than “worthy” of Turner’s losing record as a head coach.
They better turn things around soon, or else it will be obvious they got rid of the wrong Turner.
“Memo to A.J. Smith: Looks like you kept the wrong Turner,” McCune wrote.
With Michael Turner leading the NFL in rushing for the upstart Atlanta Falcons, maybe the Chargers did indeed keep the wrong Turner.
After all, through five games, it appears as if head coach Norv Turner is back to his old tricks with a 2-3 record.
Turner, now in his 11th season as a head coach, has a career record of 71-90-1 (.441 winning percentage.)
He’s only been to the postseason twice, splitting two games as head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1999 and going 2-1 in the postseason with the 2007 Chargers.
Of course, he was brought here to win in the postseason. Previous Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer couldn’t win in the postseason if the game was handed to him on a platter.
Therein comes the next debate. At least Schottenheimer reached the playoffs, which is more than Turner has done 80% of the time as a head coach.
The Chargers are supposed to be Super Bowl-worthy this year. Thus far, it appears as if they are more than “worthy” of Turner’s losing record as a head coach.
They better turn things around soon, or else it will be obvious they got rid of the wrong Turner.
2 comments:
It's not just Norv. What about Cottrill and his defense? They could barely stop the Raiders and Dolphins, which are two very bad teams.
Yeah, it's Norv. Look at his record. Last year was an exception to the rule.
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