mr.bixby said:

Whoever in the Chargers organization who came up with firing Marty (way too conservative but still a decent coach in my opinion) with the great black hole of suck Norv Turner should be fired.
I didn't get it and I still don't of why they thought Turner would be an improvement over Marty. 

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LiquidSmoke said:

I really had no qualms with the chargers.  I rooted for them during the superbowl against the niners.  I was always a huge Seau aand Natrone Means fan.

But then they fired Marty.  My boy Marty from the Chief's glory days.


And that's when i really began hating the chargers. 



Look what he did with that team.  It's not like LT or Brees were drafted before his time.  It was HIM as a COACH who took what was there, and created an explosive team with a fierce defense, swarming pass rush, and vaunted running game.


He took them to 14-2 after several agonizing losing seasons.



And as the story goes, he choked too much during the playoffs. 

In his two playoff losses with the chargers, one was against the eventual champions.

The other was due to a rookie kicker's choke on a 40 yarder.




I hate the Chargers for the exact same reason I hate Dan Snyder and the Redskins.  Because they represent everything that's wrong with sports.

You don't buy championships or just fix things with a quick hire and fire.  Marty is one of the greatest coaches of all time, and many of the best to ever coach/players the game have NEVER won a super bowl.



Rember that they fired him because of his friction with the manager AJ Smith.  But AJ smith is nothing but a talking suit.  What great achievements has AJ smith made in this league?


They fired Marty on the basis that he couldn't keep together his coaching staff, despite guys like Wade Philips and Cam Cameron going on to seek oppurtunities as head coaches.

They were citisizing his intent on bringing his family members in to coach under him.


Now look.

Brian Schottenheimer is partially responsible for reviving the Jet's Offense as they're coordinator.

And Kurt Schottenheimer built the Packer's secondary out of nothing.



I garuntee that if Marty was still the chargers coach, they would still be top contenders, and the upside that was the '06 season would most likely have continued for them.  Cuz he fucking built that team.

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Yep, yep, and yep.    It will be interesting to watch if Turner makes it out of this year, or is fired at the end of the season and who they bring in and if they can turn it around.  And if Merriweather can ever be healthy again, if he comes back strong and LT is healthy they could make the playoffs next year.
Most people hate Dan Snyder because of how he runs things but the Chargers are small market enough that nationally they don't get as much attention as the Skins going on's.

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AaronEvil said:

Hey look at that, 4-8... I almost hope we lose out for the sake of a decent draft pick. We could use a RB or at least a QB competition.

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