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Martyball no more? (2 Viewers)
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George Jefferson
Footballguy
If you wanna crown their ###, then crown' em
Or Don Shula?
Air Coryell
Footballguy
MT just curious why you have Carroll ranked as unlikely. I know he tested the waters this offseason w/ Miami. I could imagine him liking the idea of staying on the west coast, and taking a team that is almost a lock to make the playoffs next season. On a side note, any chance Weis would be interested in heading back to the pros?
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
No chance.
George Jefferson
Footballguy
Jerry Glanville
Workhorse
Footballguy
Singletary?
Pictus Cat
Footballguy
Da Coach is available.
Maybe I'm wrong, but my own hunch is that if Carroll were willing to take the job, the Chargers would have hired him back in January instead of retaining Schottenheimer.
For those of you saying that the Chargers have no offensive coordinator, that may be true if the new head coach wants to fire Clarence Shelmon and bring his own guy in. But as of right now, Shelmon is the OC.
BigSteelThrill
Footballguy
Steve Sarkisian 
George Jefferson
Footballguy
Don't fret little brother. All will be alright. When LT lost Norv Turner and Marty became the coach people cried too.LT2 Dynasty Owner
kevthegrad
Footballguy
Jerry Glanville is dead. He won't get the job.
PadresLakers
Footballguy
Statement from Dean Spanos Chargers Owner/GM
"Today I made an extremely difficult decision: Marty Schottenheimer is no longer the head coach of the San Diego Chargers.
“This decision was so hard because Marty has been both a friend and valued coach of our team. But my first obligation is always to do what is in the best interest of our fans and the entire Charger organization. I must take whatever steps are necessary to deliver a Super Bowl trophy to San Diego. Events of the last month have now convinced me that it is not possible for our organization to function at a championship level under the current structure. On the contrary, and in the plainest possible language, we have a dysfunctional situation here. Today I am resolving that situation once and for all.
“My decision means that our organization will be obligated to pay the last year of Marty Schottenheimer’s contract and will begin an intense search for a new head coach at this relatively late date, but these are sacrifices that I believe are necessary to give the Chargers the best possible chance to win on the field this season.
“Our fans deserve to know what changed for me over the last month. When I decided to move ahead with Marty Schottenheimer in mid-January, I did so with the expectation that the core of his fine coaching staff would remain intact. Unfortunately, that did not prove to be the case, and the process of dealing with these coaching changes convinced me that we simply could not move forward with such dysfunction between our head coach and general manager. In short, this entire process over the last month convinced me beyond any doubt that I had to act to change this untenable situation and create an environment where everyone at Charger Park would be pulling in the same direction and working at a championship level. I expect exactly that from our entire Charger organization in 2007.”
This season the story was how Marty had become a hands off type of coach who allowed his coordinators more freedom than ever before. Now all of those coordinators are gone leaving the Chargers with Marty in a lameduck year and scraps. As a Charger fan Im glad Spanos has made this decision. A new coach is much more promising than Marty in a lameduck situation.
"Today I made an extremely difficult decision: Marty Schottenheimer is no longer the head coach of the San Diego Chargers.
“This decision was so hard because Marty has been both a friend and valued coach of our team. But my first obligation is always to do what is in the best interest of our fans and the entire Charger organization. I must take whatever steps are necessary to deliver a Super Bowl trophy to San Diego. Events of the last month have now convinced me that it is not possible for our organization to function at a championship level under the current structure. On the contrary, and in the plainest possible language, we have a dysfunctional situation here. Today I am resolving that situation once and for all.
“My decision means that our organization will be obligated to pay the last year of Marty Schottenheimer’s contract and will begin an intense search for a new head coach at this relatively late date, but these are sacrifices that I believe are necessary to give the Chargers the best possible chance to win on the field this season.
“Our fans deserve to know what changed for me over the last month. When I decided to move ahead with Marty Schottenheimer in mid-January, I did so with the expectation that the core of his fine coaching staff would remain intact. Unfortunately, that did not prove to be the case, and the process of dealing with these coaching changes convinced me that we simply could not move forward with such dysfunction between our head coach and general manager. In short, this entire process over the last month convinced me beyond any doubt that I had to act to change this untenable situation and create an environment where everyone at Charger Park would be pulling in the same direction and working at a championship level. I expect exactly that from our entire Charger organization in 2007.”
This season the story was how Marty had become a hands off type of coach who allowed his coordinators more freedom than ever before. Now all of those coordinators are gone leaving the Chargers with Marty in a lameduck year and scraps. As a Charger fan Im glad Spanos has made this decision. A new coach is much more promising than Marty in a lameduck situation.
That one seems more likely as a possible defensive coordinator. Mike Sherman is out there, too, but I'd really rather have Norm Chow.
KornKrackedJimy
Footballguy
You are all freaking out a bit too much about this. The San Diego Chargers will be just fine next year. The new HC hire will surprise you though. Stay tuned.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
Maybe the hot water Carroll has been feeling in LA will get him to move to the pros?The Chargers would probably have to break the bank to sign him, are already paying MS, and may even have to pay USC (I don't know how his contract is written), so this does seem unlikely.
kevthegrad
Footballguy
Lets focus on the bigger question here. How does this impact Vincent Jackson and the Markham Floppy Pink Bats organization?
Brian Schottenheimer?
TheGreatest
Footballguy
Straight up stupid!! You don't fire a 14-2 coach. The NFL is getting ridiculous. Only 1 team can win the big one every year. At this rate we are going to have 31 NFL coaches fired every year. Stability has always been key to consitently good frachises and the NFL owners are is losing site of that. Everyone has to win now!!
Mike Martz?
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
LOL cant wait for the games where LT get 6 carries
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Carroll has very little interest in the NFL. He is just too happy at SC.
Russ Grimm?
George Jefferson
Footballguy
My sources are telling me Jimmy Johnson is on the top of the list right now. He has interest since he can bring in his own staff, the team has a lot of draft choices coming up, the team isn't in shambles, and there is water nearby where he can still go boating. More as I hear it.
Lovie Smith? (He's a free agent, right?)
Jeff Fisher?
Jeff Fisher?
Air Coryell
Footballguy
With both coordinators gone, and Marty a lame duck coach its not a far fetched move. The complete meltdown in the playoff loss does take away from the 14-2 record. IMO. In 5 years with the Chargers they have zero playoff wins, if they went 16-0 in the regular season next season, I'd walk into the playoffs expecting them to lose the first game. The window for this team to win it all started in 2006, and it was wasted.
Good one! He's a possibility.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
I think Lovie has 1 year left on a pretty cheap deal
TheGreatest
Footballguy
Don't fool yourself. This was personel with AJ Smith....thats all.
TheGreatest
Footballguy
The Bears are renegoating Lovies contract. He isn't going nowhere. Tennessee isn't letting J. Fisher go either.
Air Coryell
Footballguy
Wasn't Spurrier really happy at UF? I'd think that if he had no interest in going to the pros he wouldn't even waste Miami's time this offseason. Just my opinion, but if the right opportunity presented itself I can see him considering it. Heck I'd think the chance to be the head coach of LT presents a pretty special opportunity for someone.
Jason Wood
Zoo York
My guess is Ron Rivera...AJ Smith isn't going to want to bring in a veteran HC who might not respect that this is Smith's show. Rivera clearly was ready, willing and able to leave Chicago and is a free agent right now to boot.
Any chance Cleveland fires Romeo Crennel? I wouldn't mind having the Chargers snap him up.
Floyd The Barber
Footballguy
PadresLakers wrote:
This season the story was how Marty had become a hands off type of coach who allowed his coordinators more freedom than ever before. Now all of those coordinators are gone leaving the Chargers with Marty in a lameduck year and scraps. As a Charger fan Im glad Spanos has made this decision. A new coach is much more promising than Marty in a lameduck situation.
Great-great post.
I think AJ Smith is an out of control egomaniac... but gvien the situation they're now in, to salvage their future they need all wagons pulling the same direction.
This season the story was how Marty had become a hands off type of coach who allowed his coordinators more freedom than ever before. Now all of those coordinators are gone leaving the Chargers with Marty in a lameduck year and scraps. As a Charger fan Im glad Spanos has made this decision. A new coach is much more promising than Marty in a lameduck situation.
Great-great post.
I think AJ Smith is an out of control egomaniac... but gvien the situation they're now in, to salvage their future they need all wagons pulling the same direction.
Jason Wood
Zoo York
MT,1) Coaching changes are done this time of year 9 times out of 102) Romeo is clearly safe and the Browns head coach for 20073) Why on Earth would you want Crennel?
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
It's Pete Carroll's job - book it.
He's been in a terrible situation in Cleveland, but he's a very well respected coach who came up with some pretty innovative stuff on defense when he was in New England.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Really, I herd that the GM doesn't really want Lovie as the coach, did he come in after Lovie was already there? Plusthe Bears are cheap, not that the Bolts spend.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
stevegamer
Footballguy
Yup, it's got to be somebody with essentially no track record - Smith is in charge there.
I can't see anyone with any kind of successas a NFL head coach coming to work under Smith.
I can't see anyone with any kind of successas a NFL head coach coming to work under Smith.
Jason Wood
Zoo York
Grid,Carroll isn't coming back to the NFL without total control of a franchise. The Chargers aren't in the running for that obviously. No fit here whatsoever.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
What exactly are the differences between Schottenheimer and Smith? Was this ever spelled out?
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Rivers/Brees feud basically
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