Bad news, BS Gal - 'Martyball' era ends in San Diego

[jazz lady]

SAN DIEGO - Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer was fired Monday night in a shocking move by team president Dean Spanos, who cited a "dysfunctional situation" between the coach and general manager A.J. Smith.

Less than a month after San Diego's NFL-best 14-2 season was wrecked in a home playoff loss to New England, Spanos cited the exodus of both coordinators and other assistants in firing Schottenheimer. The coach had a year left on his contract and will be owed more than $3 million.

"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," Spanos said in a statement. "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."

 

[BuddyLee]

What a sh*tty move.

Schottenheimer is one of the coaches I like the most; too bad he doesn't have the luck.

Some team is going to get a gem.

 

[RangerJohn]

I am in shock as well. Wherever Marty winds up, the team will turn around and suddenly Marty will win his Superbowl....while my Chargers may never win one in my lifetime.

 

[BS Gal]

Awwwwwwwwww, man. Stupid, stupid move.

 

[Otter]

Awwwwwwwwww, man. Stupid, stupid move.

Dumb, dumb move. Gotta love the mindset of an owner and GM that aren't satisfied with a team that went 14-3 with basically a rookie QB leading the offense.

 

[mainman]

Dumb, dumb move. Gotta love the mindset of an owner and GM that aren't satisfied with a team that went 14-3 with basically a rookie QB leading the offense.

No respect at all for that organization... Lame

 

[Larry Gude]

I think it's a great move...

...now, we don't stick out so bad.


So, we get back Marty, make Joe the GM, get LaVarr back for double what he paid to get out of here, bring Spurrier in to coach the QB's and get back Jeff Goerge.

Then, San Diego won't look so ####ing stupid anymore.


My God. Every time these idiots say the NFL is all about winning they follow it up with something like this.