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The Rumor is fact.......Chirs Mortenson is reporting. Wow.......there must have been some serious friction between AJ Smith and Schottenheimer over the last week. Where in the world will the Chargers get a head coach now? Ron Rivera? The coaching wire looks pretty bare right now........
Damn, who are the Chargers going to get?
Bill Cowher?
Parsells ?Damn, who are the Chargers going to get?
Sources close to Marty Schottenheimer and the San Diego Chargers said the coach was fired by the team Monday, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported.
Schottenheimer and Chargers general manager A.J. Smith have been having disagreements over staffing after losing a number of assistants. Dean Spanos, the team president, told Schottenheimer on Monday that it wasn't going to work between him and Smith.
Three days after the Chargers melted down in a stunning 24-21 playoff loss to New England, Spanos decided that bringing Schottenheimer back for the final year of his contract gave San Diego its best chance to win.
Schottenheimer, though, declined the team's offer of a one-year extension for 2008 worth $4.5 million, with a $1 million buyout.
"Right now, I wasn't comfortable accepting it," Schottenheimer told the Associated Press shortly after the season. He would have earned more than $3 million in 2007.
With a regular-season record of 200-126-1 with Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington and San Diego, Schottenheimer is the most successful coach never to have reached the Super Bowl.
This is the stupidest crap I've ever heard. How the hell does a coach get fired after going 14-2, no wonder this team used to be the laughing stock of the NFL. Decisions like this will send them straight back to mediocrity, I'm sure LT is pissed.
From the above post, it sounds more like Shott declind his extension
From the above post, it sounds more like Shott declind his extension
No way to explain letting both coordinators go and then fire the HC right after. Is Charley in there somewhere pulling strings?
The Rumor is fact.......Chirs Mortenson is reporting. Wow.......there must have been some serious friction between AJ Smith and Schottenheimer over the last week. Where in the world will the Chargers get a head coach now? Ron Rivera? The coaching wire looks pretty bare right now........
Its funny but CAPERS might actually be the best bet you have for this job.
OR
Does anyone know if Tomlin is going to run the COVER 2 OR 3-4 in Pittsburgh?
If he goes cover 2 you will have some 3-4 guys out of work.
This is the stupidest crap I've ever heard. How the hell does a coach get fired after going 14-2, ...
Sincerely,
Bum Phillips
(fired after going 11-5 with a playoff appearance)
Sincerely,
Bum Phillips
(fired after going 11-5 with a playoff appearance)
Mike Sherman as their new HC?
Dom Capers is waiting in Miami for the phone to ring.
Yes he's conservative to a fault. Yes he's lost more than he's won everywhere he went. Honestly though you have to admit that he could coach a team with LT in the backfield.
He could coach Marty-ball.
Or maybe Aj Smith was waiting for all the other jobs to be filled. He did'nt want Marty to be a headcoach anywhere this coming season...
Mike Sherman as their new HC?
Pure speculation, but Pete Carroll might be in the mix.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
CARROLL ALREADY A DONE DEAL?
Early speculation in some league circles is that the Chargers already have a wink-nod deal in place with USC coach Pete Carroll to succeed Marty Schottenheimer.
Consider the evidence.
After it was announced that Schottenheimer would return to the Chargers, John Czarnecki of FOXSports.com reported that the Chargers would have cut Schottenheimer loose if they could have lined up the guy that they wanted to take his place. Czar didn't name the mystery candidate, but our guess was/is that it is/was Carroll.
Four weeks later, Carroll was able to lock up another class of recruits, who signed their letters of intent on February 7.
I thought about Capers...but that seemed extreme. He would have the strong running game and powerful 3-4 defense. Might work as long as he got competent coordinators.
Sincerely,
Bum Phillips
(fired after going 11-5 with a playoff appearance)
And he lost in the playoffs to the eventual champs, the Raiders, if memory serves. I'm surprised Bud survived that day.
My take on Marty is very different from most of you. I've said this for 15 years and I'm not gonna change now.
No team under Schottenheimer's rule will ever win the Super Bowl. To believe that, and I do, I would have to say it's a good move long term.
You not only play to win the game, but you also play to win the season.
(fired after going 11-5 with a playoff appearance)