Chargerhonk wrote: Spanos will have no choice. He wants a new stadium....he wants to keep his season ticket holders....He needs to make a splash. I expect a big name coach and GM......if not, Spanos is officially the worst owner in the NFL.

He already is by letting his employees talk him into keeping their failure of a manager.  And if that wasn't the reason, it was fear of not being able to find someone better than Norv. Thats just not how you run a business.  I am speechless that we set fire to a 6th season by keeping Norv Turner.


As far as firing AJ...we already know who the replacement will be, so I don't really care about that as long as he's not allowed to hire coaches anymore.

toddhoopster wrote: I have heard the main reason they dont fire Norv is because they cant find anyone to call the plays after he is gone. Not saying I agree with keeping him around for such a stupid reason but that is what I have heard.

slammer8 wrote: They wont fire him until the end of the season or at least they are mathematically eliminated.

Chargerhonk wrote: Spanos will have no choice. He wants a new stadium....he wants to keep his season ticket holders....He needs to make a splash. I expect a big name coach and GM......if not, Spanos is officially the worst owner in the NFL.

BTW....All this talk about moving to LA...Do honestly think LA wants the Chargers? The Raiders failed there twice!!! With all those Raider fans there.

yantha wrote: LA doesn't seem like a "Raider town" to me.  Mind you, I only visited there once.

IMO the Chargers would be a better fit in LA than the Raiders ever were.

That said, personally I hope the Chargers either stay in SD, or get moved to Toronto.

Chargerhonk wrote: Spanos will have no choice. He wants a new stadium....he wants to keep his season ticket holders....He needs to make a splash. I expect a big name coach and GM......if not, Spanos is officially the worst owner in the NFL.

BTW....All this talk about moving to LA...Do honestly think LA wants the Chargers? The Raiders failed there twice!!! With all those Raider fans there.

The right time to make wholesale changes was last offseason. Unfortunately Deano was not prepared to make changes across the board. 

Despite what Mr. Spanos said publicly, he made overtures to friends around the league seeking advice. Coaching candidates either:

A)Weren't interested in working under the AJ/Spanos team
B)Had other reasons over why they should pass

Deano was not prepared to make a fundamental switch in team direction and philosophy because he had no plan in place and no viable candidates to provide direction.

So he rolled the dice, and it's working out like a dieter in a donut shop.

This year was different though. He had an offseason to put basic contingencies into play, send out feelers to prospective candidates, and rub some elbows.

Ideally speaking, Deano would give the keys to the assistant General Manager of the Baltimore Ravens, Eric DiCosta. I'm not going to give you his resume, no copying do your own homework!

But maybe, mayyybe Eric DiCosta won't like the uncertainty of the stadium issues, or the nepotism of all the Spanoi in key positions throughout the Chargers organization.

So it's entirely possible that best potential GM candidate passes, and we get stuck with option D or even F instead. We can hope that doesn't happen, but it could.

It would take the perfect situation to pull a Jon Gruden out of the booth with the coin he's making. I don't know what Deano would have to pay or give up to get Jon to buy in, but if I were him I know I'd pass. You love your job, make tons of money, and can wait for the perfect situation if you have that itch to get back into coaching. This sure ain't it.

Our best shot is getting Eric DiCosta as General Manager, then building a Baltimore Ravens style philosophy of toughness and accountability. That type of transformation takes a while, unless the perfect storm occurs.

Does anyone trust Deano to pull all the right strings? I know I don't.   

charger1joe wrote:

The right time to make wholesale changes was last offseason. Unfortunately Deano was not prepared to make changes across the board. 

Despite what Mr. Spanos said publicly, he made overtures to friends around the league seeking advice. Coaching candidates either:

A)Weren't interested in working under the AJ/Spanos team
B)Had other reasons over why they should pass

Deano was not prepared to make a fundamental switch in team direction and philosophy because he had no plan in place and no viable candidates to provide direction.

So he rolled the dice, and it's working out like a dieter in a donut shop.

This year was different though. He had an offseason to put basic contingencies into play, send out feelers to prospective candidates, and rub some elbows.

Ideally speaking, Deano would give the keys to the assistant General Manager of the Baltimore Ravens, Eric DiCosta. I'm not going to give you his resume, no copying do your own homework!

But maybe, mayyybe Eric DiCosta won't like the uncertainty of the stadium issues, or the nepotism of all the Spanoi in key positions throughout the Chargers organization.

So it's entirely possible that best potential GM candidate passes, and we get stuck with option D or even F instead. We can hope that doesn't happen, but it could.

It would take the perfect situation to pull a Jon Gruden out of the booth with the coin he's making. I don't know what Deano would have to pay or give up to get Jon to buy in, but if I were him I know I'd pass. You love your job, make tons of money, and can wait for the perfect situation if you have that itch to get back into coaching. This sure ain't it.

Our best shot is getting Eric DiCosta as General Manager, then building a Baltimore Ravens style philosophy of toughness and accountability. That type of transformation takes a while, unless the perfect storm occurs.

Does anyone trust Deano to pull all the right strings? I know I don't.