STLBILLS15 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Norv-Turner-reportedly-to-be-fired-as-San-Diego-Chargers-coach-123111 Chargers head coach Norv Turner will be fired sometime next week, meaning Sunday's game in Oakland will be his last with the team, the San Diego Union Tribune reported Saturday. "There reaches a point of no return," a person in the Chargers' organization said. The ax will fall despite Turner's reign at the Chargers being as successful as any of the team's previous coaches. He will enter Sunday's game with a 48-31 win-loss record — the second best regular-season winning percentage of any Chargers head coach. If the team beats the Raiders on Sunday, and his postseason record is added to the equation, Turner will top the list of Chargers coaches. Turner's dismissal will not be unexpected, with the coach being told in November that he quickly needed positive results to save his job. Four more defeats that month left San Diego fourth in the AFC West standings. They have since climbed to third, one game ahead of Kansas City. But the firing is not likely to be well supported by Chargers players. "It's really a shame . . ." quarterback Philip Rivers told the Union Tribune. "It hasn't been great [the past two seasons], but he's the winningest coach in the history of this place. Edited January 1, 2012 by STLBILLS15
BiggieScooby Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Wade Phillips back to the rescue? Or perhaps Mike Mularkey or Perry Fewell?
Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 They should take Marty Back who should have never been fired in the first place. If we had a coach that went 14-2 and was fired after losing a close playoff game to the team of the decade patriots, there would be riots in the streets.
MattM Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 They should take Marty Back who should have never been fired in the first place. If we had a coach that went 14-2 and was fired after losing a close playoff game to the team of the decade patriots, there would be riots in the streets. Oh to have such a problem....
jkrules Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 They should take Marty Back who should have never been fired in the first place. If we had a coach that went 14-2 and was fired after losing a close playoff game to the team of the decade patriots, there would be riots in the streets. Marty was a great coach in the regular season. His coaching style of "Play not to Lose" did not work in the playoffs. Cost him his job(s) and was why he never could win the big one.
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