wow. im sorry to report this leith but im sure you already know that the chargers hired norv turner as their new head coach. that cant be good. when he was with the raiders he went 1-11 in divisional games over his 2 years there. yikes. i know it was the raiders and all but still, thats awful. he has a lot more talent in san diego so hopefully it all works out.
It was the raiders. It\'s not like they got any better when he was let go.
At first I was taken aback and kind of bummed but upon further reflection, I trust the GM AJ Smith.
He has had tremendous success in the draft and has filled the Chargers roster w/ mass talent. Marty was not hired by him and they had a horrible relationship.
He has a great relationship w/ Norv which can only be a better situation for the organization as a whole.
AJ has hired the man that installed the current Charger Offense based around LT, turned around an aimless Offense in S.F. and Alex Smith into a real NFL QB last year, and is the man credited by Troy Aikman as the mind behind Dallas\'s SB run in the early nineties.
He does have experience in the AFC West and seems to be a hire for a "win before it gets away" mentality.
He does have the potential though to hang around and form the same thing he had in Dallas. The Chargers just need a WR to form the "new troika".
With the supposed hire of Ted Cottrell the Defense seems to be just fine also.
So for me I am just as hopeful of the coming year as I was for the past one and looking 4ward to talking trash by myself in the 2007-2008 NFL thread.
