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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
I've never been a Norv Turner fan...he's just the offensive version of Dave Wannstedt. (offensive in terms of the part of the team that has the quarterback....not offensive in terms of people being offended)
None of Jimmy Johnson's assistant coaches have really amounted to shit. They rode his coattails to get head coaching jobs but none of them had his eye for talent which is really what made him successful.
Anyhoo, the Chargers were kinda screwed because Schottenheimer leaving was a spur of the moment thing, and when you have a team that's already ready for prime time, that's not when you want to be hiring a rookie head coach....so Norv was really the best they could do.
They should have just let Marty hire his son to be the O-coordinator and given him one more year to try to win a SB with that roster. Then at least if it didn't work out they'd have had time to do a real coaching search.
A.J. Smith let his ego get in the way of that decision IMHO.
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Norv is a great O coordinator, but that doesn't always mean you make a good head coach. I think there are a million cases in the NFL where a coordinator got a head coaching job and didn't do very well. I do agree though, when you have a team that is right on the cusp of competing for a super bowl you don't want to bring in a rookie head coach.
I wonder how much money is currently being tossed at Bill Cower. I read he turned down the Browns, you have to think the Jets will make him an offer.