Even a "virtuoso" can use a little luck from time to time. I wonder how Bill Belichick felt watching the Norv Turner led Chargers play two postseason games during that 2008 season. This hasn't happened with Turner, who peaked with a 13-3 season in 2009 and has been tumbling down the mountain since.īill Belichick: Genius.
It's why Bill Belichick can go 11-5 with Matt Cassel at quarterback, and why the Patriots keep returning to the Super Bowl despite the incessant turnover of Pro Bowlers. F*cking brilliant actually.īut with all the schemes, formations and players on the field, a successful football coach almost has to be a virtuoso. We can't say for certain whether Phil Jackson and Joe Torre were geniuses or simply beneficiaries of Herculean rosters.Ĭan we say for certain that Weeb Ewbank was a genius? Of course we can. Better yet, go ask Bill Belichick.įootball isn't like baseball or basketball, where a coach or manager can sit in his limousine hot tub and let talent drive him to a title. It also suggests that your team will tie a lot of games if you employee a crappy kicker. It tells me that a coach can win a Super Bowl despite a crappy career record. But not Layne Layla Lane Kiffin.ĭid you know that of the 28 coaches to have won a Super Bowl, none has a career losing record? The closest is former Jets coach Weeb Ewbank, who owns a mark of 130-129-7.
Isn't it reasonable to strike from the record any coach's tenure in Oakland post-2002 under Al Davis? Of course it is. If we subtract Norv's stint in Oakland his career record would stand at 98-90. Take your crazy talk elsewhere.ĭid you know that Turner has coached the most games of anyone in NFL history with a losing record? His 107 wins, 113 losses and one tie in the regular season are the ultimate ode to mediocrity.
but don't go trying to tell me that Norv figured out how to win. If the Chargers go to the playoffs that means they won games. You know how a coach in the NFL gets your team to the playoffs? Let me impart some much needed wisdom: He does it by winning. But a trip to the playoffs would likely stall that much-needed shakeup. the Superbowl isn't in February again is it?Īt some point, this team has to lose the man that can't quite figure out winning. What is the date in January where this hypothetical Chargers season ends? Because if it's the Superbowl then I'm all good.
The Chargers playing in January would just mean that Turner would be back in August. Tell me more, U-T scribe.įor San Diego, making the postseason would only lead to a postponement. and now you're telling me I should want the Chargers to lose on top of it all? I hate my liver and my intestinal track so why not go for the entirety of my being. For 17 weeks during the fall and winter I subject my liver to the effects of alcohol and rot my guts out eating Frito Lay bean and cheese dip. Playoffs.īut here's the buzzkill, big guy - with Norv Turner as your head coach, you should be hoping for bust. I've yet to convey this sentiment audibly for the neighborhood to hear but it's all about the postseason. You are the universe's biggest Chargers fan, and after watching their season end in Week 17 the past two years, you are screaming to anyone within earshot "Playoffs or bust!"Īll any fan really wants is a shot at the playoffs. In January of 1995, your car was stolen and your wife cheated with your boss, but you still consider it the greatest month of your life. My wife can't understand why I read it to her.
It's about a famous Hollywood action star canine who gets separated from his owner but after a series of adventures finds his way home. Your children's names are LaDainian, Antonio, and Bolt.ĭuring story time before bed I read a book called Bolt. I bring you With Norv Turner, fans win if Chargers lose ~ by a guy who apparently writes for the U-T Presidents, it's a likely possibility.īut if the U-T is going to play with us then there's little harm in us doing the same. Bush into their rankings of the top five U.S. Is the U-T trolling us? Considering the U-T did admit to such tactics, in the name of promoting discourse, when they threw George W. But when a "journalist" writes an article suggesting fans should root against the Chargers and Norv Turner then it's time to REACT. This is indisputable and you'll have to trust me.