Per Schefter - Norv Turner Will Be Fired At Seasons End

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Adam Schefter San Diego Union-Tribune reports Chargers HC Norv Turner will be fired at end of season and GM A.J. Smith could join him.

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Report: Spanos will “almost certainly” fire both Smith and Turner

Posted by Michael David Smith on December 3, 2011, 8:40 AM EST

AP
Both Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith and head coach Norv Turner are near-locks to be fired at the end of the season, according to a report in San Diego.

Chargers President Dean Spanos feels he has “no choice” to fire Turner, and Spanos will “almost certainly” fire Smith as well, sources told Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union Tribune.

Spanos appears to be particularly worried that the fans have tuned the Chargers out, and it may take new leadership to change that.

It’s easy to see why the fans have tuned the Chargers out: Barring something shocking happening in December, the Chargers are going to miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season, despite playing in an AFC West that should be very winnable. Someone has to take the fall for that.

It has already been widely reported that that “someone” would be Turner, who in November reportedly needed a drastic turnaround to keep his job. But the “someone” may also be Smith, even though his contract runs through the 2014 season.

That contract requires Spanos to pay Smith $6 million over the next three years. But things have gotten so bad in San Diego that Spanos may decide that’s the cost of turning his team around.

[Remedy]

uh oh that means the chargers might eventually be a legit threat.

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Spanos made the wrong call when deciding between Schottenheimer and Smith.

[CoryWinget81]

Somewhere, Marty Schottenheimer is laughing his ass off.

[HUMCALC]

They've made A LOT of bad decision in the past 10 years or so. Rivers over Manning, Rivers over Brees, letting Sproles go, Trading up for Ryan Matthews (so far), and keeping both these guys A LOT longer than they should have

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Somewhere, Marty Schottenheimer is laughing his ass off.

....and the vast majority of Bronco Nation.

[CoryWinget81]

Trade Brees
Fire Schottenheimer after a 14-2 year


...profit?

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Trade Brees
Fire Schottenheimer after a 14-2 year


...profit?

I thought it had mostly to do with AJ Smith's ego.

[Remedy]

Spanos was getting tired of being the punch line in the afc west

[bronx_2003]

Are the Chargers THAT talented. They were 3-5 years ago but when I look at them now I don't see THAT much.

We have WAYYYYYYY more talent, them having Rivers masks alot of their shortfalls.

On O the only decent players are Gates, who is always banged up and V-Jax, who is very good.

On D they are solid but lack playmakers.

[vcooper3]

I think the straw that broke the camels back was the Chargers not being aggressive with a minute and change left in the 4th last week where Rivers had plenty of time to drive for a game winning FG. But the chargers elected to play conservative and ultimately lost.

[ERoyal248]

AJ Smith has been the biggest problem imo, their past 2-3 drafts haven't been all that great. Not a big surprise with Norv, but AJ is their biggest problem, he reached extremely last year, mainly for just ST players.

- Buster Davis was a BUST.

-English hasn't looked that good.

- Too early to say with Matthews, though, he only shows up vs us for whatever reason.

- Letting go of Brees, Turner, and probably VJ after this season plus others.