Marty Fired!

[Packnut]

Marty

Schefter just stated on NFL network that Marty wanted to bring his brother in and that might have been the final nail in his coffin. Funny that EVERYONE in the damn league knows Marty's bro is a total idiot EXCEPT Mr Thompson and Mr McCarthy.

[MacCool606]

I suppose if his name was Smth or Jones, it might have worked.

[packers11]

Re: Marty

Schefter just stated on NFL network that Marty wanted to bring his brother in and that might have been the final nail in his coffin. Funny that EVERYONE in the damn league knows Marty's bro is a total idiot EXCEPT Mr Thompson and Mr McCarthy.

WHY THE HELL!!! NOOO!!! SD TAKE HIM BACK!!!! The packer fans dream just gunned down...

[Packnut]

Re: Marty

Schefter just stated on NFL network that Marty wanted to bring his brother in and that might have been the final nail in his coffin. Funny that EVERYONE in the damn league knows Marty's bro is a total idiot EXCEPT Mr Thompson and Mr McCarthy.

WHY THE HELL!!! NOOO!!! SD TAKE HIM BACK!!!! The packer fans dream just gunned down...

SD's GM said NO to Kurt- he's a smart man!

[Kiwon]

Anyone know what is the reaction of the San Diego fans? 14-2 is a great record, especially after all the losing years they had.

[PackerPro42]

I don't know, maybe they thought that Marty was not going to be as successful without his OC and DC. I don't lik the fashion they fired him in, but you have to do what is right for the franchise.

[Rastak]

PFT.com is speculating that a deal is already in place for Pete Carroll. Their thinking is, they were waiting until after the national signing day. They further said that why the other USC dude (not Kiffin) turned down the Raiders job, he's got a nod and a wink that he get's the USC job.


Interesting conspiricy theory of sorts.

[swede]

PFT.com is speculating that a deal is already in place for Pete Carroll. Their thinking is, they were waiting until after the national signing day. They further said that why the other USC dude (not Kiffin) turned down the Raiders job, he's got a nod and a wink that he get's the USC job.


Interesting conspiricy theory of sorts.

Carroll seems to have the world by the balls at USC. Blue chippers accept invitations to join the team as walk-ons over there and stack up like cordwood waiting for their chance to play. Hard to believe he'd walk away from that job, but if ever there was a tempting HC position this one at SD seems to be it.

If this is true, what a deal for Carroll. Hand him the keys to a 14-2 team that simply needs a shot of confidence and renewed sense of purpose.

[red]

they keep getting the first name wrong

its gotta be kurt, please be kurt

why can't it ever be our guy?

[red]

PFT.com is speculating that a deal is already in place for Pete Carroll. Their thinking is, they were waiting until after the national signing day. They further said that why the other USC dude (not Kiffin) turned down the Raiders job, he's got a nod and a wink that he get's the USC job.


Interesting conspiricy theory of sorts.

even after national signing day. if carroll pulls that kind of crap, i bet they would still loose a lot of those signees

[superfan]

Maybe these guys will give us their site now for our Shoddyheimer.

http://fireschottenheimer.com/

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lol, this explains it all as to why he was fired

from pft

ANOTHER INTERESTING CHARGERS THEORY

A reader raised a great point with us this morning regarding the possible manner in which the Marty Schottenheimer termination went down.

Five days ago, the Chargers lost defensive coordinator Wade Phillips. So the team was suddenly scrambling to find a replacement, only a couple of days after no one thought Phillips would be leaving for Dallas.

What if, then, Marty wanted to hire his brother, Kurt Schottenheimer, to make the jump from the Packers to replace Wade?

Kurt has coached with Marty in the past, but had never joined him in San Diego. It could be that G.M. A.J. Smith was staunchly and continuously opposed to Marty's desire to bring his brother to town, and that the issue finally came to a head when Marty found himself without a defensive coordinator, and very much interested in giving his brother a shot at the job.

That's the kind of dispute that might have prompted the kind of camel's-back-breaking knock-down, drag-out between Marty and A.J. that would prompt team president Dean Spanos to finally and permanently separate them.

Or maybe this was an inside job all along, and the Chargers were going to fire Marty after Pete Carroll signed his last class of recruits at USC.

Either way, it's fun stuff to ponder during one of the rare times of the year when things momentarily have ssssslowed down in the NFL.

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damnit, we might have almost gotten rid of him

[prsnfoto]

I hope they end up 6-10 next year, can you imagine how many teams would die to have a coach who will win 10,11,12,14 games a year perhaps Detroit. I realize every team wants to win a SB, but the guy is not an asshat like Dennis Green who has offfield issues, hes a standup guy and in the end isn't winning games consistently better than sucking? If it was so easy to get to and win SB's why hasn't Parcells done it again? Plus I agree we could have gotten rid of Kurt God Dammit!

[privatepacker]

I believe that KFFL had something to the effect that Marty was trying to hire his brother and that was the final straw. Also heard that Rivera and Sherman were possibilities for the job.

[wist43]

As a Charger fan (2nd to the Packers - I was born in SD) I have no problem with firing Schottenheimer.

If nothing else, he's proven two overriding things:

1) He has the character and organizational skills necessary to build a winning program at the NFL level.

2) He doesn't have the character necessary to carry a dominant team to a championship.

Firing him makes sense... it's doubtful he would ever have been able to lead them to a championship. He simply doesn't have what it takes to win it all.

Great rebuilding coach - lousy championship coach.