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Norv Turner calls for CYA option
Posted by Fired Fred on January 22, 2008 4:49 PM
You had to know I could no more let news about Chargers+firings pass by me any more than John Pinette can skip a seventh trip to the buffet line.
Coach Norv entered full cover your ass mode, sending the classy James Lofton (yes, the Hall of Famer) out job hunting...
“I don't have any idea,� Lofton said when asked why he was fired. “I was stunned. He just said he was going in a different direction.�Unless Norv is planning to announce Jerry Rice taking the job, I'm wondering which way that direction is going to go.
Norv also ditched running backs coach Matt Simon. Looks to me like Matt's being scapegoated for LaDanian Tomlinson's 90% ready = 2 carries and 1 catch Sunday performance.
Neither of those guys were doing the playcalling on Sunday. If Norv's not on the street collecting tin cans for the deposit money, especially after punting with nine to go in the game, down two scores, at the Pats' 36, I have to wonder if Chargers ownership is either clinically insane or completely blinded to his screwups.
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