The Hot Seat - Norv Turner's 2012 Thread

Wilkieray · Joined: 16 Mar 2012 Posts: 112 Location: Bossier city, LA

I really hated the Norv hiring when they fired Marty. May have been cause I thought Marty could have finished the job. You don't go 14-2 not knowing how to win games. He just needed to transform his strategy during the playoffs. That said. I actually like Chip Kelly but don't see that ever happening. He has a type A personality and I don't think that the Chargers Brass want anyone who could make waves. But Kelly would bring excitment to the NFL. 4th down attempts/2 pt conversions/fake kicks. Kinda like the way I play Madden. I might be bias though, Ducks fan and all. I read an article on how he uses percentages to decide his "risky" decisions. And that all are based on chances to win the game. Kinda like a "moneyball" scheme of playing football. Wish I could find that article and attatch it. It talked about how Kelly would change the NFL kinda like the wildcat did. Yeah, it was a fad but 50% of NFL teams now/still have a wildcat package in thier system that if nothing else creates another thing that teams have to prepare for.

The LBC · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:10 am Post subject:

I was fine with Marty being let go because the writing was on the wall for anyone who actually tracked Marty's past coaching stints. In every previous gig once the highly successful coordinators moved on to greener pastures Marty either promoted from within (typically with success, in the past instances) or he hired from outside (which was almost every time his brother Kurt, whose hiring was the perpetual death knell of every one of Marty's prior gigs). Ironically, this was the one time in recent memory that Dean made a proactive move to try to stem bleeding before things started really get bad. Unfortunately the full scope of the decision he made wasn't a sound one... that being Norv.

I'll be quite literally shocked if Dean hires any new coach that doesn't have prior pro-level head coaching experience - as I stated before part of this is his own ultra-conservative nature and part is the fact that he still approaches this club from a business standpoint first... and his core demographic (the casual Chargers fans - as opposed to the die hards) have far greater name-recognition of former coaches (the Grudens, Nolans, Billicks, and so forth) than they do the up-and-comer coordinators.

Now there are "re-treads" who I think can be successful here, despite the fact that people don't like to believe that rebooted coaches can have success unless they had it before. I'm actually on board with either Mike Nolan or particularly Eric Mangini (yeah, I know, but has the guy really gotten a fair shake yet?), though some of that may also be because I'm sacred to death Dean's going to go out and give Wade opportunity number 5 or Cam number 2.
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Zappaz · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 986

Alright, so who is replacing Norv next year, and who will be the GM?
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JammerHammer21 · Joined: 27 Dec 2009 Posts: 20412 Location: Anywhere

HC: Vic Fangio
OC: Someone who can work well with Rivers (Zampese is who LBC said is a Coryell disciple right?)
DC: John Pagano

GM: Marc Ross/Eric DeCosta

Please make it happen Spanos. Crying or Very sad

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game3525 · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 3075

I wouldn't be surprised if Norv doesn't even get fired. I can totally see this team winning 4-5 games in a row and Dean would sight "progress" and then we will have to deal with this all over again in 2013.

Maybe I am just jaded, but it wouldn't surprise me.

MrDrew · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject:

MrDrew · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:50 am Post subject:

Let the rumors begin...

Boltstrikes · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 5558 Location: LA MIRADA, CA

Would Rivers excel in the WCO? I don't think Reid is the right fit for this team but if he kept Pagano then maybe it would work out. How is Reid as a motivator or disciplinarian? We lack those two things and need someone to bring an attitude with them.
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TheVillain112 · Joined: 19 Feb 2010 Posts: 14675

Boltstrikes · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 5558 Location: LA MIRADA, CA

I am so up in the air with a future head coach. Today I convinced myself that Hue Jackson would be an improvement.

I hope we at least talk to the Saints Carmichael though.
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Zappaz · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 986

Boltstrikes · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 5558 Location: LA MIRADA, CA

Reid has had success with a ton of QB's but I just don't like him. Something about it screams wrong. I can't put my finger on it but I don't want Reid.

I've got it. Reid abandons the run faster then Norv. A balanced offense is a happy offense.
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The LBC · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject:

TheVillain112 · Joined: 19 Feb 2010 Posts: 14675