OT: Marty Schottenheimer FIRED!!!

[James]

damnnn no more Marty ball in San Diego...

Sources close to Marty Schottenheimer and the San Diego Chargers said the coach was fired by the team Monday, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported.

Schottenheimer and Chargers general manager A.J. Smith have been having disagreements over staffing after losing a number of assistants. Dean Spanos, the team president, told Schottenheimer on Monday that it wasn't going to work between him and Smith.

Three days after the Chargers melted down in a stunning 24-21 playoff loss to New England, Spanos decided that bringing Schottenheimer back for the final year of his contract gave San Diego its best chance to win.

Schottenheimer, though, declined the team's offer of a one-year extension for 2008 worth $4.5 million, with a $1 million buyout.

"Right now, I wasn't comfortable accepting it," Schottenheimer told the Associated Press shortly after the season. He would have earned more than $3 million in 2007.

With a regular-season record of 200-126-1 with Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington and San Diego, Schottenheimer is the most successful coach never to have reached the Super Bowl

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[Clevelandfan15]

yup

 

[Mac]

We saw in Cleveland first hand how Marty Ball does not work...it should have came sooner so they could have kept some of their assistants.

 

[cdt]

You have the biggest weapon in the league and you don't go to him enough...sounds like a simple decision to me..

 

[bomber]

sounds like they're going after Pete Carroll

AJ Smith(SD GM) is a major dickweed though.

 

[Mac]

He's a smart guy though...he will not give in to players. I like that about him. (referring to Merriman's holdout after being drafted)

 

[bomber]

I'm curious if this firing was on a whim or they've planned all this and they already have a candidate?

No one for Marty coming back huh? I'm almost afraid to look at scout

 

[PIP]

"There's a gleam, men! There's a gleam! Let's get that gleam!"

 

[Mac]

I'm curious if this firing was on a whim or they've planned all this and they already have a candidate?

No one for Marty coming back huh? I'm almost afraid to look at scout

Word is, he and the GM and Owner got into a heated discussion about the team and that was a wrap for Marty.

 

[CornerThree]

Marty lost 5 assistants, so their GM was not comfortable with him anymore. Supposedly they hadn't spoken in like a year.

 

[James]

aging Bill Parcels:

 

[James]

apparently the chargers are signing all the loser former redskin coaches...whats next steve spurrier?