espn206's Blog

Ok, this is Cleveland but in San Diego you have a team (NFL) that goes 14-2. They end up losing a tough playoff game to New England by three and you figure Marty Schottenhiemer should get a contract extension.

Well, in this family, the GM and the Coach are not on speaking terms. Marty says a few weeks before the ax swung that he would finish out his current contract. Ok, but the Chargers lost coaches on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball and you could just see the start BUT...

When you have a GM and Coach not on speaking terms, one must go. The coach goes 14-2 and has the support of the players. The GM is afraid to speak to the coach. What is wrong with this picture?

You let the GM go and not the 14-2 coach. San Diego, what a choke. The one that should have been terminated was that of the GM. The president of the team in the short term may have made the wrong decision but in the longer term, we just do not know.

Marty will be back coaching again. I am not saying he'll land here but anything is possible with the shakiness of Romeo Crennel and also the added pressure of a website to hire Bill Cowher.

Anything can happen at any given time. This just seems to be a raw deal. NO job is ever safe.

Until next time./gb