He's always had bad communication w/ Smith. They've butted heads since day one almost.Quote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
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He's always had bad communication w/ Smith. They've butted heads since day one almost.Quote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
But the point is that if he turned down an extension in the first place, it's not like he was really committed to staying there anyway. Having bad communication from day one doesn't really change my point of view that he didn't like the work environment, it supports it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat
Anyway, from what I've heard, the straw that broke the camel's back was apparently something like the organization was denying requests for other teams to talk to their coaches for other jobs, but Marty was okaying it, and then they ended up losing all the assistants.
The point was Spanos and smith knew he wouldn't take the extension then went public with that. His staff, with one year left on their contracts, decided to move on now while they had good offers (Cam w/ Miami and Wade w/ Dallas). Everyone was kind of surprised when the brought Marty back this year to begin with. The straw that broke the camels back was Marty trying to hire his brother to be the defensive coordinator. Now Smith has the chance to bring in a coach that he wants and can mold.
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Originally Posted by vairox
I still fail to see how he screwed himself when he didn't really want to be there in the first place...
I mean, I guess he at least wanted to at least honor his contract, but it's not like he's been dying to keep this job and then did something to get thrown out on his face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat
How do you know he didn't want to be there in the first place? He's never said publicly or privately that he didn't want to be in SD. Are you using your psychic powers again? And he screwed himself for the reasons I mentioned earlier. His staff left as Marty was noncommittal after this season. Now that his two coordinators are gone, two that Smith thought highly of and credited them for more of the chargers success then marty himself, Marty was expendable.
I would expect Martz to be named the next HC of the Chargers... he has the offensive scheme to turn them into something super crazy (not sure he will use LT appropriately though) and coryell was his hero, he played at mesa college (in SD)... he fits very well. The chargers are stupid though, either fire the guy or keep him on - don't fire him after all the good coaching talent has been dried up by other vacancies....wow.
bolts will be lucky to go .500, entire new staff and new system....good luck.
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Originally Posted by vairox
I'm sure he can use LT correctly. Look what he did with Marshall Faulk.
The Chargers have some serious talent under long term contracts. I don't expect them to just fall of the face of the planet because of this. The beauty of their situation is that they have a winning team in place that makes it desirable for big named coaches to want to step in. Tuna anyone? Maybe Cowell? Carrols name's popped up too. Either way Smith said the search would begin today.
Well we know one thing is for sure, it won't be Pete Carroll...he's gearing up for a world tour as the drummer for the police.
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Dude Martz better not friggin go to SD! We need him here to do something to turn this miserable franchise in some sort of direction resembling respectability.Quote:
Originally Posted by vairox
Sorry, but you guys are gonna need more then just Martz. On the bright side, at least you have the pistons!!! :)
Yea we need much more than Martz. But we definately do NOT need to deal with cosmic scale sucking AND losing Martz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat
We have the Pistons, the Tigers, and the Red Wings. We actually have very good sports teams excluding my favorite of them all the Lions. Sucks to be me ;)
Damn, I forgot about the Tigers! San Diego's got...um...good weather! Try living w/ the Pads and the Chargers and you'll know what it's like to be a sad sad fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
I don't know with 100% surety (is that a word? I declare that it is!), but the writing is on the wall. He's been arguing with the GM constantly for years, and criticism about his playoff coaching aside he's still Marty Freaking Schottenheimer and will get picked up in about 5 minutes when he re-enters the job market. He doesn't have to stay in a place where other people make quarterback decisions for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat
Even claiming the Tigers is a stretch. They've had one good season that I can even remember, but I definitely remember them chasing the losses record for a good while. :D I mean, their last winning season before this year was '93.Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
I've always felt the worst for Cleveland fans for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat