Chargers owner Dean Spanos reportedly has been struggling for several weeks with whether to bring back coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith after this season.
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December 23, 2011
Speculation has been growing throughout this season that both San Diego Chargers general manager A.J. Smith and head coach Norv Turner will likely end up losing their jobs if the Chargers won’t make the playoffs this season. Now, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Smith and Turner could end up saving their jobs at the end [...]
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December 21, 2011
The San Diego Chargers are coming off a 2010 season in which they had the number one ranked offense and defense in the NFL. However, they failed to make the playoffs last season, which is mind boggling. This was due to the fact that their special teams struggled, and put them in bad situations at times. Norv Turner did an impressive job in his first season with the Chargers...
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December 23, 2011
The fate of Chargers coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith most likely rests on the result of the team's final two regular-season games, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. An ugly six-game losing streak reportedly had owner Dean Spanos feeling three weeks ago that he'd have to dismiss Turner and Smith after the season. However, The Union-Tribune cited sources...
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December 22, 2011
It has been another disappointing season for the San Diego Chargers, but the club holds on to slim hopes to reach post season play down the stretch. Despite all the rumors of San Diego Chargers head coach Norv Turner being on the hot seat, Chargers starting QB Philip Rivers thinks that Norv Turner should remain the head coach of the team regardless of how this season plays out.
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December 21, 2011
Maybe the most vocal fans are right.
Maybe San Diego Chargers coach Norv Turner is a victim of the Peter Principle: Climb up the corporate ladder until stumbling over incompetency — from aces as an offensive coordinator to a joker as head coach.
Maybe they're right about general manager A.J. Smith: Just an overconfident King Midas who's lost that golden touch, seen...
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December 24, 2011
The coach's seat in San Diego is not yet vacant, but the Chargers brass is reportedly already looking for a warm body to replace the empty shell formerly known as Norv Turner. Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher has already had "an interview" with Chargers officials, Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post reports. Cowher has been rumored as a possibility to replace Tom...
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December 21, 2011
San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers made an appearance on XX Sports Radio in San Diego with Darren Smith and discussed by head coach Norv Turner shouldn’t be fired, no matter what the outcome of the season is. “We expect to go win these next two and see what happens, but whatever happens, that’s the way [...]
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December 24, 2011
The odds makers have predicted that the San Diego vs. Detroit game on Christmas Eve will be even. Norv Turner’s teams traditionally perform at a much higher level during the latter portion of their seasons. This year is no exception, leaving fans of both camps wondering what will transpire at Ford Field.
The Lions have a 9-5 record heading into the last two weeks of play in the...
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December 24, 2011
For the first time since 1999, the Detroit Lions are in the playoffs. The Lions’ 38-10 victory over the Chargers at Ford Field gives them their 10th win of the season — most since 1995, way back when Barry Sanders was still wearing a Lions uniform — and clinches one of the two NFC wild…
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December 23, 2011
Three weeks ago, reports out of San Diego said Chargers owner Dean Spanos was almost certain to fire both General Manager A.J. Smith and coach Norv Turner. But a lot has changed in three weeks. The Chargers haven’t just won their last three games, they’ve blown out all three opponents and suddenly looked like one…
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December 21, 2011
I'm sure you read this.
Ross- I tried sending this to you last night. It wouldn't go thru. I took that as a sign that even the universe was rejecting that article as an idea. Bottom line- good teams don't lose winnable games. Norv Turner loses winnable games. How much of Norv turner's tenure has been spent playing "catch up football?" If the team is...
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December 21, 2011
Rumor has been spreading rapidly that Norv Turner is out of a job this year unless the Chargers get to the Super Bowl. There is a guy in the booth who wants the job. That would be former Steelers coach Bill Cowher.
Cowher has been waiting for the right oppurtunity to come back. He has made it known that he does not want to rebuild. He wants a veteran team who he can...
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December 24, 2011
According to Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, the San Diego Chargers interviewed Cowher to be their head coach. There were lofty expectations for San Diego over the last couple of years. Their failure to live up to the hype thus far may signal the end of Norv Turner’s run in San Diego. Turner has a .615 winning percentage with San Diego, but he has a .500 winning...
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December 24, 2011
San Diego Chargers Wide Receiver, Vincent Jackson (groin), is active for the team's game against the Lions.
Fantasy Spin:
V-Jax was Questionable all week and Head Coach Norv Turner said the team would declare Jacksons status after watching him in pre-game warmups.
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December 22, 2011
Wide receiver Vincent Jackson is not practicing with the Chargers Thursday while nursing his groin injury.
Fantasy Spin:
Jackson was absent from the practice field yesterday as well, but coach Norv Turner does expect him to play on Saturday at Detroit.
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