Chargers get what they deserve
San Diego already has lost as many games through three weeks of the '07 season as it did the entire 2006 season. Is it a surprise? Not really.
By firing coach Marty Schottenheimer in February and replacing him with Norv Turner, it should have been obvious the Chargers were due for a downswing. Turner, after all, is the poster child for the Peter Principle in the NFL, rising over and over again to the level of his own incompetence. Turner is a great offensive coordinator -- and a bad head coach. And after every stint as a great offensive coordinator, someone else gives him a chance to be a bad head coach.
Somewhere, Dr. Laurence Peter is laughing away.
In 1994, the Redskins didn't know any better. They simply were following the "good coordinator makes for a good head coach" formula, though they might have been a little wary after the Richie Petitbon debacle. The Raiders should have learned from the Redskins' experiences with Turner, and the Chargers had more than enough evidence on which to base a decision not to give Turner another chance.
And yet they did. So, by winning the long-term power struggle with Schottenheimer, it appears Chargers general manager A.J. Smith finally has risen to the level of his own incompetence, too.
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