Marty Shottenheimer fired...

**Ironlung** · February 12th, 2007, 10:16 PM

Per ESPN.

**fathokieboy** · February 12th, 2007, 10:26 PM

Within 2 years SanDiego will suck

**bpg** · February 12th, 2007, 10:29 PM

They may be like the COLTS and take 2 or 3 years to put it all together.?

**plantsman** · February 12th, 2007, 10:59 PM

That just ain't right. Hope they never have another winning season.

**starbuck** · February 12th, 2007, 11:03 PM

Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer was fired Monday night in a shocking move by team president Dean Spanos, who cited a "dysfunctional situation" between the coach and general manager A.J. Smith.

Less than a month after San Diego's NFL-best 14-2 season was wrecked in a playoff loss to New England, Spanos cited the exodus of both coordinators and other assistants in firing Schottenheimer, who had a year left on his contact.
"The process of dealing with these coaching changes convinced me that we simply could not move forward with such dysfunction between our head coach and general manager," Spanos said in a statement. "In short, this entire process over the last month convinced me beyond any doubt that I had to act to change this untenable situation."

Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was hired as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, following offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and two other assistants out of town for better jobs.

Although Schottenheimer said last week that change was inevitable, Smith sounded concerned, saying, "Both in the same year - Wow."

Tight ends coach Rob Chudzinski became Cleveland's offensive coordinator, and linebackers coach Greg Manusky was hired as San Francisco's defensive coordinator.

Running backs coach Clarence Shelmon, who's never been a coordinator, was promoted to replace Cameron. Shelmon accepted only a one-year contract due to Schottenheimer's lame-duck status. Schottenheimer declined the team's offer of a $4.5 million, one-year extension through 2008, which came with a club-option $1 million buyout.

Schottenheimer has been at odds with Smith since the 2005 season, apparently over personnel decisions by the GM.

**imported_Coach** · February 12th, 2007, 11:50 PM

seeing how dallas had to settle on wade phillips, the chargers will have a hard time finding a decent head coach.

**starbuck** · February 13th, 2007, 01:06 AM

Na, the Chargers don't have the T.O. factor that pushes away some very good coaches. you will see some good coaches come out of the wood work to work with a team like the Chargers

**puck316** · February 13th, 2007, 09:25 AM

i kinda agree with this but also kinda think the other way

Coaches are egotistacal.. thats all there is to it. They want to come in and show that they can "control T.O." any new young coach in the league that probably is going to be a good coach would love that job.. a seasoned vet on teh other hand would possibly stray away from it and not want to "tarnish his legend"

**R0cketer** · February 13th, 2007, 09:31 AM

Problem is that a coach who goes to San Diego now knows that he's just a low man on the totem pole. If the GM can, in effect, run off Marty, then what power will they have? Not to mention, both coordinators are gone, and a couple assistants.

The reason most teams fill their coaching vacancies quick is so they aren't behind, can work on their needs/wants, players that interest them, be it free agents or draft, and now here San Diego is, way behind.