Making Danny Boy look calm and measured...

[sportscurmudgeon]

If you believe the reports coming out of San Diego, Marty Schottenheimer's job may be in jeopardy if the Chargers lose their game against the Patriots this weekend.

Say what? The Chargers were 14-2 this year! The team with the overall best record in the NFL doesn't automatically win the Super Bowl; if they did, the Super Bowl would have become really uninteresting long before this.

Is Marty Schottenheimer the best coach in the history of the NFL? Of course not. Is he one of the five best coaches in the league at the moment? Yes he is.

Supposedly, he and the GM in San Diego are feuding and that's why he could be gone if they lose this weekend. Excuse me, but this is where a sane and rational and strong owner needs to step in and explain to these two guys that they better start to get along with each other or the owner will arrange for each of them to get an ice-water enema.

Even Danny Boy and his front-office menagerie wouldn't fire a coach who was 14-2 - - would they?