Chargers to Hire Turner - Era of Mediocrity to Begin

[sportscurmudgeon]

Don't know if this was a "gutless hire" as much as it was the hiring of one of the very few experienced NFL head coaches still left out there. Take Parcells and Cowher out of the mix; they are going to collect their coaching money next year in addition to some TV money; going to the Chargers would be a pay cut for both of them.

Forget Pete Carroll, he wasn't gonna leave USC for the Chargers job.

And forget Jim Mora Jr. whose Falcons' teams got worse and worse with each passing year.

So, the pickings get slim if you are looking for experience. And since so many of the SD assistant coaches are "new to their jobs", experience had to be one of the things the Chargers were looking for.

No way Norv matches 14-2 next year; then again 14-2 is hard to match. Lete me put it this way. Norv Turner will look just fine as a coach as long as LT, Antonio Gates, Philip Rivers and Shawne Merriman play in all 16 games next year...