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how do people still get away with this fallacy that norv turner dragged sd down? when the simple fact is, that norv turner has been one of their best HC ever (this is statistically factual in terms of afc west titles and playoff wins)
so how do the ******s keep up with this lie that norv dragged sd down?
are they just ******ed?
Maybe because in both years that he's coached the Chargers, they've won 3 games fewer than they did the season before? He took over Schottenheimer's 14-2 team in 2006 and by 2008 they're finishing 8-8. That kind of steady decline is typical of what you see when a bad coach replaces a strong one. Teams that were previously coached well don't fall off a cliff overnight: they tend to retain much of the discipline and fundamental stuff that brought them success before, and then the wheels really start to come off after a couple of years, when you have a) a lot of bad coaching to compensate for, and b) a lot of roster turnover. We saw it when Carroll replaced Parcells, Dallas is seeing it now with Phillips, and San Diego is seeing it with Turner.
Admittedly, the decline of LT and the injury to Merriman has been significant to that, but Rivers is also a much better QB than he was two years ago, and they've brought in talent in other places. IMO the Chargers have the talent to be a 12-4 or better team, but they're just wildly inconsistent from week to week, and inconsistency like that comes from bad coaching. Therefore Norv Turner is a bad coach (as evidenced by every other stop on his resume, as well).
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