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I never said that he wasn't fired for that reason alone, I said that if he had won a few games in the playoffs he would have not been fired no matter what the situation was. Going 14-2 and losing in the playoffs is a fireable offense if you have had problems with management, lose all of you coordinators and the organization hasn't won a playoff game in over a decade, At that point I think the Chargers were ready to move on because they felt like that they couldn't win in the playoffs with Marty at the helms. That alone is not enough but I see that as the last straw. Going 8-8 with a banged up team and still winning in the playoffs is a plus for me, it shows an ability to forget the past and move on to the task at hand. If the Chargers had been saying that they shouldn't have been in the playoffs they wouldn't have won. That comes from the coach.
You think wrong. The only person who wanted Schottenheimer gone was Smith, because of their relationship. The players and the owner wanted him to stay.