Chargers and Norv

Didn't Snyder buy the team in 1999, after that playoff season?

He took over somewhere around May of 99 which was the playoff season which was a loss to TB.

Anybody remember Bill Callahan taking Oak to the SB? That's how I see Norv's success this year. Schottenheimer put together a tough team and now Norv is riding those coattails as far as they'll take him.

Wrong! The guy that died before A.J. Smith and AJ Smith.

Didn't Snyder buy the team in 1999, after that playoff season?

Yes, and it had no chemistry.
Might have been the 2000 team I am thinking about though.

And let's not forget Danny's big push for jeff george over johnson...that was brilliant too. Brad was a pretty solid qb, not amazing, but solid.

Didn't he go on to Tampa and win a SB?

Until next year, when his lack of leadership causes the team to fall apart. I really see alot of parallels to the Oak situation when Gruden left and Callahan took over.

Wrong! The guy that died before A.J. Smith and AJ Smith.

Huh? I'm not sure what you mean here...

I dealt with Norv Turner at least weekly behind the scenes for 2 and a half years. Decent guy, but I don't doubt for one minute that this team is winning despite him. Sure, some of it here might have been the players he had. He expected Gus Frerotte to be Troy Aikman, which he obviously wasn't. But Norv wouldn't budge. Did the same with Brad Johnson, who at least grasped things a lot better than Gus. Norv, similar to Spurrier, seemed to have no concept of what anyone beyond the QB was up to on the team. The whole locker room was filled with chaos and confusion. It was just ugly.

Now I understand he's not entirely to blame, but as the head coach he bears significant responsibility. I can't say I ever saw a time where he took charge and people said "that's our leader."

People speculate, and I would tend to agree, that Marvin Lewis was the true leader of the clubhouse while he was here with Spurrier. I wouldn't be surprised if something similar is happening in San Diego.

Norv's not a bad guy, but he shouldn't keep getting these great opportunities at the expense of others.

Wrong! The guy that died before A.J. Smith and AJ Smith.

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Huh? I'm not sure what you mean here...

They had another GM before AJ Smith took over, he had a great eye for talent and died a few years ago. I can't remember his name.

Are you referring to Bobby Beathard? Anyway, what I was trying to say is that the Chargers still have Marty's personality. That's still his team out there. Norv is the head coach, but that team carries Marty's imprint.