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Originally Posted by 300 Bowler
Spanos fired Marty after a 14-2 season because A.J. Smith didn't like Marty.
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Actually, Marty was fired for insubordination. He insisted on trying to hire his own brother as defensive coordinator when both Dean AND AJ told him not to.
AJ and Marty bickered for sure, but they were both equally to blame, since Marty lost his shit upon finding out that AJ didn't always agree with him on all personnel decisions, and AJ eventually started giving Marty the silent treatment instead of settling differences and trying to work with him.
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Since Marty was such a problem, I'm assuming the Chargers must have gone to several Super Bowls since then. Right?
Wait, what? They didn't?
Norv Turner never took them to the promised land?
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Just because the Chargers replaced Marty with a bad coach doesn't somehow make Marty into a great coach. I'll also add that Norv, for all his faults, got us a hell of a lot closer to the Super Bowl in his first year alone than Marty ever got in his whole time in San Diego.
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That's why you're so bitter. The Chargers SUCK. They had a golden opportunity to win several Super Bowls, but they decided to suck instead, and now their window has closed.
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How am I "bitter" for stating facts? Marty was a bad coach in the playoffs. He made irrational changes, his playcalling was overconservative, and he had no control over his emotions. This has nothing to do with the Chargers particularly, since he pulled this shit throughout his entire career.
I'm surprised any Chiefs fan still defends his playoff performances, since he lost you a playoff game by making an unnecessary quarterback change, and another one by (shocker!) settling for too many field goals when the other team's offense was led by Dan ****ing Marino.
His 5-13 postseason record really says it all. Blame the players all you want, but Marty's teams always failed in the postseason, whether it was in Cleveland, Kansas City, or San Diego. Players came and went, GM's came and went, coordinators came and went, but the one constant in all these chokejobs was Marty himself.