Lovie's out! NFL Black Monday thread (UPDATE: up to seven with Whisenhunt)

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The Parcells Tree has done quite well... Belichick's, especially when it comes to Patriots assistants, has been pretty awful. I have no problem with O'Brien getting a shot at a NFL HC job, but at some point people need to realize that Belichick's brilliance isn't getting passed on to his assistants.

 

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Schefter has had a busy day.

 

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Whisenhunting for a new job.

 

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Norv used up at least five of his nine lives there, it seemed. The ultimate Super Charger.

 

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Everybody expected it happen after last year. I remember me and a couple of other Charger fans I know discussing how we wanted them to hire Fisher, just assuming at least Turner would be gone. Then a week later, Spanos announces he's keeping them aboard. Grrr.

Now we see where the Chargers go with this. Reid's name has been mentioned a lot, but I read a story yesterday where league sources said San Diego was going in another direction. I would like seeing Reid take over in SD, but I also think the earlier poster who said he oughta take a year off has a good point.

The one thing I don't want to see is the Chargers hiring Arians as HC. All due respect for the job he did at Indy this year, but I just don't see him as a full-time head coach. Remember in MLB when Gary Matthews Jr. had that decent season that was a career year by his standards, and the Angels signed him to a huge contract that was a huge disappointment? I think hiring Arians would be the NFL coaching equivalent to that.

 

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Point taken, FB

 

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It is amazing that with all the talent they had in San Diego that no titles were won...

 

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I guess. At no time did I think the Chargers, in the last decade, was the most talented AFC team. They never the AFC's second-best QB, much less the best one.

 

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He'll get one if he wants. Good coach. Rotten situation with quarterbacks.

 

Schefter says Whisenhunt joins Graves on the looking-for-work line.

So it's:

Lovie
Reid
Turner
Gailey
Shurmur
Crennel
Whisenhunt

Figure others in play are Rivera in Carolina and Dennis Allen with the Raiders (unlikely, but he was pretty overwhelmed this year).

 

The 2006 team went 14-2 and kicked away the playoff game against New England when a defensive back didn't know enough to stop running before he fumbled. That was an excellent team that should have gone to the Super Bowl.

 

Mularkey might be gone too, depending on who the new GM is.