Schottenheimer fired.

[gummo]

Wow.

[bigboydan]

what was the reason?

[gummo]

Sources close to Marty Schottenheimer and the San Diego Chargers said the coach was fired by the team Monday, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported.

Schottenheimer and Chargers general manager A.J. Smith have been having disagreements over staffing after losing a number of assistants. Dean Spanos, the team president, told Schottenheimer on Monday that it wasn't going to work between him and Smith.

Three days after the Chargers melted down in a stunning 24-21 playoff loss to New England, Spanos decided that bringing Schottenheimer back for the final year of his contract gave San Diego its best chance to win.

Schottenheimer, though, declined the team's offer of a one-year extension for 2008 worth $4.5 million, with a $1 million buyout.

"Right now, I wasn't comfortable accepting it," Schottenheimer told the Associated Press shortly after the season. He would have earned more than $3 million in 2007.

With a regular-season record of 200-126-1 with Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington and San Diego, Schottenheimer is the most successful coach never to have reached the Super Bowl.

I wonder who will luck into this job.

[onlooker]

Bill Cowher?

You think this will bring him out of retirement?

[The Judge]

Shocking if true.

[bigboydan]

Bill Cowher?

You think this will bring him out of retirement?

I don't see that happening looker.

Cowher was saying on superbowl sunday that he really wanted to be there for his kids for a year or so.

[onlooker]

I don't see that happening looker.

Cowher was saying on superbowl sunday that he really wanted to be there for his kids for a year or so.

I know I heard that too.

But I would think a job like the Chargers would sway that thinking a little. They are one of the best teams in the NFL.

[Jay Edgar]

Have we heard Pete Carroll's name yet?

It's been 10 minutes . . .

[Dark Horse]

According to this place, Carroll just has to sign on the dotted line.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

[JoshW]

Amazing. The situation must have been hell for them to agree to keep him and then fire him.

[jjgold]

HE was a very bad coach his whole career and I bet he still gets another job.

[imgv94]

Good he is cursed..

Anyone who saw the game vs Pats saw it..