Chargers hire Mike McCoy as head coach

I just went from well wishes to wishing him a decade of just good enough not to get fired but not good enough to win anything.

What’s up with our assistant coaches all staying in the division?

I was never big on the guy anyway, hopefully I was right.

Good this for us. We need some one with some balls!! This dude had baby nuts!

Gase as OC with Moore as consultant works fine for me! I think he wants to be a consultant anyways so he can keep his old pension plan. Isn’t that why he retired in the first place?

Well I defiantly don’t wanna hear how sucessful the Raiders and Chargers get, because they stole DENVER’s coaches!!!!

/puts on tinfoil hat… Can I throw out a tin foil hat conspiracy that I just concocted in my brain?
What do we know about the game and the game losing conservativism?

a) There were rumors that McCoy might have cost himself head coaching positions because of the play calling.

b)Manning stood up for his coaches and blamed himself for the 3rd & 7 call that led to the punt that led to the tying score.

c) Fox stood up for his coaches and players by saying that it was his call from the beginning, and that the play Manning thought the reporter was talking about was a different 3rd & 5 play.

d) Elway stood up for everyone and said everything was fine.

e) McCoy just got hired (presumably) by the Chargers after the dust settled.

Ok, so my tin foil hat moment just came to me. Who has been silent and taken zero blame for the conservative play calling? Mike McCoy! Who is the person that for 2 years now, we fans have never thought could coach his way out of a wet paper bag? Mike McCoy! Why would Manning, Fox, and Elway shield McCoy from any criticism? Because they wanted him out of here so they could get a creative coach to coach Peyton Manning and this offense. Tom Moore or Adam Gase don’t get promoted/brought in if McCoy is still around with his lame-ass plays and unimaginative playcalling. Maybe Elway, Fox, and Manning all jumped on the grenade in order for McCoy to save face and destroy some other team with talent; In this case, San Diego. I mean, why else is everyone but the person who *should* be responsible for the offense taking the blame for the offense? hmmm….. /tinfoil hat now removed.

Yes, I forgot about that.

Right? I mean, Manning has nothing to lose cause he knows he’ll still be here. Fox has nothing to lose cause he knows he’ll still be here; Same for Elway. Who has something to lose? The same person who has a shot at leaving this team. If they want him to stay, any if those 3 can put any onus on the offensive coordinator. The mere fact that he was never even mentioned meant that he was being shielded. Why shield him? Cause you want him gone to another team. Lol. This foil hat is kinda comfy. Haha

With all due respect, if the Broncos wanted him out, they’d just fire him.

Nah, firing him is too costly (guaranteed contract) and a hard sell to a team with a 13-3 record.

I’m gonna punch you in the ovary, that’s what I’m gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker.

I believe McCoy was on SD’s radar for the same reason we kept him around. He adapted the offense to the talents of the players he had, which is completely opposite of what Norv Turner was. Delhomme, Tebow, Orton. Norv was a ‘run the offense my way, even if it doesn’t work’. McCoy atleast tries to game plan with what he has. It really amazed me that he didn’t go elsewhere after last season because of what he did with Tebow and the rest of the offenseive over the course of a bye week. Once PM came in, it was a no brainer that McCoy’s stock would rise.

That’s about the only thing worth while I saw out of McCoy, then again, I have never been a fan of his anyways. I do think his play calling is pretty conservative, which is likely why Fox liked him so much, but he’s going to SD as the HC. Whoever they get at OC is likely to be calling the plays.

Dennis Allen was a target because the defensive unit played out of the minds and kept us in alot of games. He was a hot name just like McD was when we went all in on him. The verdict is still out on the Raiders and Allen, but I just don’t see them improving at all under him and I think it’s safe to say, Oakland has regressed even more with Allen.

Edit: And don’t say that most of this board wanted Dennis Allen out of her. If I remember correctly, no one really even bought into JDR until the defensive was noticeably better this season and was actually pissed because Allen left.

It’s the same tactic Bellicheck uses. Send out your minions to incapacitate other franchises…in this case, it’s our divison rivals. Look at the success some of those guys had in destroying teams…Romeo Crennel, Charlie Weiss, McD, Mangini.

I have never been a fan of McCoy to begin with and thought he should have been replaced when McDaniels was fired. What I really like about this move is that it helps alleviate some of the sting from this weekends loss. We’re starting our offseason effective immediately rather than letting the loss soak longer and longer.

I wouldn’t mind hearing those obvious facts on Whisenhunt Caveman…but fair enough. If it was for a HC position, I would be concerned but as the OC, I’m cool with Ken.

Well the year they went to the SB they won a total of 9 regular season games in arguably the worst division in the history of the NFL.That should have been 6 giveme games. Some NFL Pundits were so outraged the Cardinals even made the playoffs over some other teams simply because they were atop the weakest division. Many people were bringing up rule changes to keep this catastrophe from happening again.

The Cardinals with stifling defense that had little or maybe even nothing to do with Wisenhunt and a HOF QB and at least 1 HOF WR (arguably two) simply got hot at the right time and strung together some wins.

The very next year with the same core intact they manage only 10 wins in still the weakest division in football and get blown out by NO in the playoffs which had an average at best defense.

Ken has shown horrible judgement in his coaching career when it comes to QB’s and that no doubt means his judgement must always be questioned on all matters.

The Steelers offense was never great under him. It was average at best and built on a super strong running game with Jerome Bettis. 20 points and they were likely to win.

I’m not saying he is a horrible choice or I am going to want to kick a puppy if they bring him on board. He just doesn’t excite me. I think he would be a ho hum oc for us.

All that being said, Ken is more aggressive and his NFL tenure would condone a little more respect from Fox which he will need to run his gameplan so, I dunno. Still not excited about it but he’d probably be ok.

Is it bad that I’m 100% unconcerned about this?

I mean do we really think the offense will be worse next year without him? And that he can successfully run a franchise as HC? Don’t think so.

Much happier we are keeping Del Rio.

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it still smells like a BLT. – Norval Turner

Maybe it is possible because I saw a teams WR coach leave to go coach another team’s WR, so I’m actually not sure on the ruling. Always thought it had to be a promotion though, I guess not.