Good Call

I might be the only person in America that believes this but…Norv Turner deserved that extension.

Now I am not saying that Norv Turner is some god of coaching or he would be the person I would want to coach my team, but look at the stats for a moment.

Under his direction the Chargers are 32-16 in the regular season, winning their division, albeit an easier one, 3 times. So before we go any further, let’s put this in our minds – Averaging 10.6 wins and hasn’t lost his division yet or not made the playoffs.

Playoffs?!?! (sorry I had to).  Turner has made the playoffs all 3 years being head coach of the Chargers and has an overall record of 3-3. His first loss was to the Patriots in 07-08.  The Patriots team that came an All-Madden helmet catch play away from becoming the 2nd team ever to go undefeated. The 08-09 loss was to the eventual Superbowl champion Steelers and this years loss to the Cinderella Jets.

People want rings, I get it, but give the guy a chance.  He hasn’t steered you wrong, he’s made the playoffs, he’s won some playoff games, he turned around this years team and not to mention his (then) best player, LaDainian Tomlinson, has become just another running back.

It took Tony Dungy (Colts) and Mike Holmgren (Packers) 5 years to make the Superbowl (both won it that year), it took Bill Parcells and Tom Coughlin (Giants) both 4 years to get there, and it took Bill Cowher 14 seasons to Win a Superbowl, Tom Landry (Cowboys) needed 12 years to win it, Chuck Noll coached in steel town for 6 years before he got his shot at the big one, and poor Marv Levy.

If you look at the top 20 coaches of all time by number of wins, obviously coaches that won a ton, only 2 other coaches have won their division 3 times in their first 3 years (Paul Brown with the Browns and Chuck Knox with the LA Rams).

Give the man a break Charger fans, he might just be due.