Chargers losing....on purpose???

Here's my theory (the only plausible one considering the talent on this team):

The Spanos' family has been fooling the community of San Diego, Chula Vista, and Oceanside into believing there is a possibility that the Chargers can work something out and stay in this county. They have showcased Mark Fabiani, Special Counsel for the Chargers, around to city council meetings, special events, and radio appearances trying to convince everyone that the Chargers are doing everything they can to stay in town; however, the Spanos family knows there is a lot of money to be had in bigger markets and they want their take.

I was actually buying into what they were selling until recently, when a key piece in their puzzle of deception has been glaringly obvious in trying to change the mindset of the Chargers' fans. That piece is Norv Turner. And unfortunately for him, I don't think he even knows what his purpose is for.




Norv was brought into San Diego to change the momentum of this team from stellar to pretty good over the course of a few years. Much to the dismay of the Spanos family, Norv has brought this team to its knees over the course of a few weeks.

Since the Chargers have all their home games sold out this year, the Spanos' still get the big payout. If the Chargers were to barely miss the playoffs, or get to the playoffs and lose before the AFC Championship game, the fans would still snatch up tickets like crazy next year buying some time for good-ol' Dean and Alex to find an alternate site for the Chargers (say, Los Angeles or Anaheim???) Granted, fans would be upset, but come next season, would forget about it until Norv started tearing down the team some more. Say this goes on for 3 years. Norv becomes the scapegoat for a team who is loaded with talent and nobody to coach them, but in reality, the Chargers organization gets what they want in the long-run: fair weather fans turning on the beloved Chargers, making it much easier to move out of town.

This brings me to this year. A record of 1-3 puts the Chargers below the Raiders in the division standings (I'm on suicide watch for the next week). The NFL's MVP last year is finally getting room to run, and the team changes its play calling in the second half basically eliminating Tomlinson's effectiveness. The defense can do two things: get burned and/or miss a tackle. Norv was supposed to take this team's ability down a notch or so, but no one, especially the Spanos', suspected he would tear apart this team so quickly. Now, they have a choice to make. Do they axe Norv for another sub-par coach that can lose the close games, but still win a few? Do they ride out the next few seasons with Norv hoping the players can overcome the coaching idiocy to become an average team? Time will only tell...

So, even though the Chargers are losing in terrible ways, I should enjoy watching the Chargers while they are still in San Diego.