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Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Thu Dec 6, 2012 11:36 pm
by HMFFL
Dean Spanos plans to fire both coach Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith at season's end. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec ... ers-seaso/
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 12:19 am
by GS Warriors 1
About time.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 1:19 am
by Nolan
Finally.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 4:06 am
by LikeABosh
Why did this take so long?
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 4:34 am
by Da Schwab
Just three years too late.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 1:40 pm
by gswhoops
Da Schwab wrote:Just three years too late.
Now begins the long and painful rebuilding process.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 4:37 pm
by Higga
Hoping and praying the Cowboys hire Norval.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 5:25 pm
by LAKESHOW
Too late. They lost all the talent! They had a young and upcoming runningback in Michael turner. Dumped him. Had Darren sproles to go along with a fantastic punch of a speed back/power back combination. Dumped him. Antonio Cromartie, an all around player who can play offense/defense/special teams. Dumped him. Oh yeah, lets not forget SUPERBOWL MVP drew brees. Dumped him too.
Maybe they need to add phillip rivers in with those 2.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2012 6:45 pm
by gswhoops
LAKESHOW wrote:Maybe they need to add phillip rivers in with those 2.
Wouldn't be surprised to see him traded/cut this offseason.
IMO they need to view this as a first step to totally cleaning house, and not bring in guys with a mandate to patch the team up for a playoff run. They have some major issues that need to be dealt with.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Sat Dec 8, 2012 3:03 am
by Jake0890
gswhoops wrote:LAKESHOW wrote:Maybe they need to add phillip rivers in with those 2.
Wouldn't be surprised to see him traded/cut this offseason.
IMO they need to view this as a first step to totally cleaning house, and not bring in guys with a mandate to patch the team up for a playoff run. They have some major issues that need to be dealt with.
Theyll come roaring back ending the season with a 4 game win streak to keep Philip around another year. Never good enough to so any damage in the playoffs, but they always seem to get there somehow.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Sat Dec 8, 2012 8:32 am
by jr lucosa
Da Schwab wrote:Just three years too late.
Was going to say the same thing. Can't believe they stuck around so long, Norv especially.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Sat Dec 8, 2012 6:59 pm
by Icness
Strong denial coming from the Spanos clan, but IMO they floated this out there to test the waters.
Norv will get hired anywhere he wants as an OC; good teams with good OCs will fire them to hire him. AJ Smith, on the other hand, might need to find a new line of work. He is arguably the single most hated person in NFL circles. He's an arrogant, insufferable, irrational, bullying know-it-all who just isn't very good at his job.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:00 am
by JustAwesome
With his experience, Turner is also a candidate to take some assistant head coach positions. I also would not be completely shocked if he was able to convince another franchise to give him a chance as a head coach. Personally, though, I think it's best for him to step down for a season or two.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:07 am
by JustBlaze
So..I saw "Norval" in a headline on another website also..is that the guy's real first name???!?
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:32 pm
by trwi7
JustBlaze wrote:So..I saw "Norval" in a headline on another website also..is that the guy's real first name???!?
Yes, Norval Eugene Turner.
Re: Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:46 pm
by bballfanatic81
i still can't believe they dumped marty after all those winning seasons..