Fired: Norval Turner and GM A.J. Smith

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Dec 6, 2012 11:36 pm

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/

GS Warriors 1 · Post #2 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 12:19 am

About time.

Post #3 » by **Nolan** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 1:19 am

Finally.

LikeABosh · Post #4 » by **LikeABosh** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 4:06 am

Why did this take so long?

Post #5 » by **Da Schwab** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 4:34 am

Just three years too late.

Post #6 » by **gswhoops** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 1:40 pm

Da Schwab wrote:Just three years too late.

Now begins the long and painful rebuilding process.

Higga · Post #7 » by **Higga** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 4:37 pm

Hoping and praying the Cowboys hire Norval.

LAKESHOW · Post #8 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 5:25 pm

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.

Post #9 » by **gswhoops** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 6:45 pm

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.

Post #10 » by **Jake0890** » Sat Dec 8, 2012 3:03 am

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.

Post #11 » by **jr lucosa** » Sat Dec 8, 2012 8:32 am

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.

Post #12 » by **Icness** » Sat Dec 8, 2012 6:59 pm

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.

JustAwesome · Post #13 » by **JustAwesome** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:00 am

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.

JustBlaze · Post #14 » by **JustBlaze** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:07 am

So..I saw "Norval" in a headline on another website also..is that the guy's real first name???!?

trwi7 · Post #15 » by **trwi7** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:32 pm

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.

bballfanatic81 · Post #16 » by **bballfanatic81** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:46 pm

i still can't believe they dumped marty after all those winning seasons..