It’s silly but often true that a mostly meaningless week 17 game can often determine a coach’s status for the next year. 8-8 just sounds so much better than 7-9 does.
Turner coached a team with middle-of-the-road talent to a middle-of-the-road finish. He’s that employee you wish would produce more, but he’s not bad enough to fire, especially if you don’t have loads of qualified candidates lined up. My guess on AJ Smith is they just didn’t have any options to replace him they liked better. I think both men are one losing season away from losing their jobs.
I don’t see the Chargers moving. In this economy where there’s a lot of tough talk about balancing deficits, cities aren’t willing to shell out big bucks for publicly funded stadiums. The NFL clearly wants a team in LA, but LA doesn’t seem to care much, and seems quite unwilling to pay much to make that happen.
