Wait, who?

Who's the new coach of the San Diego Chargers?

Norv, who? No, not that Norv. Norv Turner?

Not the same Norv Turner who was fired by the Oakland Raiders two years ago and replaced by Art Shell. In can conclude this whole article by saying that there is someone, albeit Al Davis, who thinks Art Shell is an improvement over Norv Turner. But I won't stop.

Turner, best known for piloting the offense of the best team of the 1990's and rivaling Otis Nixon for worst complexion in sports, is now the head coach of the best team in the league. He has a career record of, oh 58-82-1 and a 1-1 playoff record. That's right, nearly 30 games below .500. Given enough time, flaming midgets can coach a team to 30 games under .500.

What would posses the Chargers to hand the reins over to Norv? Is he really an improvement over Marty Schottenheimer? Marty won football games, might have yaked in big games, but at least he got there. I know Marty got fired because he wanted his brother as his Defensive coordinator (which also caused him to get fired from the Browns) and his inability to co-exist with GM A.J. Smith. But couldn't two grown ass men keep it together for one more year. At least to make a run at future Browns coach Bill Cowher.

So you replace Marty Schottenheimer with Norv Turner, for what? Winning despite Norv, making the playoffs and losing when you are out coached by Bill Belichick or Tony Dungy. Coaching matters a little bit in the NFL, and especially in the playoffs.

This isn't about how good or bad Norv Turner is as a coach. Its about pro teams pulling out retreads because they don't want to take a chance on a new guy. Why not go after a guy like Rex Ryan, who took what is really an aging defense and made it one of the best in the league.

No, lets get Norv Turner because that's a known commodity. A crappy one but a known one. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't. That's what makes good teams crappy ones.

Countless times in sports old, tired, unsuccessful coaches get jobs over younger (or Older) unproven ones. Doesn't really makes sense to me. How many times can you polish a turd?