I think Chargers management have a mentality like al davis where they wanna be in total control of what plays are being called. They wanna control the style of play. Well, marty wasn't going for that. Marty stuck to the basics; running the football or what we call out here Martyball. It wasn't until 2 years before he got fired that he got the formula down, mixing it up with run plays and pass plays. When was the last time you seen LT jump over the defensive line for a TD? whe was the last time you saw LT be the qb and throw a pass? during the playoffs in the 14-2 season, management threatened to fire Marty if he lost a playoff game. Thats the game where we played sloppy as hell and the cheatriots beat us as they did the merriman dance in the end zone after the game lol When that happened, well the coaching staff under Marty peaced ut. And someone can correct me if I am wrong but i do believe they told MArty he couold come back, only to fire him weeks later.
Bill Cowher was a coach that was available at the time. So why did they choose Norv? Because he is a puppet. plain and simple. I know it doesn't make sense, but thats how I see it. And now the rumor is they not gonna re-sign Merriman next season.