San Diego fires DC Ted Cotrell

[Skkorpion]

Finally. A much needed move but maybe too late.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80c07b6f&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

Scapegoat, look for Norv Turner to resume his natural position of OC in the next season or two.

 

[TheHopToad]

Wonder if they miss Marty yet. 14-2 and gone. I guess they got the change they wanted...

 

[Pariah]

Scapegoat, look for Norv Turner to resume his natural position of OC in the next season or two.

That defense, even without Meriman is uber-talented...yet they have something like 2 sacks in the past 90 pass attempts. Cotrell is not a scapegoat; the defense has been awful.

That's not to say Turner is doing a good job, but those two thoughts are not mutually exclusive.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

Cotrell is not a scapegoat; the defense has been awful.

That's not to say Turner is doing a good job, but those two thoughts are not mutually exclusive.

Save the Jets gig, where he was forced into using the 4-3... Cotrell did nothing but succeed anywhere he went.

Sh!tty records have a way of following Norv Turner wherever he is HC.

 

[PACardsFan]

Wonder if they miss Marty yet. 14-2 and gone. I guess they got the change they wanted...

Marty is perhaps the most underrated HC in NFL history. No bandaids, he just builds from the bottom up & by year 3 he has a juggernaut. I don't care whether he's won a SB or not, as no team gave him enough time to do it. This guy wins everywhere he goes.

 

[Skkorpion]

Ted Cottrell has been fired from all four of his NFL defensive coordinator jobs.

1. He did a good job as DC for the Bills under Wade Phillpis but was swept out with Wade.

2. He was fired after 3 seasons with the Jets.

3. He was fired after two seasons with the Vikings.

4. He was fired after 1.5 years in San Diego. Interestingly, he had been hired by AJ Smith, the Chargers GM, the same day Norv Turner was hired as head coach. Cotrell was not hired by Turner.

So spin it any way you wish. Turner may be a bad head coach but Cottrell contributes to getting head coaches fired.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

So spin it any way you wish. Turner may be a bad head coach but Cottrell contributes to getting head coaches fired.

From 1998 through 2000, the Bills finished no worse than sixth in the league in total defense. In 1999, the Bills led the league in total defense.

Cottrell then spent two seasons (2004-05) as defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. In 2005, the Vikings finished fifth in the NFL in takeaways and earned a postseason berth, and defeated the Green Bay Packers in a Wild Card contest.






Cottrell was dismissed along with much of the coaching staff in Minnesota after head coach Mike Tice allegedly scalped tickets. Cottrell and the other coaches on Tice's staff that were dismissed were not believed to be guilty of any wrong doing.

His only real rough patch came running a defense he did not favor.


I'll spin it with some facts.. that help?

 

[Gambit]

Marty is perhaps the most underrated HC in NFL history. No bandaids, he just builds from the bottom up & by year 3 he has a juggernaut. I don't care whether he's won a SB or not, as no team gave him enough time to do it. This guy wins everywhere he goes.

word up

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

Marty is perhaps the most underrated HC in NFL history. No bandaids, he just builds from the bottom up & by year 3 he has a juggernaut. I don't care whether he's won a SB or not, as no team gave him enough time to do it. This guy wins everywhere he goes.

Yep.

The 13 Playoff losses are what killed him.
He should have been a reg season coach.. then hand it over to someone else for the playoffs.

 

[HeavyB3]

From 1998 through 2000, the Bills finished no worse than sixth in the league in total defense. In 1999, the Bills led the league in total defense.

Cottrell then spent two seasons (2004-05) as defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. In 2005, the Vikings finished fifth in the NFL in takeaways and earned a postseason berth, and defeated the Green Bay Packers in a Wild Card contest.






Cottrell was dismissed along with much of the coaching staff in Minnesota after head coach Mike Tice allegedly scalped tickets. Cottrell and the other coaches on Tice's staff that were dismissed were not believed to be guilty of any wrong doing.

His only real rough patch came running a defense he did not favor.


I'll spin it with some facts.. that help?

I agree, scapegoat. Turner is a coaching cancer. He can't succeed as a head coach. He fails miserably wherever he goes. His team rode on the talent Marty built last season, but now it's starting to fall apart.

 

[Pariah]

When a defense with so much talent plays so poorly (ie Jammer and Cromartie contribute to the 32nd ranked pass defense? whaaaa?), the defensive coordinator cannot be considered a scapegoat. The DC in this case lost his job because he was sucking at it....big time.

And, again, saying that should by no means be construed as an endorsement of the head coach.