Chargers-Reason To Be Excited? Perhaps Not Thanks To AJ Smith

Years back I received as a Christmas gift a Charger's jersey with none other than Dan Fouts name on the back. The air attack in the late Don Coryell's offensive scheming had me hooked. The problem was that their extremely potent offense was accompanied by a defense with more holes than Swiss Cheese. Nonetheless, I was hooked because the air show became the theme for our mock Charger games and player emulation that we did as kids in the streets, fields and play grounds.

Fast Forward 3 decades and I remain a Charger Fan. Even when they have the best record in the league, the Chargers find a way to punk out and let opportunities slide right by them. AJ Smith, has used talent evaluation to keep San Diego in an upper echelon of NFL Teams. But yet, they still can't win the big games.

Meanwhile AJ has alientated Vincent Jackson and Marcus McNeill both of whom are important to the team. My opinion, is that they cannot afford to let those guys go but once AJ makes up his mind, he seems to have the inability to question his decisions and arrive at the best answer for the Chargers. The Chargers are clearly not better off without these two outstanding talents. Pride gets in the way of a lot of things, and Aj should already expect that the Chargers will lose some games because Norv Turner is drum roll plese............Norv Turner. His poor game management will cost them atleast a couple of close games.

So Excited is probably not the word. I am happy to see a dreadful baseball season fade away into the fall and football to take over. As for the Chargers, best to expect the worst and avoid the disappointment that shrouds a team that is oh so close but yet so far.

AJ, get Jackson and McNeil signed and stop letting your pride to dictate poor personel decisions. It's a business. A business that needs key personel!