Getty ImagesChargers coach Mike McCoy has just one year left on his contract, and his team is 5-7 and in last place. That’s raising questions about McCoy’s job security, and they’re questions the Chargers don’t want to answer.
San Diego G.M. Tom Telesco was asked on 1360-AM in San Diego whether McCoy will be back in 2017, and Telesco declined to give a direct answer.
“Contrary to public opinion, we don’t sit around here daily preoccupied with job status,” Telesco said, via ESPN. “It’s just not how it works. I’m not worried about next year right now. To be honest with you, I’m not worried about next week. I’m worried about this week and playing Carolina. We’ll worry about next year, next year. We’re 100 percent committed to this season. We only have 16 games to play, and we’ve got four games to go here, and that’s what we’re worried about. We’re not even looking toward 2017 yet.”
Telesco’s contract runs through the 2019 season, so his job appears to be safe. But with McCoy now missing the playoffs three years in a row, it wouldn’t be at all surprising to see him given the axe.
The decision may come down to what the Chargers’ ownership thinks is the best way to get support from its fan base. With the possibility that the Chargers will move to Los Angeles this offseason and share a stadium with the Rams, the Chargers may decide they need continuity on the field while they make a big move off the field. On the other hand, they may decide that a new coach is what they need to generate excitement in Los Angeles. McCoy’s job could hinge on off-field concerns.
No point worrying about the future if you ain’t got one.
One day the Chargers might get it right…maybe.
Should have never fired Marty Schottenheimer.
Maybe the GM needs to be fired.
The “I’m worried about the next game…” excuse is BS from the GM role. That’s the coaches and players role, not the GM.
It’s the GM who is responsible on the vision for the future.
Yea…why bother planning for the future when you’re running a billion $ operation?
araidersfan says:
Dec 10, 2016 6:10 AM
One day the Chargers might get it right…maybe.
I love how now that the Raiders are winning that their fans’ trash talk has evolved to compound and complex sentences versus their usual garbledy-gook and incoherent mumbling of the past 12 years. Education must’ve improved dramatically in Oakland over the past 12 years while the Raiders were committed to drafting in the top 5 each year and we’re the laughingstock of the NFL. I mean, what else were they gonna do with their spare time? Watch the Raiders lose every week. I’m also excited that for the first time in ages said Raiders fans may actually get my drive thru order correct since many of the younger ones can read now!
America IS great again!!!
araidersfan says:
Dec 10, 2016 6:10 AM
One day the Chargers might get it right…maybe.
I love how now that the Raiders are winning that their fans’ trash talk has evolved to compound and complex sentences versus their usual garbledy-gook and incoherent mumbling of the past 12 years. Education must’ve improved dramatically in Oakland over the past 12 years while the Raiders were committed to drafting in the top 5 each year and were the laughingstock of the NFL. I mean, what else were they gonna do with their spare time? Watch the Raiders lose every week. I’m also excited that for the first time in ages said Raiders fans may actually get my drive thru order correct since many of the younger ones can read now!
America IS great again!!!
well when teams actually say a guy is safe dont they alot of times get rid of him?
this is good news for mike, you guys know what happens when a coach gets a pat on the back from management
The Chargers front office is waiting to see if Jeff Fisher will be available to coach. He has already proven his ability to be mediocre and he understands the difficulties with moving a team.
If it were up to the fans, they would probably fire the owner, not the coach. Terrific job Deano! You are the only owner to actually decrease your team’s popularity in this $10+ billion a year industry!
So if the Rams have Fisher and the Chargers have McCoy, and Goodell sitting around unable to figure out why the NFL can’t sell out a game in Los Angeles, it will be business as usual in the NFL.
“We’re not even looking toward 2017 yet.”
That’s only natural. Who wants to relive a bad car wreck?
HA HA Theres a lot of butt-hurt Raider haters here, isn’t there?
🙂
In McCoy’s defense, his team would be in playoff contention if they were in a couple other divisions.
I’m going to assume that in hindsight, Telesco realizes what an unbelievably moronic answer that was.
That’s Trump-level stupid.
Hopefully, McCoy is the Bears offensive coordinator next season.
They are clueless if he is coaching this team next season, whether they’re in SD, LA or Guatemala.
This is really a geographical problem. Were he coaching that team 100 miles north, his contract would be extended until 2021.
so that means no.
good!
can we force someone outside of the org to pick the next coach? we dont need another mike riley norv mccoy type of bs conservatives that kills us every year. we need Boss Ross!
Replacing McCoy presumably means finding someone better. Who might that be? Ken Whisenhunt, who was atrocious as a Head Coach in Tennessee?
We will take him back in Denver as an OC with open arms. Come home Mike!
The ultimate insult would be to get fired before Gus Bradley..
“Chargers not saying if Mike McCoy’s job is safe”…the irony…you did just say it; it’s not.
Oakland and SD really need to get their stadium crap handled, tired of this, it’s about playing football, thats whole point.
Come on now, do really expect him to say he’s going to fire the coach before he tells the coach? He’s no Todd Bowles…..no way McCoy comes back next yr….
Jon Gruden will be coaching one of the two LA teams next year.
ebpatton said:”
Should have never fired Marty Schottenheimer.”
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Yeah, because the teams that he has coached over the years never choked in the playoffs, and Marty has fingers full of Super Bowl rings for coaching SB winners.
Oh wait, he doesn’t have any rings for coaching SB winning teams. And, Marty coached teams routinely choked in the playoffs.
There’s no need to state the obvious, unless he’s Jeff Fisher.