San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos didn?t feel he had to issue any ultimatums when he made the unpopular decision to bring back coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith despite the team missing the playoffs for the second straight season.
"Everybody knows in this business that you?ve got to win. OK?" Spanos said Tuesday. "That?s the net bottom line. You don?t have to say that."
The Chargers haven?t been winning enough lately, which is why Spanos was forced to decide the future of his top football men. The Chargers are 17-16 since the end of the 2009 season, including an embarrassing home playoff loss to the New York Jets in January 2010 that was the Chargers? last postseason appearance.
San Diego went 4-1 at the beginning and end of this season but was undone by a six-game losing streak in the middle. One more win would have earned the Chargers (8-8) the title in the mediocre AFC West.
Feeling that he has a good team with a marquee quarterback in Philip Rivers, "Keeping this intact gives us the best chance to win and change this thing as quickly as possible," Spanos said.
Spanos said he was heartened by the players? response to Turner in winning four of five down the stretch. The one loss, though, a rout at Detroit, eliminated the Bolts from playoff contention.
"I was confident that I had a good chance to stay here," said Turner, who has two years left on his contract, at $3 million a season.
Turner has a 49-31 regular-season record in five years in San Diego but is only 3-3 in the playoffs.
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"I would expect we?d have to make the playoffs" to stay employed, Turner said. "If we manage things right and have some good fortune, I imagine we will."
Eagles retain Reid
Big Red isn?t going anywhere yet.
Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie said coach Andy Reid will return for his 14th season in Philadelphia, though he left open the possibility for changes on the coaching staff.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday for the first time since training camp, Lurie expressed his displeasure with the team?s 8-8 record and explained in detail why he chose to retain Reid after weeks of serious deliberation.
"This was, without question, the most disappointing season since I?ve owned the team," Lurie said. "It?s completely unacceptable."
The Eagles were strong favorites to reach the Super Bowl after winning the NFC East title last year and adding several accomplished players in the offseason. But they started 1-4 and were 4-8 before closing out the year with four consecutive wins against non-playoff teams.
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