I'm sure many people will think this is a crazy question given the Chargers successful regular season, but there were things that stuck out in the playoff loss to the Patriots. 1. The Chargers never should have tried to convert on 4th and 11 instead of trying for the 50 yard field goal in the 1st quarter. 2. They never should have challenged the interception by Marlon McCree in the 4th quarter that ended up costing them a timeout.
The bottom line is Schottenheimer is a great regular season coach, but is 5 - 13 in the postseason. I just get the sense that his teams always look scared and nervous in the playoffs. I know people will argue that it's the players' stupid mistakes and mental errors and that may be true. But you have to admit, these mistakes never seem to happen on teams coached by winners like Bellichek.
They should promote Cam Cameron to head coach, he calls the plays now anyway. The Chargers lost to the Ravens when Marty called the plays and won after Cam took over.
2007-01-16
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