In his latest blog for SI.com, Andrew Perloff ranked the 10 teams that had the most dysfunctional offseasons. At the top of the heap were the San Diego Chargers, because per Perloff, Marty Schottenheimer was fired due to not getting along with GM A.J. Smith and Cam Cameron and Wade Phillips left for head coaching jobs.
I get how losing all three of your top coaches could be considered dysfunctional, but it’s not like the Chargers hired three of the Muppets to replace them. San Diego deserves to be noted, but ahead of the Falcons (4th) or Bears (6th)? How could you get any worse than Michael Vick and his trick water bottle scandal or an alleged underground dog fighting investigation? On top of that, Atlanta lost two starters on defense (Demorrio Williams and Rod Coleman) for all of training camp and possibly the start of the season, plus receiver Brian Finneran for the entire year. Need more? Jonathan Babineaux allegedly killed his girlfriend’s dog in a fight (Humane Society loves this team) and – just like the Chargers – replaced all three of their top coaches. And they’re forth behind the Chargers, Dolphins and Chiefs? Wow.
What about the Bears? Lance Briggs and Alex Brown don’t want to play for the team anymore and Tank Johnson is in legal trouble for the second time in less than eight months. Plus their rookie tight end, Greg Olsen, took heat after a rap song he recorded while at the University of Miami got public attention because it degraded women.
Pff, replacing three coaches as the most dysfunctional offseason…please.
