Bowe Fertig's San Diego Chargers fan blog

The San Diego Chargers are never the aggressor, money-wise, when it comes to signing players during the offseason.

The last big-name free agent the Chargers signed was David Boston in 2003, and what a bust that was.

Unfortunately, the Chargers depend on their draft more than they should while watching other teams sign game-changing players.

You could maybe attribute late season runs that end earlier than expected to the complacent nature of the Chargers during the off-season.

Not this year and not this time.

If the Chargers want to become like their sports-city compadre, San Diego Padres, then they will do what they have been doing in past offseasons—doing just enough to be considered good, make the playoffs, and fall short.

The Super Bowl run begins this offseason for the Chargers and the resigning of Norv Turner tells me there will be a lot brewing in San Diego this offseason.

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The San Diego Chargers' CEO Dean Spanos and General Manager A.J. Smith have made the biggest desperation move in Super Charger history.

The three-year extension signed by Norv Turner only makes sense in one big way, and that’s money.

For an organization to re-sign a head coach who has consistently been outcoached in the playoffs to a three-year extension so quickly is absolutely dumbfounding.

My mind hurt when I found out Norv Turner was signed to a three-year extension within a day of losing to the less-talented Jets.

I was still trying to get over the heartbreaking Charger loss, and now this.

But after considering the Chargers' biggest obstacle to future success—the resigning of free agents Shawne Merriman, Darren Sproles, Vincent Jackson, Marcus McNeill, Jeromey Clary, Malcom Floyd, Mike Tolbert, and the decision to keep LaDainian Tomlinson, money seems to be the most logical reasoning behind the move.

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