Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Spanos family praises Chargers Coach McCoy for deft 2015 performance

Breaking up is hard to do

"Think how much worse you’d feel if we’d gone to the Super Bowl this year. Mike McCoy spared you that pain.”
"Think how much worse you’d feel if we’d gone to the Super Bowl this year. Mike McCoy spared you that pain.”

Fans who were curious as to the Chargers’ decision to retain seemingly hapless head coach Mike McCoy following the team’s dismal performance in 2015 (and 2014, and 2013…) got some measure of explanation today from the team’s President of Football Operations, John Spanos. “Clearly, it’s time for the Chargers and the City of San Diego to go their separate ways,” began Spanos. “But sometimes, one party in the relationship can’t see the obvious — and that’s when things can get ugly. Especially when you stop to remember that the Internet is forever.

"Consider this comparative posting on the sdchargerfans Instagram account from Kathy Solunto. First, you’ve got a signed birthday card that says, “Thank you for being such a loyal fan for so many years, we really appreciate your support.” Then you’ve got the card we sent to all season ticket holders this week. It’s not a pretty juxtaposition.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“That kind of everlasting negative PR isn’t good for the Charger brand. Even people who agree that we have to get out of this relationship will be tempted to sympathize with the pain of the dumped party. Happily,” continued Spanos, “Solunto’s bitter gesture is proving to be the exception to the rule. We’ve been asking San Diego Charger fans to delete all record of their fandom from the Internet, whether it be Facebook posts, Instagram pics, Tweets, or Grindr profiles suggesting meetups in the Qualcomm rest room. Given the past few seasons, most of them are proving quite amenable. It can’t have been easy for Coach McCoy to run a top-flight team into the ground the way he did. But it’s a sign of his dedication to the Los Angeles Chargers that he ignored the haters and did it anyway.”

The latest copy of the Reader

Please enjoy this clickable Reader flipbook. Linked text and ads are flash-highlighted in blue for your convenience. To enhance your viewing, please open full screen mode by clicking the icon on the far right of the black flipbook toolbar.

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Chunky yellowtail from Alijos Rocks

Imperial Beach Pier thresher shark
"Think how much worse you’d feel if we’d gone to the Super Bowl this year. Mike McCoy spared you that pain.”
"Think how much worse you’d feel if we’d gone to the Super Bowl this year. Mike McCoy spared you that pain.”

Fans who were curious as to the Chargers’ decision to retain seemingly hapless head coach Mike McCoy following the team’s dismal performance in 2015 (and 2014, and 2013…) got some measure of explanation today from the team’s President of Football Operations, John Spanos. “Clearly, it’s time for the Chargers and the City of San Diego to go their separate ways,” began Spanos. “But sometimes, one party in the relationship can’t see the obvious — and that’s when things can get ugly. Especially when you stop to remember that the Internet is forever.

"Consider this comparative posting on the sdchargerfans Instagram account from Kathy Solunto. First, you’ve got a signed birthday card that says, “Thank you for being such a loyal fan for so many years, we really appreciate your support.” Then you’ve got the card we sent to all season ticket holders this week. It’s not a pretty juxtaposition.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“That kind of everlasting negative PR isn’t good for the Charger brand. Even people who agree that we have to get out of this relationship will be tempted to sympathize with the pain of the dumped party. Happily,” continued Spanos, “Solunto’s bitter gesture is proving to be the exception to the rule. We’ve been asking San Diego Charger fans to delete all record of their fandom from the Internet, whether it be Facebook posts, Instagram pics, Tweets, or Grindr profiles suggesting meetups in the Qualcomm rest room. Given the past few seasons, most of them are proving quite amenable. It can’t have been easy for Coach McCoy to run a top-flight team into the ground the way he did. But it’s a sign of his dedication to the Los Angeles Chargers that he ignored the haters and did it anyway.”

Comments
Sponsored

The latest copy of the Reader

Please enjoy this clickable Reader flipbook. Linked text and ads are flash-highlighted in blue for your convenience. To enhance your viewing, please open full screen mode by clicking the icon on the far right of the black flipbook toolbar.

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Raging Cider & Mead celebrates nine years

Company wants to bring America back to its apple-tree roots
Next Article

Trophy truck crushes four at Baja 1000

"Two other racers on quads died too,"
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader