Comments on: The business of blackouts http://thecoastnews.com/2012/09/the-business-of-blackouts/ Making Waves in Your Neighborhood Sun, 19 May 2013 09:47:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dale Walker http://thecoastnews.com/2012/09/the-business-of-blackouts/comment-page-1/#comment-44567 Dale Walker Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:52:26 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=54011#comment-44567 I was a Chargers season ticket holder for 14 years. Over that period, I encouraged friends and acquaintances to attend games…and, I used my season ticket holder privileges to purchase thousands of dollars worth of tickets for them ahead of when single-game tickets went on sale to the general public.

I renewed my season tickets even after the dreadful 1-15 season in 2000.

When head coach Marty Schottenheimer was fired after the 2006 season, I was disappointed. When Norv Turner was hired to replace him, I was dumbfounded.

The current management team of team president Dean Spanos, general manager A.J. Smith, and head coach Norv Turner has managed to transform the San Diego Chargers from a Super Bowl contender to a mediocre, middle-of-the-pack participant in the NFL’s championship derby.

No Chargers fan can hope to change the team’s ownership…that said, I’ll never buy another ticket to a Chargers game while A.J. Smith remains the general manager.

I don’t really care about Coach Turner…any competent GM would quickly seek a replacement at the head coach position.

-A former Chargers season ticket holder, 1996-2009-

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