OK, Chargers fans, time to hit the panic button.  Even with one of the easiest schedules in the league, your Al Gore twin, Norv Turner, still can't get it done for a home opener.  Granted, the Carolina Panthers are no walkover.  Still, you're at home and you should have gotten the win no matter what.

A lot of prognosticators ( and I mean a lot!) have picked the Chargers to either go to or win the Superbowl this season.  They see something I don't.  What?  Did your head coach suddenly do what?  Realize his waning potential?  Get the clue he didn't get in his other head coaching positions?  Grow a brain, the aptitude, and intangibles capable of actually coaching an NFL team?  I don't think so.

Marty may have not been the guy to win the big game.  That is up for argument.  There is no argument concerning Norv Turner.  The Chargers will go nowhere with him and they were damn lucky to go as far as they did last  year.  What?  You expect lightning to strike twice.  Get real!

If you can't beat a Panthers team that didn't even make the playoffs last year at home, where the hell do you think you're going?  Suddenly, your easy schedule looks like the gauntlet.  When Merriman goes down, and he will, the house of cards will come tumbling down.  God help you if one of your other stars gets hurt.  You expect Norv to coach 'em up?  Get real!!  His hiring will go down as the most boneheaded move of all time.  Given a Ferrari, he has turned the lightning bolts in to a Honda.