Chargers fire head coach Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco.

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LOS ANGELES -- After two and a half seasons highlighted by lofty expectations and routine letdowns, the Los Angeles Chargers have fired coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco, the team announced on Friday.
Staley is the second Chargers head coach to be fired mid-season since 1970, joining Kevin Gilbride, who was fired in 1998.
The Chargers were 24-24 under Staley (through Thursday), with one playoff berth in 2022 that ended with a 27-point blown lead to the Jacksonville Jaguars -- the third-largest comeback in playoff history.
The Chargers hired Staley because of his success as a defensive coordinator with the Los Angeles Rams in 2020, where they were the league's best defense in points and yards allowed per game. But Staley never had that impact with the Chargers, despite having star talent and many of his former players.
Staley's defensive frustrations came to a head after Thursday's 63-21 drubbing by the Las Vegas Raiders, who were starting backup Aiden O'Connell and were without running back Josh Jacobs.
Quarterback Easton Stick made his first start for Los Angeles in place of Justin Herbert, who suffered a fracture to his right index finger in Sunday's loss to the Denver Broncos and is done for the season.
It's the second coach the Chargers have fired since drafting Herbert in 2020. Herbert's first coach was Anthony Lynn, who was 33-31 as the Chargers coach from 2017 to 2020 and 7-9 in his final season.
 

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Half of the chargers defense should have been sent packing today too

They were half-ass trying every play it was plain as day
 

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Who didn't see this coming? I was surprised he came out for the 2nd half last night

Wouldn't that be cool? A coach or a ref fired at halftime, or maybe even cut a player

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT

BTW: I did the Raiders, so his Chargers being as bad as they were made me smile. I checked out early
 

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Should have been fired after the playoff game last year as the owner doesn't care that much plus that is the cheapest organization in the league. Let's see how Herbert performs now as plenty of people use his coach as the cause of his poor play and the fact that he underperforms game after game, year after year.
 

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