By Kenneth Miller | Publisher
Before the Chargers last played an NFL game, there was some bleak flickering of hope their winless season could be averted and turned around as they played host to the Denver Broncos at SoFi Stadium.
A sea of orange blanketed the oyster and unless Chargers fans were pre dressed for Halloween, then it signaled an even darker indication of the abyss the franchise finds itself.
This week, the stumbling and bumbling Bolts crawl into vaunted Kansas City to face the undefeated Chiefs and their star quarterback Patrick Mahomes who has already passed for more than 1,000 yards and 9 touchdowns.
The Chargers at 0-5 almost certainly face a season where they will not make the post season, the red they are seeing is more than the color of the Chiefs uniforms, it the flames under the seat of the coaching staff including Jim Harbaugh.
Something deem unspeakable when he was hired three years ago at $80 million for five years is now advancing into a foregone conclusion.
That Jim Harbaugh will be fired from his post as the leader of the Bolts is a topic that has been only spoken in very hush terms because of the reverence he carries as a football coach.
However, if his name was not Harbaugh he would have in all likelihood been fired already.
Harbaugh admitted last week that he made a crucial mistake on a critical fourth down call that failed miserably and ultimately cost his team a chance to win.
He then admitted that it was his fault that Justin Herbert is put in the position for failing, although any clear eyed fool could see that it is Herbert is throwing interceptions, fumbling the football in the pocket and has plummeted from being one of the top five quarterbacks in the league to one of the worst five.
Chargers’ ownership has to take a deep dive into the entire football operation, including the general manager, scouting department and of course all of the coaching staff.
Is a complete overhaul necessary? If they lose to the Chiefs and fall to 0-6 and the manner in which it happens follows the theme of the previous five games, then an overhaul must be considered.
Because at that point you know this is not an aberration, this is a bad football team with inferior talent.
Finally, the small dire fan base the Chargers have will disappear if this continues, costing this franchise where it can least afford, the fickle Southern California sports market of fair weather transplants and clashing cultures that have yet to understand the quality of life value sporting events offer.
