General manager called Chargers out in interview Aaron Wilson
San Diego Chargers star linebacker Shawne Merriman took umbrage at general manager A.J. Smith accusing the team of being dazed, confused and soft.
"Everything is wrong with it right now," Smith told the San Diego Union-Tribune after a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers dropped the team to 2-2 overall. "I'm not the least bit happy in a lot of areas. I've seen us be tough and physical to soft and bewildered."
And Merriman responded in a dismissive fashion to those comments on Wednesday.
"That's an opinion of a person, and it's not needed," Merriman said. "We know that we have to play better. We met for an extra hour and a half as a defense as a whole to discuss what we need to do and things we need to do to get better.
"And we're going to make adjustments in this locker room as far as players and our attitudes and getting after people a little more. But all that extra is not needed at all. The only opinions that matter to me are the ones in this locker room. Anything else, it doesn't matter."
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As usual, AJ Smith is right and he is unjustly vilified for speaking the truth by the mass sports media trying to stir up a controversy. Merriman will never have the explosion he had before the knee injury and his off-field behavior is dubious at best. The Chargers should trade him now while he still has some value. But if AJ trades Merriman like he should, he will get crucified again by the mass sports media. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. He has always been unfairly criticized for being brutally honest and making unpopular decisions in the eyes of alot of Chicken-little, wannabe GMs masquerading as Charger fans. Those Charger fans I refer to need to deal with this: Brees, gone. Schotty, gone. Edwards, gone. Seau, gone. Harrison, gone. They were all the correct decisions, deal with it!!
I doubt Merriman "Took Umbrage"..... He might have gotten pissed off, but I'm sure he didn't take umbrage.....
Shawne!!! This weekend is a three day weekend and I know you have Monday off...Philip already told me...he's not very polite when he answers the phone either btw. You better not ignore my calls on Saturday!
xoxo
--TT
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Oct 07, 2009
10:45 PM
AJ smith is supposed to be considered a great GM - let me get this straight - the guy that let Drew Brees go, let Michael Turner go, got rid of Marty S, got rid of Donnie Edwards is a genius . Time for you know who to go