I'm very, VERY disappointed in Loomis right now.

That's not why Marty Schottenheimer was fired. He was fired primarily because he and A.J. Smith (the Chargers GM) couldn't see eye to eye. Schottenheimer went on record saying he and Smith hardly ever spoke in 2 years, and didn't have an actual working relationship. The owner sided with the GM and fired Schottenheimer.
That probably was a terrible move. Was Norv Turner any better? Marty never had a team as good as the Chargers. He could have gotten that team over the hump. Their division was crap. In 2008, when they went 8-8, they lost so many close games, including against us. Marty doesn't lose those.