More data on Staley's departure from the Chargers

Not that you are necessarily, but I think it's unfair to compare Staley to DA. Staley had two winning seasons, including a playoff appearance, and got fired during his 3rd year when they were 5-9. He finished there with a .500 record at 24-24 and his worst season, that he was fired before completing, had more wins than DA would EVER get in Oakland. His Raiders never won more than 4 games in a season and he finished there with a .222 record at 8-28.

.500 isn't good enough and perhaps he should have been fired because of some behind the scenes stuff. Maybe he wasn't ready for the HC job and maybe he never will be. The stuff from that article is really mixed. Some players thought he was very supportive and others didn't. Maybe his flaw is that he didn't learn what everybody needed. Rather than blame the team, he gave them some cliches (very DA like I suppose) when they wanted answers.

But Staley wasn't DA levels of bad. Jonathan Gannon, Raheem Morris, Zac Taylor, Kevin Stefanski, Todd Bowles and Brian Daboll still have NFL head coaching jobs with worse winning percentages than Staley. And all of them are far better than DA is even after inheriting the remnants for Sean Paytons team.

While Staley wasn't my first choice, I think he's going to be a HUGE asset to the team and CKM. Not just for what he did right with the Chargers, I think what he did wrong will also be super helpful.