Jerry’s New Coach and the Chargers’ Old Wounds

From Marty’s Firing to Jerry’s Consolation Prize, How One Coaching Hire Revives a Lifetime of Charger Heartbreak For This Fan

Brian Shottenheimer is the new coach of the Dallas Cowboys.¹

I don’t particularly care about the Cowboys one way or the other except to say: they aren’t America’s team; they’re ‘murica’s team.

But as a lifelong Chargers fan who knows way too much minutiae about my beloved team like this little nugget: Jerry Jones once tried to buy the San Diego Chargers,…