{"id":472980,"date":"2023-12-15T13:47:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=472980"},"modified":"2023-12-15T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:47:41","slug":"chargers-dismiss-boss-staley-and-gm-telesco","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/chargers-dismiss-boss-staley-and-gm-telesco\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers dismiss boss Staley and GM Telesco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 2 and a half campaigns highlighted by lofty expectations and routine disappointments, the LA Chargers have let go boss Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco, the franchise shared today.<\/p>\n<p>Staley is the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> team\u2019s manager to be dismissed mid-season since 1970, as the other 1 was Kevin Gilbride in 1998.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chargers have fired HC Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco following their 63-21 loss to the Raiders, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AdamSchefter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7R7cJbbAqq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7R7cJbbAqq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1735708387252613350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NFL franchise from LA was 24-24 under Staley, with 1 playoff appearance in 2022 that ended with a 27-point blown lead against the Jacksonville Jaguars \u2013 the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> largest comeback in the postseason history.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Dean Spanos described the firings as the organization\u2019s supporters \u201cdeserve better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers appointed Brandon because of his success as a defensive coordinator with the Rams in 2020, where the other franchise from Los Angeles was the NFL\u2019s best defense in points and yards allowed per match. But he never had that impact as Chargers head coach, despite having elite players and many of his ex-footballers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chargers\u2019 owner Dean Spanos on today\u2019s firings: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HfsCT9UCfW\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/HfsCT9UCfW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1735712091128934558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 2 and a half campaigns highlighted by lofty expectations and routine disappointments, the LA Chargers have let go boss Brandon Staley and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":472981,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[22359,17581,17324],"news_category":[16703,16715],"gn_keywords":[22360,20619,17873,22364],"acf":{"announce":"Los Angeles fired both the head coach and the general manager after the humiliating defeat against Las Vegas.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/472980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/472980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472982,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/472980\/revisions\/472982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472980"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=472980"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=472980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}