The Mike McCoy era began with an infusion of youthful energy, showed promise and sank quickly.
If Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs is McCoy’s last as Chargers head coach, his time here will end the way most do in the NFL, with a sputtering run of futility and lingering questions about what went wrong.
We can lament the timeouts – those called in curious situations and those never expended. We can argue that his conservatism cost the Chargers a game or two each year, maybe even swayed the course of a couple seasons.