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Twitter reacts to firing of Anthony Lynn

Here’s how Chargers fans and the rest of the general population reacted to the news of Anthony Lynn being fired.

The Chargers fired coach Anthony Lynn on Monday.

Lynn ends his four-year stint with the Bolts with a 33-31 regular-season record and 1-1 in the playoffs. He led Los Angeles to a 12-4 record and a playoff victory in 2018, but he was unable to carry that success, going 5-11 in 2019 and under .500 in 2020.

Here is how Twitter reacted on Lynn’s firing:

Twitter reacts to firing of Anthony Lynn

Here’s how Chargers fans and the rest of the general population reacted to the news of Anthony Lynn being fired.

The Chargers fired coach Anthony Lynn on Monday.

Lynn ends his four-year stint with the Bolts with a 33-31 regular-season record and 1-1 in the playoffs. He led Los Angeles to a 12-4 record and a playoff victory in 2018, but he was unable to carry that success, going 5-11 in 2019 and under .500 in 2020.

Here is how Twitter reacted on Lynn’s firing:

Chargers fire coach Anthony Lynn

The Chargers will have a new head coach in 2021.

The Chargers parted ways with head coach Anthony Lynn on Monday morning.

Two seasons ago, Lynn led Los Angeles to a 12-4 record and a trip to the playoffs. In the past two seasons, the team combined to win only 12 games, losing a large number of close games both times.

L.A. managed to win their final four games of the 2020 season, but the poor game management and decision-making that cost the team many of those close contests outweighed all, which led to the decision to fire Lynn.

Below is the official team statement from owner Dean Spanos:

Who are the best candidates to replace Anthony Lynn?

Anthony Lynn is out as the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. Who are the best candidates to step into that role for 2021?

Many things went right for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020, but not enough for Anthony Lynn to keep his job.

In 2018 the Chargers were perhaps the darlings of the football world. The Chargers stormed to a 12-4 record and only the presence of the Kansas City Chiefs prevented them from winning the AFC West. But since then the Chargers limped to back-to-back losing seasons, and their record this season in one-score games likely contributed to the organization’s decision to part ways with Lynn:

Filling the Chargers’ head coaching vacancy is one of the more interesting puzzles to put together. The play of rookie quarterback Justin Herbert this season has been a revelation, and that might mean that a member of the offensive staff would be in line to get the job. But there are two options, and what could one man’s promotion mean for the other? Or would the Chargers go outside the organization to hire someone else and hope that they can retain one of their offensive staff members to keep some continuity around Herbert? Consistency is key for the development of a young QB, and it is hard to see the organization tipping that apple cart.

Here are the best candidates to replace Lynn.

Report: Chargers expected to fire HC Anthony Lynn

After four seasons, Anthony Lynn’s time with the Chargers is coming to an end.

Anthony Lynn’s time with the Chargers could be coming to an end.

According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, Los Angeles is expected to fire Lynn. He will meet with ownership on Monday, but it is believed that he will be let go of.

Hired in 2017, Lynn’s first two seasons were trending in a positive direction, as he led the Bolts to a 12-4 record and a trip to the playoffs in his second season.

However, the last two seasons have been underwhelming. The Chargers have a combined 11 wins over that timeframe. Injuries have a played a factor, but Lynn’s poor game management and strategy in crucial situations have held them back, too.

It remains to be seen who the next head coach will be if and when Lynn is relieved, but I would assume that it could be someone that’s capable of maximizing soon-to-be Offensive Rookie of the Year Justin Herbert’s potential.

Chargers HC Anthony Lynn not concerned about job status

Days from now, we will know the fate of coach Anthony Lynn.

The fate of coach Anthony Lynn will be decided in just a few days.

Despite winning the last three games, question still remains whether Los Angeles will elect to fire Lynn after the season finale against the Chiefs.

The question of his job security came up at Wednesday’s media availability.

“I am not concerned about that. I am concerned about Kansas City,” Lynn said.

Lynn added that he has not received indication if he will be back as the head coach in 2021 by the Spanos Family.

After going 9-7 and 12-4 in his first two season, the last two seasons have been a downward spiral for Lynn. L.A. finished 5-11 last season and are going to finish under .500 this year.

Injuries are a reason to blame for their underwhelming seasons, but Lynn’s own decisions have held the team back. Multiple poor game management decisions and questionable play calls have negatively impacted the Bolts.

The Chargers have blown a handful of leads and have had a copious amount of critical errors in vital situations in games.

Lynn has made it clear how he coaches games. I am a firm believer that it won’t be resolved, given how long it’s been going on for, even in their most recent victories.

If the upper management decides to keep him beyond this season, their reasoning could be despite the outcome of the season, Lynn was a part of the development of frontrunner Offensive Rookie of the Year, Justin Herbert, and changing coaches might hinder his rapid growth.

“Coach Lynn’s been awesome,” Herbert said. “Him and I, we’ve gotten really close over these past couple of months. He’s always out on the field and whether he’s helping the running backs, the offensive line, the quarterbacks — he’s been doing a great job of stepping into our meetings and telling us exactly what he wants and how he wants it done. He’s a leader and this team follows him and I really believe in him.”

Despite string of wins, Chargers HC Anthony Lynn’s job could still remain in jeopardy

Chargers fans still believe that Anthony Lynn should be gone at the end of the season.

After the worst loss in Chargers history to the Patriots in Week 13, coach Anthony Lynn’s seat was burning hot. But since then, the team has won their last three games, giving a reason to believe that Lynn should be retained.

Despite the outcome of the contests, the ongoing game management and play-calling blunders still haven’t been fixed, as seen in Week 16 against the Broncos.

On a drive where Los Angeles, converted on 4th-and-7, Lynn elected to kick a field goal on a fourth-and-goal from Denver’s two-yard line. Instead, Lynn settled on extending the lead from 13-3 to 16-3, rather than going up by three scores.

Another instance happened with a little less than two minutes remaining in the first half. On first down, a draw play was called. Lynn did not use one of his timeouts and let half of a minute run off the clock. Herbert completed back-to-back passes to move the Chargers close to midfield.

On the next play, he was sacked and fumbled for a loss of 20 yards. Lynn decided to let the final 36 seconds run out instead of using a timeout to attempt another play. Rather than regrouping and running another play to try to tally more points on the scoreboard, he was content with going into the locker room 13-0, which eventually was met by the Broncos later in the game.

But wait, there’s more. In the fourth quarter, Lynn punted on a 4th-and-1 from his 40-yard line when the Bolts had the lead, 16-6. After showing that he was bold enough to go for it on 4th-and-7 earlier on, it’s head-scratching to know that he wouldn’t attempt to go for what would have likely been the game-ensuing score in that situation.

Sure, the Chargers have won their last three games. But they have all been too close for comfort, as they have all been by at least three points, rather than being in a situation where it hasn’t had to come down to the final moments.

Even if Los Angeles beats the Chiefs in the season finale, this has happened far too often and many fans find it hard to believe that his poor handling and discipline in critical situations will be resolved beyond this season.

EDGE Joey Bosa comments on the state of the Chargers

Joey Bosa knows that there is a problem.

The Chargers shouldn’t be sitting with one of the worst records in the NFL right now, but they do.

Despite the most recent 45-0 blowout loss to the Patriots, Los Angeles has way too much talent that has practically been put to waste.

Among the talented players whose individual success, unfortunately, hasn’t been enough to contribute to wins is edge defender Joey Bosa. Bosa commented on the current state of the team Monday.

“It’s pretty obvious there’s some problems,” Bosa said. “I’m going to show up and I’m going to play hard. I don’t know if everybody else is. This last game is definitely going to affect some guys.”

The problem that Bosa is most likely referring to is the coaching woes that have been ongoing all season, which have led to the majority of their losses being by a touchdown or less.

The chances of coach Anthony Lynn being back after this season are slim. While the front office won’t fire him at the moment because they love his leadership skills, it’d be a huge shock if they didn’t identify him as the “problem.”

With four games left of the season and even though Los Angeles is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, Bosa is still going to make the most of each snap.

4 takeaways from Chargers’ loss to Patriots

Chargers Wire’s Gavino Borquez breaks down Los Angeles’ embarrassing loss to New England in Week 13.

The Chargers were embarrassed by the Patriots, suffering their worst defeat in the team history on Sunday, 45-0.

Here are four things that I took away from Los Angeles’ Week 13 loss:

Worst performance yet

Prior to the game, coach Bill Belichick had the highest praise for quarterback Justin Herbert. While everything he said about his strengths sounded good, Belichick is notorious for exploiting rookie signal-caller’s weaknesses, which is what he did on Sunday afternoon.

The Patriots gave Herbert no room to breathe, pressuring him 26 times, hitting him 11 times and sacking him three times. As a result, the 22-year old completed only 26 of his career-high 53 attempts for just 209 yards and two interceptions.

With how bad the deficit was and how much of a beating Herbert was taking, there was absolutely zero reason for him to stay on the field.

Following the game, coach Anthony Lynn said that he “wanted to be in the game with his teammates.” Herbert told reporters that he didn’t recall having a conversation with Lynn about coming out of the game,

“I can’t really remember the situation on the sideline,” Herbert said. “I just knew I was going to go back in, kind of regardless of what the situation was. I was going to be out there with the team.”

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Anthony Lynn on job status with Chargers: ‘I expect to be coach tomorrow’

Anthony Lynn believes he is safe, for now.

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Heading into Week 13, coach Anthony Lynn was already on the hot seat. But following the team’s worst defeat in franchise history, it might’ve been the icing on the cake.

However, Lynn doesn’t believe that will be the case, at least for the time being.

“I expect to be the coach of this team tomorrow,” Lynn said, per The Athletic’s Daniel Popper.

Following the game, Lynn called Los Angeles’ 45-0 loss to the Patriots, “the worst football game” he has been involved in over the course of his career, both as a player and a coach.

“It’s not acceptable,” Lynn added.

Moments later, linebacker Kenneth Murray told reporters that Lynn told the players in the locker room that the loss was “on him.”

While many are hoping that Lynn gets canned on Monday morning, it becomes evident that his stint with the Chargers is close to coming to an end.