Chargers News: Bolts President Explains Firings Of Brandon Staley, Tom Telesco

His thinking makes sense to us.

In a lengthy conversation, Los Angeles Chargers president/part owner John Spanos has revealed his family's thinking behind its decision to not fire third-year head coach Brandon Staley and 11th-year general In an extended conversation, Los Angeles Chargers president/part owner John Spanos has revealed his family's thinking behind its decision to fire third-year head coach Brandon Staley and 11th-year general magic Tom Telesco.magic Tom Telesco.

Per Eric Smith of Chargers.com, Spanos tried to explain the thought process behind the cannings.

"The easiest and most accurate way to answer that question is we felt it was in the best interest of the team," Spanos said. "We weren't where we needed to be. It's obviously a really big decision, one that you want to make sure you don't make sort of impulsively.

"Why were we not where we needed to be? I think there's a lot of factors and details at play," Spanos added, "But the simplest answer is it was in the best interest of the team. We needed to go in another direction."

Spanos also noted that the Bolts' 63-21 loss helped expedite the decision.

"I think that again, because it's such a big decision you don't want to act irrationally," Spanos said. "We play such an emotional game and there's so many emotions every game, so you really want to make sure you're not making a super significant change like this because of just one game.

"It was everything. It was really observing and evaluating where we were the whole season, not just the one game," Spanos added. "Obviously, you guys were at the game, you saw what happened, so of course that was a contributing factor."

Staley finishes his head coaching career with UCLA via a 24-25 record.