The Los Angeles Chargers are sticking by embattled offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, despite the team’s winless start to the season.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh threw his weight behind McDaniel as the Chargers attempt to pick up their first win of the season against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.
McDaniel, the former Miami Dolphins head coach, was hired to bring a new lease of life to the Chargers offense, led by quarterback Justin Herbert.
But it hasn’t worked out so far and the team’s offensive struggles have been a huge factor behind their 0-6 start.
Fury among Chargers fans has grown so strong that even Herbert’s pop star fiancee Madison Beer was heckled by fans at a Disneyland event this week.
But Harbaugh insisted on Wednesday he is happy with McDaniel and, after assessing things during his team’s bye week, he is sticking around.
The Chargers are sticking by offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, despite their 0-6 start
Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh reflected on his team’s struggles during their bye week
‘We’re very confident in Mike and his talent, his work ethic and his ability,’ Harbaugh said.
‘We continue to be. I feel like every stone, any part that we could look to better, that’s the way we responded.’
Fans made their feelings known during Beer’s performance on Monday night, pleading with her to help ‘fix’ the franchise.
In viral footage, the pop star took to the stage at Disneyland as she taped part of her holiday segment for the Disney Parks Holiday Special that is set to air later this year.
However, during her rendition of ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’, Chargers fans in attendance struggled to get into the festive spirit amid the team’s current woes.
At the end of her performance, amid a mixture of cheers and claps, one disgruntled fan screamed: ‘Fix the Chargers!’
Beer seemed to take the heckle well, smiling and shrugging her shoulders as she continued to soak up the applause from the rest of the attendees.
While Herbert has struggled to separate himself as a truly elite quarterback in recent years, some fans are pointing blame at the gunslinger’s fiancée: pop star Beer.
Chargers fans disrupted Madison Beer’s recent performance to ask her to ‘fix’ the team
Furious Chargers fans previously blamed Beer for Herbert’s early season struggles
Herbert and Beer drew headlines this year after they got engaged, with the pop star showing up to training camp and packing on the PDA with the QB over the summer.
Enraged Chargers fans began to point fingers at Beer, blaming her for somehow distracting Herbert.
‘I truly blame Madison Beer for this loss,’ read a post on X from a Chargers fan account. ‘Ever since Herbert proposed, I knew he wasn’t going to be locked in.’
Another user said, ‘Justin Herbert f***ing blows. He needs to break up with Madison Beer and lock in.’
‘Herbert’s had to learn numerous different playbooks since Oregon. This offseason he was tasked with probably the most complex offense of his career and he spent it with Madison Beer instead,’ read another angry post.
One post read: ‘Justin Herbert went from an All-Pro QB to one of the worst QBs in the league in one off-season. Madison Beer & [Chargers offensive coordinator] Mike McDaniel, what have you guys done man.’
