Kevin Towers was alternately emotional, thankful, and proud during his press conference today, after it was announced that he would be leaving the San Diego Padres. KT ends a 14-year tenure as GM, the longest of any current GM. Towers joked to start his prepared comments that after 47 years on Earth, he was fired for the first time:
He was at his most emotional toward the end of his opening comments, when he responded for the first time to the comments of CEO Jeff Moorad. In the U-T on Saturday morning, Moorad called Towers a “gunslinger”, and in his press conference earlier in the afternoon, he talked about wanting more “focus” and “discipline” in the front office. Towers, who once famously wore a sherriff’s outfit, complete with badge and stirrups, on the cover of the Padres’ media guide, was more than happy to wear the title of “gunslinger”:
Hear more from Kevin Towers after the jump:
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Norv: “We Will Get This Thing Done”
by Craig on January 18, 2010
Chargers head coach Norv Turner was about as resolute as he could be in the opening comments of his end-of-year press conference. Turner says there is a Super Bowl-worthy team in San Diego with a bright future. In these selected comments from Turner’s press conference, Norv talks about what went wrong on Sunday against the Jets, whether or not his team was “tight”, and how disappointing it was to see the Chargers self-destruct with needless penalties:
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