By Vaughn McClure
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner, who was hired this month to the staff of Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh, is leaving to take a job with the Indianapolis Colts, his agent said Saturday.
Frank Bauer, Turner's agent, told the Tribune he is uncertain what job Turner will assume with the Colts. Their offensive coordinator, Tom Moore, is believed to be set to retire and assistant head coach/receivers coach Clyde Christensen could be in line to replace him. Turner perhaps could replace Christensen as receivers coach.
"It's an opportunity for him to stay in the NFL and his family can stay in Chicago and he'll be nearby so his daughter can graduate from high school next year," said one league source who learned of the development Friday night.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner, who was hired this month to the staff of Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh, is leaving to take a job with the Indianapolis Colts, his agent said Saturday.
Frank Bauer, Turner's agent, told the Tribune he is uncertain what job Turner will assume with the Colts. Their offensive coordinator, Tom Moore, is believed to be set to retire and assistant head coach/receivers coach Clyde Christensen could be in line to replace him. Turner perhaps could replace Christensen as receivers coach.
"It's an opportunity for him to stay in the NFL and his family can stay in Chicago and he'll be nearby so his daughter can graduate from high school next year," said one league source who learned of the development Friday night.
Turner was fired by the Bears after the 2009 season along with tight
ends coach Rob Boras and offensive line coach Harry Hiestand. He joined
Stanford on Feb.17 to oversee quarterbacks and receivers.
Turner was unavailable for comment, his wife said.
Contributing: Brad Biggs
Turner was unavailable for comment, his wife said.
Contributing: Brad Biggs
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I just love to read the threads where all you great coaches (who haven't even coached a t-ball team) put others down with your dumb X%% comments... Ron Turner is a good man as well as a Great Coach...
And to Mr. Wolfpack:
{wolfpack on February 27, 2010 9:04 PM}
{What a douch bag.You commit to an orginization & 3 weeks} {later you quit.I wish him nothing but bad luck.}
Thank God that your comment of "wishing Ron Bad Luck" doesn't apply to him.. Ron Turner and his family believes in God... people that believe in God, do not believe in luck... we believe in Blessings...
Be very careful when wishing bad upon others, especially someone that has done nothing to you... God has a way turning wishes into boomerangs..
And he switched jobs from California to Indiana so that his daughter wouldn't have to switch schools (she's graduating) and he would be close enough to Chicago, that they wouldn't have to move...
I can't wait til next year when it's 3rd and 15 and Turner calls a draw play instead of passing try to pick up a first. Genius pure genius, Turner!
Turner is an incompetent coordinator, and I'm glad he's leaving Stanford. Only someone who doesn't appreciate live would choose Indianapolis over Palo Alto.
Turner's ability as OC can be summed up, this way.....with less than two minutes to go and the Bears facing a 3rd and 7, he calls a draw play and they fail to get the first down. There were many other examples, just like this, during his second tenure with the Bears.
I sometimes wonder if Grossman was as bad as he looked or if it was because of Turner.
Oh Yeah? Trust me, where Turner is concerned NOTHING is F#%@up proof. You'll see. Just wait til you're down at Indy for an away game and you see the sign pointing to the mens and ladies room with the word "TURNERS" printed above them. If the Colts think New Orleans made 'em look bad...they ain't seen NUTHIN' yet.
TO: Toby likes taco's on February 27, 2010 4:50 PM
"It's not Turners fault that Jay Cutler is too stupid to remember enough plays. I don't care who the QB is, if he has to play with 1/4 of a playbook, there will be problems."
You must be one of those idiot Bronco fans because those of us from Chicago know that Turner didn't need a playbook for the same four or five plays he used for his entire tenure with the Bears.
One, he didn't ruin the bears offense the first time around. In fact, under Kramer, our offense was high flying. It's only when he left that it came crashing down. Two, on his return, how do expect to do anything with no offensive lineman and no recievers? We could have had Peyton Manning on this team and he would have crash and burned.
What a douch bag.You commit to an orginization & 3 weeks later you quit.I wish him nothing but bad luck.
There goes our offense!!!
I'm completely STUNNED that Polian would do this. Then again, thought it horrible when Edge was let go. I just hope that Polian and the front office know something that I don't after watching Big Ten football and Chicago Bears coverage for years. *crossing fingers*
weird move for a relatively smart team like indy...
He was with Stanford for three weeks. Does he get a pension?
Note he is not looking to be OC but a receivers coach.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
He ruined the Bears once.
He goes to Illinois and ruins them.
He comes back to the Bears and ruins them again.
How lucky is this guy???
I am willing to bet he got a taste of what a complete horse's behind Jim Harbaugh has become and couldnt get away fast enough.
NO class, now wonder he was with the Bears. You took a job, made a commitment, and now he backs out! Total putz!
This is a great move for Turner. Its near impossible to screw up Manning and that offense. Manning will pass for another 4000+ yards; 30+ TDs; and the Colts will have a great offense again and Turner will get a lot of credit.
good old boys never die ...I heard he was in line to coach some juco in the Garlic capitol of the world Gilroy CA only they didn't want the loser
AWESOME!! Now he can screw up the Colts offense and bring Indy back to what they we're before Peyton Manning!! SWEEETTTT!!
burn a bridge or tweo while your at it Ronny.
Living in Indy, I can't believe the Colts would hire a hire loser like Ron Turner. Didn't they see what he did (or didn't do) to the Bears offense?