The latest Chargers plight is remindful of a scene from the great Marx Brothers movie “Horse Feathers,” when Groucho is in a canoe with a woman. She falls into the lake and hollers: “Professor Wagstaff, throw me the lifesaver!” So Groucho has a roll of Life Savers candy and tosses her one.
Given the outcome of Measure C, this is what San Diego has done to Dean Spanos. The football team’s boss may not have been given enough to float his boat in these disagreeable waters, and not enough sugar to whet his sweet tooth.
But there also is another problem Dean has to tackle, and it may be about as easy to get in front of as LaDainian Tomlinson.