I've been doing this a long time, sports talk radio, first as the Voice of the Chargers on the Mighty 690, now hosting the mid-day show on XX-1090, and I have my hand on the pulse of the city. Every fan has an opinion and a phone line open to them to express said opinions. And the fans are furious with the demise of the Chargers, what was promised versus what is being delivered. What they had at one time versus what they have now.

Owner Dean Spanos has disappeared from the scene, seldom in public, never to make a comment. His General Manager AJ Smith hides behind closed doors, virtually ignoring all requests to comment about the team and why they do business the way they do.

The Chargers head to historic Soldier Field on Sunday to play the Chicago Bears. They drag a four game losing streak with them, a franchise weighed down by failed expectations and terrible injuries. No one at Chargers Park, aka the "Fortress," wants to talk about the crumbling franchise.

Sports talk radio has filled the void, taking in the questions, and letting Chargers fans give out the answers. Ownership and leadership may turn its back on the fans, but the fans have turned on them now publically, on the radio. Check out some of the real questions to Spanos, as posed this week by my listeners:

• Where is the accountability in the franchise?
• Who do you blame for the shame on the field?
• Do you know what you're doing, allowing this franchise to disintegrate?
• Are you intentionally allowing this team to fall apart so you can move it to Los Angeles after fan support erodes away?

• With all these great coaches available, Bill Cowher, Jeff Fisher, Jon Gruden, why are you committed to Norv Turner?
• Are you offended that half of the fans at the last two home games were wearing Packers and Raiders colors?
• Are you willing to pay your fair share of a stadium downtown?
• Are you going to move this team in the middle of the night to Los Angeles?

• Why the blind faith in your General Manager?
• Are you willing to admit you made a mistake letting your GM fire the last coach, Marty Schottenheimer?
• Your son is head of scouting, nice drafts huh?
• How long are you going to tolerate this losing atmosphere that your front office has created?

• Business is business, soon fans won't be doing business and buying your tickets, do you know that?
• Do you listen to your fans?
• When will you get a coach that lights a fire, deserves respect and motivates his players?
• Are you willing to eat the six years left on the contracts of the coach and general manager?
• Are you going to sell this franchise?

• Do you think that the Los Angeles market will welcome you, your track record, and this team to town?
• Was Archie Manning right, you're not committed and do not know how to win?

• When is enough, enough?
• Why should I buy season tickets next year?

In all the years I've been here, I have never witnessed such venom. This is worse than the Ryan Leaf era, worse than the 4-12 seasons. Worse than the drug scandals of the 1970s, and worse than the all offense, no defense Dan Fouts era. Worse than the blowout loss to Steve Young, his 6 touchdown passes and the beating in the Super Bowl.

Is this unfair? No, its sports talk radio, and I understand. If you were the Chargers and were losing games, losing fans, and losing credibility, would you want to talk about how you've failed?