Longtime Chargers general manager A.J. Smith believes that he has failed in his tenure with the franchise. "I've failed in every single attempt, and that kills me. I hate to lose. Hate it," Smith told U-T San Diego. "Do that and you're a LOSER. Hopefully you get a chance to try again?" Smith refuses to call San Diego a winner. "When you don't win a world championship, are you not a loser?" he asked. "The New York Giants won the Super Bowl. Call me crazy, but everyone else lost. That's all that matters to me." Smith has another chance this season after owner Dean Spanos went against popular opinion to retain his general manager and coach Norv Turner after the Chargers missed the playoffs for a second straight season. "When I sit back and assess myself, I'm disappointed," Smith said. "Nine years and no world championship. Five trips to the postseason and five failures, and I don't like it. It's what drives me."