  We reexamine Liouville equation based turbulence theories proposed by Qian
{[}Phys. Fluids \textbf{26}, 2098 (1983){]} and Edwards and McComb {[}J. Phys.
A: Math. Gen. \textbf{2}, 157 (1969){]}, which are compatible with Kolmogorov
spectrum. These theories obtained identical equation for spectral density
$q(k)$ and different results for damping coefficient. Qian proposed variational
approach and Edwards and McComb proposed maximal entropy principle to obtain
equation for the damping coefficient. We show that assumptions used in these
theories to obtain damping coefficient correspond to unphysical conditions.
