NFL: Bucs fire Lovie Smith

[Avs_19]

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[DAkings20]

Buccaneers Dismiss Lovie Smith

http://www.buccaneers.com/news/arti...ie-Smith/27305bbe-8746-411a-9889-9d1df8eab722

 

[Avs_19]

This one is pretty shocking. I don't think he was mentioned at all when people talked about coaches on the hot seat.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

I don't get it. Did TB ownership expect this team to contend or something?

 

[Roboturner913]

Yeah, this is crazy. He won't have any problems finding work, that's for sure.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Dumb move. He had that team headed in the right direction.

 

[Stammer Time*]

Bucs got nervous with teams asking permission to speak to Koetter. He'll likely be the next coach to continue working with Winston.

 

[GKJ]

A coaching firing that makes no sense whatsoever usually means power struggle, somewhere.

Bucs got nervous with teams asking permission to speak to Koetter. He'll likely be the next coach to continue working with Winston.

Qualifies, if that's the case. Not seeing the need to do this, though.

 

[Avs_19]

Bucs got nervous with teams asking permission to speak to Koetter. He'll likely be the next coach to continue working with Winston.

Interesting. I thought they might be making a run at Chip Kelly again.

 

[Roboturner913]

If they are making freaking Dirk Koetter their head coach they deserve the 2-14 season they're about to have.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Bucs got nervous with teams asking permission to speak to Koetter. He'll likely be the next coach to continue working with Winston.

Quite the gamble if that's the case.

 

[Hockeyfan02]

My Buc friends are overjoyed with this, a defensive coach that runs a defense that can't stop anyone is going to have issues. Their offense improved but their defense is just as bad as it was last year. They're getting in a Browns-like pattern though of firing coaches every two or three seasons.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Incredibly foolish move.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

That's certainly surprising. Getting awfully Cleveland-esque when it comes to coaching stability.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Yeah, this is crazy. He won't have any problems finding work, that's for sure.

I could see him going to the Giants.

 

[clefty]

Dumb. Yes they closed out the year 0-4 after having an outside chance at the playoffs, but there was still mass improvement over the previous season and we were definitely trending upwards. I thought maybe they'd change thing up at DC.

I can't see a better option out there than Lovie. Joel and Bryan Glazer are donkeys.

 

[Stammer Time*]

If they are making freaking Dirk Koetter their head coach they deserve the 2-14 season they're about to have.

Offense has improved greatly under Koetter while the Defense has gotten worse under Lovie. Also worse record and worse defense than Greg Schiano.

https://twitter.com/Nick_Plott9/status/684942156323241984/photo/1

Since deleted tweet by Brandon Myers. Sounds like they have already been informed it's Koetter.

 

[Live in the Now]

My Buc friends are overjoyed with this, a defensive coach that runs a defense that can't stop anyone is going to have issues.

I don't feel like their defense has a whole lot of talent though. Some players here and there but a lot of spare parts on the field.

 

[XX]

If they really plan to fire Lovie for Koetter, then that's easily one of the worst moves in the past ten years by any team.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

I don't feel like their defense has a whole lot of talent though. Some players here and there but a lot of spare parts on the field.

Yup. Invested all the high draft capital on offense. Fans need to realize that coaches don't magically make a player more talented.

 

[GKJ]

Maybe the defense was bad because the players were bad.

 

[Novacane]

wut.

 

[Stammer Time*]

Maybe the defense was bad because the players were bad.

Agreed, but two of the worst players on that D were Lovie's big money free agent signings, after cutting Revis because he didn't fit with Lovie's D.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Maybe the defense was bad because the players were bad.

Nope. Fans think that a coach magically makes players better like a video game.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Just when the Colts had me thinking common sense still had a chance in the NFL head coaching saga, the Bucs go and throw it out the window.