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Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo
Buccaneers have fired Lovie Smith, team announced.

 

[Narag]

Lovie just got fired.

 

[WesternHeretic]

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Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo
Buccaneers have fired Lovie Smith, team announced.

Lovie just got fired.

Where is the love?

 

[Kave_Man]

I want to hear what DM's buddy Greg Schiano has to say about this.

 

[MechDX]

#Buccaneers announced they have fired HC Lovie Smith. Wow.

That came out of no where.

 

[Goro Majima]

Why would Gase want the Eagles job? Howie in the owners ear and no QB. Unless he has the green light to blow up the roster and assurance from Lurie to give him to do it

No clue.

I expect a Jason Garrett type yes man for the next coach.

 

[squicken]

WOW

WOW

That is a huge surprise

 

[MechDX]

That's an appealing job...Jameis, Mike Evans, #9 pick in the draft. https://t.co/jvitAjG3Xj

Matt Miller Twitter

It really is.

 

[Narag]

WOW

WOW

That is a huge surprise

Surely they have someone lined up if they pulled this, right?


also this offseason has been the best. so much drama 3 days in!

 

[KingBroly]

What? Why?

 

[JABEE]

DM. MAKE THE DAMN OFFSEASON THREAD.

JAMEIS WILLL DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT PICTURE IN BACK TO THE FUTURE IF YOU DO NOT CORRECT THIS WRONG!

 

[squicken]

9th pick, Jameis and Mike Evans. Best job opening for an offensive minded coach, depending on what is going on in the front office.

Maybe Lovie paid for Van Gaal's sins

 

[SteveO409]

nfl is savage. wonder if lovie will be a HC somewhere else

 

[MRSA]

You should play Undertale

I'm not BG you bitch

 

[eznark]

Woah Lovie got fired?

 

[Goro Majima]

I'm not BG you bitch

It's not animu you chocha

 

[Officerrob]

That Lovie firing caught me completely by surprise

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Watch McDaniels go to Tampa

 

[Colasante]

I didn't see that coming. I don't think it was necessary but I also don't think firing Lovie is a decision that they'll come to regret.

 

[jbug617]

They should hire Chip

 

[chuckddd]

This is a good post.

Blonde On Blonde is the best Bob Dylan album.

 

[MechDX]

9th pick, Jameis and Mike Evans. Best job opening for an offensive minded coach, depending on what is going on in the front office.

Maybe Lovie paid for Van Gaal's sins

McDaniels to the Bucs. Calling it now

Makes sense

 

[Godslay]

Watch McDaniels go to Tampa

Goes to Tampa, trades all the good stuff to NE.

Business as usual I guess.

 

[BlackGhost]

Damn that was surprising

DM. MAKE THE DAMN OFFSEASON THREAD.

JAMEIS WILLL DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT PICTURE IN BACK TO THE FUTURE IF YOU DO NOT CORRECT THIS WRONG!

Pls stop trying to split us up

 

[cashman]

They're gonna replace him with Bielema.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Gruden to Tampa.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Goes to Tampa, trades all the good stuff to NE.

Business as usual I guess.

Sounds good to me.

 

[MRSA]

It's not animu you chocha

Sword Art Online

 

[Ronin]

With Lovie gone, can we have Dirk Koetter back?

 

[Narag]

Watch McDaniels go to Tampa

patricia to cleveland
bill to the retirement home
brady to the niners

 

[squicken]

I didn't see that coming. I don't think it was necessary but I also don't think firing Lovie is a decision that they'll come to regret.

Yeah he probably never gets another job. Defensive coach and their defense just never got better. Their talent was better than the production. I think this is another case where if a team wants a sharp offensive mind it has to get one as a HC

 

[eznark]

With Lovie gone, can we have Dirk Koetter back?

He'll be named head coach tomorrow.

 

[Sanjuro]

Locvie

 

[BlackGhost]

Josina Anderson ‏ @ JosinaAnderson 16s 16 seconds ago
# Bucs coach to me right now: “Is this true? We all just met with Lovie individually today. This is strange. I wonder what happened?"

 

[tmdorsey]

Shanahan goes to Tampa, Blank and Quinn convince Dirk to come back to work with Ryan. All's well that ends well.

 

[jbug617]

With Lovie gone, can we have Dirk Koetter back?

With Lovie Smith fired I would expect Dirk Koetter to be named head coach within the week. They still will interview a few other candidates.

https://twitter.com/markdominikespn/status/684940443755409408

 

[Alligatorjandro]

patricia to cleveland
bill to the retirement home
brady to the niners

Narag to the pasture

 

[squicken]

Mark Dominik @MarkdominikESPN
With Lovie Smith fired I would expect Dirk Koetter to be named head coach within the week. They still will interview a few other candidates.

Obviously plugged in with Tampa

e: jbug grrrr

 

[RBH]

"I'd like to thank my best friend DMczaf for lobbying for me to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!"

 

[Officerrob]

They went from 2-14 to 6-10, what did they expect?

 

[KingBroly]

Josina Anderson ‏ @ JosinaAnderson 16s 16 seconds ago
# Bucs coach to me right now: “Is this true? We all just met with Lovie individually today. This is strange. I wonder what happened?"

Insane

 

[Colasante]

I'm confused about the benefit of promoting Dirk Koetter to head coach. He's already on the staff. Unless Licht simply likes Koetter more than Lovie, I guess. Or he wants the defense to go in another direction and knows Lovie wouldn't be willing to cede that responsibility?

 

[BlackGhost]

Insane

Josina Anderson – Verified account ‏@JosinaAnderson
Several coaches from around the league texting now asking what happened to Lovie Smith.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

See DM, this is what you get when you keep us waiting

The team told me Jameis is next

 

[Narag]

Josina Anderson – Verified account ‏@JosinaAnderson

Several coaches from around the league texting now asking what happened to Lovie Smith.

Seeing retweets from a player or two that didn't see this coming either.

 

[eznark]

I'm confused about the benefit of promoting Dirk Koetter to head coach. He's already on the staff. Unless Licht simply likes Koetter more than Lovie, I guess. Or he wants the defense to go in another direction and knows Lovie wouldn't be willing to cede that responsibility?

I assume other teams made overtures and they wanted to keep him more than Lovie

 

[RBH]

Josina Anderson ‏ @ JosinaAnderson 16s 16 seconds ago
# Bucs coach to me right now: “Is this true? We all just met with Lovie individually today. This is strange. I wonder what happened?"

https://twitter.com/markdominikespn/status/684940443755409408

What a weird turn of events.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Bucs can't even fire their coach on the right day.

 

[Nialrot]

How the hell does Lovie get fired but Gus Bradley can still float long.

Unreal.

 

[KingBroly]

Josina Anderson – Verified account ‏@JosinaAnderson
Several coaches from around the league texting now asking what happened to Lovie Smith.

Going from 2-14 to 6-10 and dumping a coach is insane. I don't get it. Like, at all.