Damn! Lovie Smith Fired?


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired coach Lovie Smith on Wednesday night, dismissing him after two seasons while giving him only one with No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston behind center.

Smith went 6-10 this season and 8-24 over two years in charge of the team.

"After careful consideration, we informed Lovie that we have decided to make a change," Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer said in a statement Wednesday night. "I want to thank Lovie for his hard work and dedication to the Buccaneers during his time here."

The Bucs will hold a news conference on Thursday afternoon to discuss Smith's dismissal.

A Bucs coach, when contacted by ESPN's Josina Anderson, said he was surprised by the news.

"Is this true?" said the coach, who wished to remain anonymous. "We all just met with Lovie individually today. This is strange. I wonder what happened."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...neers-dismiss-coach-lovie-smith-second-season
 



jag4life said:
Dirk Koetter the OC. They felt that they were going to lose him to another team as HC, so they chose him over Lovie.
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Yep.........that's exactly the reason. Huge gamble. Stupid decision, I think. But that is the nature of this business. This is the business that I am in, and that form of thinking has trickled all the way down to the high school level.
 
WalkWitaPanther said:
Yep.........that's exactly the reason. Huge gamble. Stupid decision, I think. But that is the nature of this business. This is the business that I am in, and that form of thinking has trickled all the way down to the high school level.
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They are gambling on a coach whose only success as a head coach came at Boise State 15 years ago. Got fired from Arizona State.
 
It's a conspiracy...Lovie is not a bad coach. I understand their hands are tied by the players they have and the front office.
Truthfully Chicago had no business firing him especially given the showing that Fox had this season 6 and 10 really!!! I wonder if the Bears have another losing season will they get rid of Fox? Probably not since he came from Denver and so did Cutler.
 
I Can't buy that he didn't deserve to go in Chicago. They truly gave him a chance. Smith departed the Bears with nine years of service, three playoff appearances, one Coach of the Year award, and one Super Bowl appearance. He needed a change of scenery from Chicago.
 



The NFL coaching and executive circle is the biggest clique of white supremacists on the earth.

The owners refuse to play fair with minorities.
 
Tpop33 said:
It's a conspiracy...Lovie is not a bad coach. I understand their hands are tied by the players they have and the front office.
Truthfully Chicago had no business firing him especially given the showing that Fox had this season 6 and 10 really!!! I wonder if the Bears have another losing season will they get rid of Fox? Probably not since he came from Denver and so did Cutler.
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The Bears missed the playoffs six of the nine years Lovie Smith was in Chicago.
 
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