His apologists are hurt.

The whining from BSPN continues.

Joe is stunned by how the national fourth estate has covered (ignored?) the coaching change with the Bucs, and by the ill-informed narratives they possess. (more…)

Team Glazer left the spotlight to their new head coach, after attentively smiling in the front row during Dirk Koetter’s introductory news conference at One Buc Palace on Friday.

Corporate-style photos of Koetter and Team Glazer together came next, and then the owners gracefully but quickly exited behind the main stage. (more…)

General manager Jason Licht opened up on the process of hiring Dirk Koetter to be the Buccaneers’ 11th head coach. (more…)

Comfort with Dirk Koetter.

Joe was getting bombed on Twitter towards the middle of last week. No, Joe was not offering free beer and raffling an evening with Rachel Watson. (more…)

Ringing endorsement from the Custodian of Canton.

Joe has already written about being lukewarm with the defensive coaches hired by Dirk Koetter.

Yeah, that may be premature given how Koetter has yet to take a practice field as head coach. (more…)

New Tampa Bay head coach Dirk Koetter and defensive coordinator Mike Smith have paid homage to Lovie Smith. (more…)

Dirk Koetter discusses the leadership qualities of America’s Quarterback.

Yesterday, new Bucs coach Dirk Koetter was making his media rounds talking to all known NFL outlets — local and national. (more…)

“Hey, Lovie, for years, we averaged just four penalties a game in Atlanta.”

Whaddya know! New Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter has hired one of the great penalty-prevention gurus in NFL history.

Defensive coordinator Mike Smith, the former Falcons head coach, might want to bring a mop to Tampa when he arrives. (more…)

Jameis Winston shown flanked by QB coach Mike Bajakian (left) and O-line coach George Warhop

New Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter will remain playcaller-in-chief of the Bucs’ offense. And Koetter explained he’ll enforce a strict rule on who gets to talk to America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. (more…)

The Bucs bagged a helluva defensive line coach in Bengals assistant Jay Hayes.

Joe was a bit chagrin the Bucs did not retain fiery Joe Cullen as their defensive line coach. He did an OK job if not a good job, given what he had to work with. (more…)

Manpower on defense coming.

One thing Joe loves about Dirk Koetter is his candor. Ask him a question, you get an answer. (more…)

New staff grows

Nothing is official, but Alex Marvez of FOX Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio is Twittering the names of three new Bucs assistant coaches hired by the Dirk Koetter regime. (more…)

Dirk Koetter makes a public plea for Jason Licht to re-sign RB Doug Martin.

Doug Martin fans: Fear not. New Bucs coach Dirk Koetter is as big a fan of everyone’s favorite Muscle Hamster as you are. Really! (more…)

Gone.

The first assistant domino to fall after the hiring of Dirk Koetter might have been the Bucs’ best remaining assistant. (more…)

Lovie was hands-off … mostly.

So what influence did Lovie Smith have on the Bucs’ offense last year?

Joe asked new Tampa Bay head coach Dirk Koetter today. (more…)

Message to Bucs fans from new coach.

It has only been a few hours since Dirk Koetter was named new Bucs head coach. Already he is thinking of Bucs fans. (more…)

Learned of Lovie’s firing from his kids.

Some people are still freaked out that Team Glazer did not fly in from their various outposts to fire Lovie Smith in person, despite the fact Lovie didn’t want to meet with them. (more…)

Dirk Koetter talks attitude

After his introductory news conference today, new Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter sat down for a cozy chat with Joe and several media members.

Joe asked Koetter about the end-of-season, passionate ranting of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. (more…)

Self-proclaimed spreadsheet-hater.

The guy who ran the coaching search for the Bucs, that would be Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, readily admits he’s into analytics (but that doesn’t mean he respects the keyboard warriors who claim to be the online oracles of football but somehow can’t find work in the NFL). (more…)

New Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter calls it as he sees it.

That just Koetter, and it’s going to make for some very entertaining and intriguing decisions on personnel this offseason. (more…)

It looks like new Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith has no use for retained (for now) defensive line coach Joe Cullen.

Per Alex Marvez of FOX Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio, Cullen is interviewing with the Ravens today. It’s unclear what position Cullen is seeking, though it seems clear the Bucs gave him permission.

Updated: 2:55 p.m. – New Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter made it official today. Former Falcons head coach Mike Smith, who worked with Koetter in Jacksonville and in Atlanta, will be the Buccaneers’ defensive coordinator. (more…)