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…)

Proven quarterback guru.

Yes, hiring offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter as the new Bucs head coach seems like the difficult decision Joe has on a hot July day when there is cold beer being poured. (more…)

Ten days ago, Joe wrote about Roddy White, Dirk Koetter and a potential marriage in Tampa. (more…)

Koetter’s way won’t be Lovie’s way.

You better believe new Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter will be asked today just how much influence Lovie Smith had on the Buccaneers’ offense last season.

Don’t think Lovie did? (more…)

Remember, brand new Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter didn’t get to make one staff hire when he took over for ill-suited playcaller Marcus Arroyo a year ago. (more…)

Koetter hire all about America’s Quarterback.

If anyone doesn’t think Dirk Koetter was hired to partially appease and fully grease the wheels for America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, think again. (more…)

Interesting choice of words by Jason Licht today. (more…)

Regular readers here know Joe believes general manager Jason Licht has perhaps the biggest pair of footballs in the business.

The man traded up and pulled a second-round trigger on a Division-III left tackle in the draft last season (Ali Marpet), and then told him to play guard. (more…)

Bullish on Dirk Koetter.

Former Super Bowl-winning coach and NFL talking head Brian Billick took to his NFL Network forum last night to sound off on the Bucs’ hiring. (more…)

Lock this man up.

In 2014, Joe thought offensive line coach George Warhop did a completely lousy job with the front wall of the Bucs.

In retrospect, it was the slugs with whom Lovie Smith thought he could win with that likely doomed Warhop. (more…)

The 11th Bucs head coach.

Yes, the Bucs have a new coach. Dirk Koetter, the 11th coach in team history. This afternoon, he will have his coronation in the auditorium of One Buc Palace. (more…)

Hire him!

Now that the Bucs have their coach, Dirk Koetter, to completely shut the door on the painful Lovie Smith era, it’s time to set sights on getting the defense fixed. (more…)

[UPDATE 11:30 p.m.: It is official. The Dirk Koetter introductory press conference is tomorrow at 2 p.m. Of course Joe will be there!]

The Buccaneers have a new head coach, a first-time head coach.

The alleged exhaustive, no-stone-unturned search by general manager Jason Licht ended inside the walls of One Buc Palace, per NFL.com. (more…)

It’s Joe’s latest 24-hour poll. Voting ends 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Joe has heard too often lately that the 1979 San Francisco 49ers were 2-14 under first-time NFL head coach Bill Walsh, and then 6-10 in 1980, before winning the Super Bowl in the following year. (more…)

Lovie’s final act.

In sort of a depressing tale of the final moments of Lovie Smith’s tenure as Bucs coach, he and his family resorted to, in a sense, custodian duties in the middle of the night. (more…)

As Bucs overlord of football operations Jason Licht searches every corner of the globe (allegedly) for the best head coach to lead the Bucccaneers, Joe is reminded of what allegedly was wrong with Greg Schiano. (more…)

Spreadsheeter not a fan of Dirk Koetter.

A lot of Bucs fans, perhaps Team Glazer too, are enamored with the work of Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. (more…)

Man, Bucs fans are at the edge of their office chairs this morning itching for clues leading to their next head coach.

In fact, fans are so antsy, Joe was told lap dance sales were down last night across the Bay area because men are struggling to sit still. (more…)

Bucs overlord of football operations Jason Licht

“We just decided that we couldn’t ask our fans to be patient anymore.” — Lovie Smith, early 2014.

“I think next year, the expectations are going to be set that we need to make the playoffs because we have the talent; we’re going to have the talent to do it.” — Jason Licht, Dec. 27, 2015. (more…)

Wondering what ex-Bucs guard Ian Beckles had to say about the Lovie Smith firing? Joe’s got that — and more.

Beckles, the former iconic sports radio personality, sat down with former Tampa Bay DE Chris Hovan to talk Bucs. Enjoy!

Has a better job.

Yes, Joe knows Nick Saban and the Bucs was floated a couple of times over the past day or so. (more…)