“Look, Glazer. these guys have good insight, but they advised me not to wear this sport jacket during interviews. That ain’t right.”

Team Glazer has cut a check for a consulting firm, per NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Every NFL coach makes mistakes, even you, Mr. Belichick. Remember how Gronk tried to make that game-saving tackle in Miami?

But the elite head coaches always seem to be ahead of the game. They excel at time management, they put their players in position to succeed and they adjust game plans from week to week.

Dirk Koetter didn’t distinguish himself in any of those key areas, so the Bucs are moving in yet another direction with yet another coaching staff.

Koetter becomes the fifth head coach fired by the Glazers in the past decade, so here’s a look back at the man’s 7 deadly sins in Tampa. [read more]

Poll posted at 9:53 p.m.

Key figure in Dirk Koetter’s failure.

Dirk Koetter is now the former-Bucs coach. Team Glazer ended all the speculation shortly after Koetter’s postgame press conference at the Den of Depression tonight. [read more]

It’s a firing-night TAMPA TWO address! As always, TAMPA TWO is presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating and is a production of The Identity Tampa Bay.

Could DL coach Brentson Buckner and other assistants be retained?

[UPDATE: 8:51 p.m.]

In the three-paragraph statement issued by the Buccaneers to announce the dismissal of now former-Bucs coach Dirk Koetter it was both revealing and it let something shrouded in mystery. [read more]

“Jason, please don’t call Mike Smith.”

This news will turn the stomach of many Bucs fans.

Fair or not, that’s the reality. [read more]

Job status revealed?

If anyone wants an idea of the job status of Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, one only needs to read the last sentence from the statement by Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer announcing the dismissal of former Bucs coach Dirk Koetter. [read more]

Ira looks at tonight’s Dirk Koetter firing

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Dirk Koetter era began with a few tears. It ended with a few jeers. [read more]

Team Glazer is not wasting time. And Joe sure hopes they haven’t been wasting time over the past eight weeks as it became clear that Dirk Koetter was a second-rate NFL head coach. [read more]

Jameis speaks

“I guarantee that some of our coaches want it more than some of our players and that’s the bad part! That’s the bad part. Our coaches want it, I guarantee you!” Jameis Winston, Jan. 3, 2016. [read more]

“Mark, at least we didn’t tank again.”

The Bucs tanked the 2014 season finale by resting key players to help secure the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. [read more]

Still a depressing den.

No matter how accurate it is, there is still a sect of Bucs fans that grind their teeth whenever they read the following on this here site. [read more]

Strong end to 2018.

Good Jameis took the field at the Den of Depression today. [read more]

Joe has a habit of asking Gerald McCoy questions that seem to annoy McCoy.

It happened again today. [read more]

Hungry and healthy

What a long year it has been for defensive end Noah Spence, who turns 25 years old next week. [read more]

Linked to Bucs.

Earlier this morning, uber NFL insider Jay Glazer dropped a bombshell that Team Glazer was in talks with Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh to take over the Bucs. [read more]

Out of the loop.

There was a report from BSPN’s Adam Schefter this morning that America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, will raise Old Glory once again in Tampa Bay. [read more]

Time up in Tampa.

Joe thinks it is fair to type DeSean Jackson’s obituary in Tampa Bay. [read more]