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. [read 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. [read 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). [read 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. [read 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. [read 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. [read more]

Ten days ago, Joe wrote about Roddy White, Dirk Koetter and a potential marriage in Tampa. [read 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? [read 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. [read 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. [read more]

Interesting choice of words by Jason Licht today. [read 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. [read 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. [read 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. [read 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. [read 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. [read 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. [read more]

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

Does anyone tire of glimpsing into the world of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston? [read more]

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. [read 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. [read more]