Lovie Smith... OUT?!?!

[DaveThePanther2008]

Bad move on their part.  That is how it has been since they fired Gruden.  If they would have kept Gruden there they would have at least had decent QB play.

Sadly, this will probably put Winston back a year or two.

 

[aussiePanther]

Can someone who knows the history explain to me why Riverboat doesn't exactly like Lovie Smith?

[KillaCamNewton]

Can't wait to hear Stephen A's Civil Rights speech tomorrow defending an 8-24 coach while he called for a white coach with 2 Super Bowls and another one with a 26-22 record to be fired

[PhillyB]

he wasn't anything special, but neither was rivera at 6-10 with a rookie qb. glazers suck

[KendrickPanther]

I think it was a mistake to hire him and a mistake to fire him. Maybe they think they can get a Chip Kelly or something because Lovie was a decent Coach.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

The ownership of teams like Tampa and Cleveland only need to look in the mirror to find the cause of their failures as franchises.

 

[Semaj]

I gotta say dumb move by the Bucs.  Ron Rivera's second year with the Panthers, 7-9 with a rookie #1 draft pick at QB.  Lovie Smith's second year with the Bucs,  6-10 with a rookie #1 draft pick at QB.  I guess they really aren't emulating our formula after all.  

[PandaPancake]

1 hour ago, aussiePanther said:

Can someone who knows the history explain to me why Riverboat doesn't exactly like Lovie Smith?

This has @Mr. Scot written all over it

[KB_fan]

4 hours ago, CRA said:

nah, Shula has history there....can't follow Lovie with a former Tampa guy that was disliked.  Fully expect Tampa to go young and fresh.  

McD IMO is someone they could want.  Division play could influence it.  I'd put a penny on McD getting a call.  They like defensive guys

Not sure McD would go to a division rival.  Somehow that seems a bit disloyal to Ron & the Panthers.  I'd really hate to have to play against a McD defense twice a year.

Is there precedent for coordinator from one team becoming head coach at a division rival?

[cardiackat88.]

Here's to hoping they pick up Chip Kelly!!

[Carolina Cajun]

This was the Perfect situation for the panthers.  Lovie and the Bucs were building something good, Payton and the toxic Saints are staying together for another dumpster ride, and Kyle Shanahan and the Falcons keep their disfunction together.  As for the Bucs, the players were clearly in Lovie's corner.  If you get a chance, go listen to the Winston's post-season press conference, he was saying how his coaches wanted it more than a lot of the players and talked about trying to get it fixed in the offseason...oops.  There will be a regression for that organization now, guaranteed.

[stirs]

What coach in their right mind would want to go there.  Nothing but lower tier guys will sign up for this, or Chip Kelly.

None of the guys out their now could have done a better job with the mess in Tampa and a wild card rookie QB, than Lovie did.

Incredibly stupid move on their part.

Lovie can now land a decent job with a better organization.

Philly?

[MadHatter]

Moves like this by other organizations are why every fan should be thankful we are owned by Jerry Richardson.

 

[Jmac]

The Bucs actually may be trying to follow Carolinas lead in some aspects. Miami has interest in the Bucs OC as HC. By promoting him to HC (before he jumps ship),  they keep the continuity with Winston while finding an OC that will run the same system.  The imput that the HC would have with the new OC would keep Winston from starting over.