The Dirk Koetter gamble looks like a miss for the Bucs
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Two years after the Buccaneers tasked Lovie Smith with rebuilding a franchise buried in the rubble that was left behind by Greg Schiano, the team abruptly fired the head coach the week after the 2015 season ended and promoted offensive coordinator Dirk KoetteThe Dirk Koetter gamble looks like a miss for the Bucs
Two years after the Buccaneers tasked Lovie Smith with rebuilding a franchise buried in the rubble that was left behind by Greg Schiano, the team abruptly fired the head coach the week after the 2015 season ended and promoted offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to the job.Koetter is now eight games away from equaling Lovie’s stay as head coach. Barring a miraculous turnaround in the second half of the season, that may be all he gets. Sure, Koetter already has more wins to show for his time in Tampa than Lovie did by a count of 11 to eight. Still, when taken in context, it’s hard to consider Koetter’s tenure as any more successful.Lovie’s first season was a dreadful 2-14. Given the disarray he inherited following Schiano’s last year with the Bucs, it’s not surprising that they were that bad in 2014. It was that poor finish, of course, that allowed Tampa to select Jameis Winston with the first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. The following season, the Bucs improved by four games. Evidently, that wasn’t enough for the Read more