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Tampa Bay Bucs set to make Dirk Koetter their 11th head coach

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The Tampa Bay Bucs have a new boss. Hopefully, he will fare better than the old one. The Bucs have called a 2 p.m. press conference for today in which they are expected to promote offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to head coach. He will be the team’s fifth head coach in eight seasons, making Tampa Bay one of the most turnover-prone teams in the NFL. The pressure will be on Koetter to improve upon the eight games the team has…

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Bucs should shop around before hiring Dirk Koetter as coach

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The question is not whether the Tampa Bay Bucs will promote offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to head coach. It’s should they? From the moment Lovie Smith’s phone rang Wednesday night – “unemployment calling” – the assumption has been that Koetter would quickly replace him. The move itself seemed like one to protect the franchise from losing Koetter, even at the expense of losing Smith. But perhaps the organization – and the rest of us – should take a breath and…

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Offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter leads Bucs’ coaching candidates

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He has a great relationship with the star quarterback. He resurrected the running game. He healed the offensive line. He took the total offense from 30th in the NFL to fifth. And so the next coach of the Tampa Bay Bucs would seem to be Dirk Koetter, right? General manager Jason Licht on Thursday wouldn’t whittle the prospective candidates to just Koetter, but he did acknowledge that Koetter “has a strong résumé” as the team prepares to select a new…

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The timing of Lovie Smith’s firing brings questions of its own

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Before we get to the questions of why the Bucs fired Lovie Smith, there is another question at hand. Why the timing? No, not why after two years, although the Bucs look particularly reactionary this morning after going through Raheem Morris, Greg Schiano and Smith in a five-year period. After only two wins in 2014, how many games did the Bucs imagine themselves winning in 2014? But why 10 p.m.? Why via a phone call, as is being reported? Why at…

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Bucs look to improve red zone offense in second half of season

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So far, placekicker Connor Barth is having a terrific season for the Tampa Bay Bucs. In the second half of the season, however, Lovie Smith would like to see less of him. The red zone offense has sputtered for the Bucs so far, meaning that the team has settled for field goals instead of touchdowns far to often. The Bucs are tied for 27th place in the NFL in red zone offense. “Like most things in football, if we could…

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Bucs’ Vincent Jackson may miss several weeks with knee injury

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The Tampa Bay Bucs may be without one of their leading weapons Sunday, and perhaps for several Sundays afterward. Wide receiver Vincent Jackson missed practice Wednesday with an injured knee, and there are reports that he could be absent for weeks to come. “We’re not there,” Bucs coach Lovie Smith said. “He didn’t practice today. He has a knee injury. As far as multiple [weeks], we’re not ready to go into much more detail than that because we don’t know…

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Bucs break down the interceptions of wayward quarterback Jameis Winston

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Boiling it down, there were bad decisions, one tipped ball and one great play. Such is the anatomy of the disaster that was Jameis Winston’s four-intereception day. At least, according to Tampa Bay Bucs’ offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. “That’s what I wrote on my sheet: two bad decisions, one tipped ball, one great play,” Koetter said. ”How many turnovers are too many? One turnover is too many. Every interception, any turnover, has a reason tagged to it. Jameis throws hundreds…

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