TheOneBigWill
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As of today, it's being reported that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have officially cut ties with Head Coach Jon Gruden & General Manager Bruce Allen.
After a disasterous season in which they seemed positioned at one part of the season to not only make the Playoffs but win the division, they simply fell apart at the end of the season, roughly around the same time Monty Kiffin announced he was leaving to go coach w/ his son, in the college ranks.
Tampa Bay ultimately had their final game of the season, at home against the Oakland Raiders. Win and they're in, Lose and they're a complete disaster. As you can tell, the latter ended up happening.
While it may come to a shock to some, personally I don't find this shocking at all. Tampa Bay hasn't had a truly good season since 2002, when Gruden first came to Tampa and won them a Superbowl.
Since then, they've been to two Playoff appearances, in 2005 & again in 2007, losing both times in the Wildcard.
The struggling seasons between them have been various end-results of 7-9, 4-12, 5-11 & 9-7. Ultimately, Gruden didn't help the Bucs as much as he's seemingly hurt them.
I think Jon Gruden would do great as a Defensive Coord. but as a Head Coach, his time has come to an end, in my opinion.
What are everyone else's thoughts on this situation? Where does this leave Tampa Bay?
After a disasterous season in which they seemed positioned at one part of the season to not only make the Playoffs but win the division, they simply fell apart at the end of the season, roughly around the same time Monty Kiffin announced he was leaving to go coach w/ his son, in the college ranks.
Tampa Bay ultimately had their final game of the season, at home against the Oakland Raiders. Win and they're in, Lose and they're a complete disaster. As you can tell, the latter ended up happening.
While it may come to a shock to some, personally I don't find this shocking at all. Tampa Bay hasn't had a truly good season since 2002, when Gruden first came to Tampa and won them a Superbowl.
Since then, they've been to two Playoff appearances, in 2005 & again in 2007, losing both times in the Wildcard.
The struggling seasons between them have been various end-results of 7-9, 4-12, 5-11 & 9-7. Ultimately, Gruden didn't help the Bucs as much as he's seemingly hurt them.
I think Jon Gruden would do great as a Defensive Coord. but as a Head Coach, his time has come to an end, in my opinion.
What are everyone else's thoughts on this situation? Where does this leave Tampa Bay?