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Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reporting Tampa is finalizing a deal to make Lovie Smith their new Head Coach. Bucs fans, you happy with with this move?? Did you want someone else? Sound off..
Jeff Tedford to be his OC, and Leslie Frazier to be his DC
And the Tampa 2 defense is returning to its rightful home. I like his staff decisions though.
This is probably just a Rooney rule smokescreen. They're really going to hire Kubiak.
I kind of thought that's what the Texans were doing when they interviewed him.
yeah, interviewing a coach who
1) last year as a head coach was 10-6
2) taken a team to the superbowl in his 9 year head coaching stint
3) Was DC of the Rams when they won the superbowl
smells of just talking to him because he is a minority.
I think (don't know for sure) that TK was being sarcastic.
This is probably just a Rooney rule smokescreen. They're really going to hire Kubiak.
I always feel that you if you're in the market for a coach, you get one that will maximize your best player. The best player for the Texans is JJ Watt. Lovie would've been able to field a front seven that could make JJ's job a whole lot easier, and if Watt's job were to become even easier than it is now, opposing quarterbacks would consider talking to a mortician before games.
i was leaning towards lovie smith for this exact reason. we have the best defensive player in football, and i think lovie would've been the head coach most likely to make the most of watt. i cant fault the texans' brass too much though, it IS a passing league. even with the best defender in the game we only managed 2 wins.
This is probably just a Rooney rule smokescreen. They're really going to hire Kubiak.
Wish it were us. I always feel that you if you're in the market for a coach, you get one that will maximize your best player. The best player for the Texans is JJ Watt. Lovie would've been able to field a front seven that could make JJ's job a whole lot easier, and if Watt's job were to become even easier than it is now, opposing quarterbacks would consider talking to a mortician before games.
Conversely for Tampa Bay, their best player is Darelle Revis, although you can make a strong case for Vincent Jackson or Doug Martin, I think if you had the ability to grab one player from each team in the NFL, you take Revis from the Bucs.
How does Lovie to TB help Revis? He's a man corner that was stuck playing zone this year by Schiano and struggled. Now he's a man corner that will be stuck playing Cover 2. How does that maximize his ability?
I could see this move helping their recent 1st round pick Gerald McCoy and their stud WLB Lavante David....
I could see this move helping their recent 1st round pick Gerald McCoy and their stud WLB Lavante David, but not Revis.
McCoy was the #1 rated NT by PFF in 2013. David, the #2 rated 4-3 OLB. Revis was the #1 rated CB. Stacked!
But I agree, think Revis is gone.
i was leaning towards lovie smith for this exact reason. we have the best defensive player in football, and i think lovie would've been the head coach most likely to make the most of watt. i cant fault the texans' brass too much though, it IS a passing league. even with the best defender in the game we only managed 2 wins.
McCoy was the #1 rated NT by PFF in 2013. David, the #2 rated 4-3 OLB. Revis was the #1 rated CB. Stacked!
But I agree, think Revis is gone.
First thing I thought when I heard of the hire was, "Damn, that's going to be a great defense next year."
Second thing I thought was, "That sure is a lot of money to pay Revis to play zone all day."
They can't cut him, though, can they?
i think lovie would've been the head coach most likely to make the most of watt.
The problem with cutting Revis is that they just gave a #1 and 3 for him. Those would be thrown away picks if they cut him loose. They still have a lot of cap space so that isn't an issue. They just need to find a way to take full advantage of Revis' talent and make it work somehow despite the $.
The other problem with cutting Revis is that you would be cutting one of the best players in the NFL.
It'd be really hard to do that, even if he's not a schematic fit.
chipscoggins ‏@chipscoggins
Leslie Frazier is officially going to Tampa to be Bucs defensive coordinator.
I can't answer for TK, but I was serious. I didn't want Smith and I slightly raised my eyebrows when Kubiak practically bumped into Lovie while making his way to the car.
There's a lot about Lovie Smith I don't know about. I did watch him coach when his games were in TV, I wasn't impressed.
Sorry, I forgot I posted here a couple days back...see even if I think I were not impressed by him, I would bother to talk to a dude who has his resume. Like him or not, he has actual NFL production as a head coach.
I agree with everything you said. Lovie Smith is a proven commodity and worth one's time to sit down and have a talk with him. I don't dislike Smith or anything, I just thought there were others out there I would want to talk with more.
The reason I agreed with TK (whether he was serious or not) was because I don't think McNair wanted him from the start. The timing of his interview even made me wonder more.
If, after all was said and done, Houston hired Smith I wouldn't have been so upset as to post how much I thought it was a mistake. I would have a lot of studying to do before I could really have an informed opinion. As I said in the other post, there is much about Lovie Smith I do not know about.