Bucs fire Coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen

[ArtMonkDrillz]

I wonder if TBMODIV had anything to do with this

[GMScud]

Woah. That's a shocker. Kind of dumb to wait so long after the end of the regular season.

That team will be totally different next year, and probably pretty awful. No Monte Kiffin (their defense mailed it in for a month straight as soon as he announced he was bolting for Univ. of Tennessee to work with his son), no Gruden, Garcia could be gone, Derrick Brooks is nearing the end...

Now, if they bring in Mike Shanahan as GM/head coach and are willing to spend a big portion of the $40M+ worth of cap room they have, it could be quite interesting.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I wonder if TBMODIV had anything to do with this

LOL. That is a shocker though. They should have beat the Raiders in Week 17. I figured they must have had a big name lined up to take over as coach/GM, Pete Carroll for example. But I guess not. I guess it was time for a change though. Bruce Allen was never all that impressive, and everyone around here always talks about how hated Gruden is.

I'll bet other teams that were looking for coaches sort of wished they had the opportunity to interview Gruden though.