SPORTS HITS

 
After a 9-3 start the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looked like a playoff team, but four straight losses seem them out of the playoffs and it cost Jon Gruden his job yesterday. Now was the firing justified probably so as Gruden’s team has been inconsistent, but it is not all his fault. First of all the Buccaneers ownership does not like to spend money or bring in good players and that was part of the problem.

So after firing Gruden the Buccaneers of course did what they always do take the easy way out. Raheem Morris who Gruden promoted to defensive coordinator was named head coach. He has no head coaching experience at all great move Bucs. Now do not get me wrong this guy may do a great job for the Buccaneers, but when you got a guy like Mike Shanahan available and you hire this guy really makes no sense. Wait a minute of course it does it saves the owners money. Shanahan would have cost them big money and they do not want to spend that.

Being a Buccaneer fan I feel everyone’s pain. Was I happy with Gruden all the time? No, but you do not fire a coach and hire someone with no experience at all. I guess we will see how this works out for the Buccaneers and Raheem Morris. One of these days the Buccaneer ownership is going to realize that you must hire people who know what they are doing especially if they are a head coach.