Buccaneers have dismissed head coach lovie smith. 10 sports director dave wirth says this comes as a surprise. Its a shocker. Among the biggest in buccaneer history. Yes, the bucs were only 824 in lovie smiths two years as head coach. And his defense sprung a lot of that the team was making progress. There was improvement. From 2 to 6 wins. But lovie is out. With 3 years left on his contract. The bucs co chairman joel glazer released this statement saying in part this decision was difficult on a variety of levels. I am disappointed that we were not more successful these past few seasons, but we are committed to doing what is necessary to give our fans the winning team they deserve. There had been some criticism of lovie. Specifically the defense. But it was generally thought that another change this quickly, would not add anything to the continuity of the franchise. With a franchise quarterback in place, the Coaching Staff seemed to be status quo. Lovie would get at least another year