Archive for January, 2009

Garcia Says He’s Open to Coming Back in 09

There is much question about what is going to happen to the Bucs QB spot with new head coach Raheem Morris. Today’s St. Petersburg Times has a quote from Jeff Garcia stating he’d like to be back. “I am open to listening if they want to talk. That’s what it’s basically going to come down [...]

Graham Says It Was Time for Gruden to Move On

From: St.Petersburg Times Bucs running back Earnest Graham said Thursday in an interview with 620-WDAE that every coach has his “shelf life,” and in regards to Jon Gruden getting fired last week, “it might have been time.”, “Cause definitely, in the lockerroom there was definitely some separation in there,” Graham said. “Definitely some guys had [...]

Buccaneers Hire Bates as New Defensive Coordinator

The Bucs have added Jim Bates to the coaching staff to run the defense as he’s the teams new defensive coordinator. Bates takes the spot of now head coach Raheem Morris, who was promoted from defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator on Christmas Day, but wound up with his first head coaching job after Jon [...]

Ranking This Years Class of Free Agent Quarterbacks

It’s that time again to start talking about free agency, and we’ll spend some time breaking down positions, and today we are going to start with maybe the most important position on the field – quarterback. Here are our rankings of Free Agent QB’s, and what we think will be the end result for some [...]

Bucs Looking at Choices for Offensive Coordinator

From: Pro Football Talk.com While acknowledging that Scott Linehan is considered the strongest candidate to become Raheem Morris’ offensive coordinator, Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times says the Buccaneers are considering other candidates. They plan to speak with Chiefs offensive coordinator Chan Gailey and former Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski. Chudzinski is still a [...]

Bucs Make the Hiring of Morris and Dominik Official

It’s been a crazy 24 hours for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to say the least. First the team fires head coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Morris, and less than one day later have named defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as their new head coach and Mark Dominik, who has been with the team since 1995, [...]

Gruden Gone; What’s Next for the Bucs?

Reports Already Stating Morris the Next Bucs Head Coach

From: ProFootballTalk.com Steve Duemig of WDAE radio in Tampa reports that Buccaneers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris will be the next head coach of the team, and that director of pro personnel Mark Dominik will be the next G.M. Ownership can make these moves without conducting a full-blown search because the Rooney Rule requires only that [...]