After leading Tampa Bay to a 9-7 record in his first season as head coach, Dirk Koetter and the Buccaneers entered the 2017 season as breakout favorites in the NFC. Things have not gone according to plan, however, with the Buccaneers sitting at 4-11 entering the final week of the season. The dismal display has prompted talks about the coach’s future with the team, which have been a distraction in recent weeks, Koetter admitted to reporters including ESPN’s Jenna Laine on Tuesday. 
“It’s your life, it’s your life. It’s what you do. So just flip it around. Of course it is,” Koetter said. “But we all as players and coaches, we’re paid to do a job, and you try to do it to the best of our ability. That’s all you can do.”
His job security is not the only thing serving as a distraction in Tampa Bay at the moment. Koetter acknowledged that a screaming fit happened during the team’s Week 16 loss vs. the Panthers, with quarterback Jameis Winston and linebacker Kwon Alexander confronting defensive lineman Chris Baker about his late penalty that set up Carolina for the game-winning score and his lack of remorse for committing the infraction.
Koetter played off the incident by saying, “Emotions [were] running, and that game — we had a lot of nice opportunities to win, [but] we didn’t do it. No one’s happy about that. A shouting match … I don’t think that would be the first or last time that’s ever happened.”
Though his influence in the locker room appears to be dissipating, Koetter said he has no fears of having lost the team. With the disappointing season almost in the books, the Buccaneers appear like they could be looking for a new coach in the near future.
I wonder if an immature QB could have anything to do with the whole thing. Who would have seen him be immature he didn’t show any signs of that in college. Along with another QB that plays along the East Coast. Who has little fits of pouting. Nobody could have seen him be immature from his actions in college. It is not a color thing either the warning signs were there with Leaf and going back to George. They are there if you want to find them. Teams are desperate for a QB and hope they grow up some do but then you get the ones that don’t and it turns out bad.
Get that bum outta Tampa
Should have stay with lovie
Dirk has done a Great Job with the Offense they rank 4th in the NFL in Passing Yards. He has done a poor job with the Running Game and the Defense and the Special Teams so that’s 1 for 4 in His Head Coaching Responsibilites and 1 for 4 will get your Fired as a Head Coach. I hope they keep him as the OC and Hire a Strong Defensive Oriented Head Coach to Clean House on Defense!