“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

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I was online looking for stories for my websites tonight and I learned of Tampa Bay Head Coach Lovie Smith being fired late Tuesday night and I was flat out shocked. I just cannot and will not understand this move at all.

This move is unreal and wrong by Tampa Bay. Smith only had two seasons as the head coach of Tampa Bay. When he took over the team word is it was a total mess. His first year he went 2-14 his first year and 6-10 this year with a rookie Jameis Winston at QB. TB was among the most improved teams in the NFL this past season. So it is CRAZY that Lovie was fired by GM Jason Licht.

Word is many players on the team are pissed at Smith being fired. And their are rumors that TB did not want to see offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter get away to another team, so they fired Smith. If this the case this is pure BS on the part of Tampa Bay and I am upset because it is one less African American head coach in the NFL. There is now seven vacancies for head coaches in the NFL.

So now there are only four African American head coaches in the NFL. Marvin Lewis, Jim Caldwell (for now), Todd Bowles and Mike Tomlin are the names and this is flat out WRONG. African Americans can dominate on the field but what about getting chances to be a head coach? It is not happening ladies and gentlemen. Also their are only TWO offensive coordinators that are African American..Hue Jackson and Pep Hamilton.

As far as defensive coordinators that are three African Americans and they are Romero Crennel, Ken Norton Jr. and Leslie Frazier. Will these fellas get a chance to be head coaches with these many openings? We will see. But the firing of Lovie Smith is as wrong as two left shoes. How did this happen and why did this happen after only TWO SEASONS??? THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED TO COACH SMITH!!! PERIOD!!

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