ESPN: Buccaneers to hire Greg Schiano as head coach, finalizing contract

Let me know when the deal is actually DONE.

I’m quite sure just by mentioning his name there will be a log jam of quality assistant coaches just dying for a chance to work with,,uhh work with,,MMnn ,,,,Now WHAT was his name again ?

This can’t be happening…we’re about to lose our best recruiting class ever.

And, to be honest, I think he will be crap for the Bucs. his best strength as a coach is his recruiting. he can’t x and o his way out of a paper bag.

Double booo!!!

I know this isn’t worth much from another team’s fan, but I’m glad Tampa has decided to stick with a defensive HC. It helps balance the divison and hopefully you can bring your stout defense back to form, as I find it the most fun to watch out of rivalries. Shootouts are the most boring thing to watch ever and the reliance on “speed and takeaways” like the Saints and Colts pathetic excuse of defenses make me sick. I most enjoyed our Panthers-Bucs games when we both had solid defenses in the mid 2k’s. Here’s to hoping we see more of that in the coming decade.

ATM. Only time will tell. It’s definitely a very risky hire — high risk high reward. He could either be great, or could be awful.

If the Bucs tried to generate the least possible excitement among the fans with the new HC they couldn’t have done better than this. Schiano has virtually no meaningful NFL experience (one year as defensive backfield coach with the Bears, two years as an “assistant,” at what we don’t know). He’s the HC at a minor program and hasn’t even done all that well with it. In 11 years at Rutgers he’s only had one season when he didn’t lose at least four games. Of all the candidates out there, the Bucs have chosen the worst one. But hey, I bet he cost a lot less than any of the real NFL coaches.

I will reserve judgment in the moment. We better hire NFL experienced coordinators that know the X’s and O’s in the NFL. I don’t know enough about Schiano. Maybe he is a great leader. That is a HUGE plus if that’s the case. I like a defensive mind coach. But high level strategic thinking in NFL is different than college. Please GOD bring us in some solid coordinators with NFL experience, please. Then I promise to be a Bucs supporter again. I like out of the box.. I like being surprised a bit. Just bring me done wins so I can start feeling good on Sundays again.

Is that for three weeks the Glazers sat down with some of the best football minds available and picked their brains. Whatever this guy—I’ll learn his name eventually—said in his interview, MUST have impressed them.

My guess is they wanted a young guy who had experience disciplining young players, hence the attempted signings of two college coaches, coupled with the intellect of older, more experienced coaches. The Glazers wanted the best of both worlds and I bet they got it.

I predict .500 or better this year. Go Bucs!

The assumption that anyone who disagrees with this hire doesn’t know Football makes as much sense as the actual hiring…To me this is a sad ass example of mismanagement just like offering 6 million to Chip and not focusing on quality backups. I want to thank the Glazer girls for helping me decide between Hunting in the fall or watching the Bucs..

Schiano is the other one we didn’t see coming. Chip didn’t pan out so it was a no go on the offensive hire, we fall back on a defensive guy. I find no reason to be upset about this hire until his actions give me reason to. Now what’s the staff gonna look like…

Bucs fan in Indy here. The Bucs, this morning, had eliminated Marty-ball, Zimmer, Jerry Gray, and Brad Childress. This basically left Chud and Sherman as the likely hire. I’ll take Schiano over Sherman anyday in any situation. The verdict is out on Chud as he has never been a HC. Give me a guy who can coach a team like Rutgers into a respectable program and conference contender. That program was a total joke before he got there. Of course his record doesn’t indicate what he has done in recent years. His first two years he won three games total. How do you win games with a terrible program the minute you get there? Unless it’s a big time program you don’t. It took him time to build a contender and he did. Give Greg a chance. He’s a no non-sense guy who will do wonders with a bunch of young talent on that defense. Another solid draft and a few players in FA and we will be back to respectable. Go BUCS!

have been a fan since 77, and really cant believe once again how bad things have gotten tampa. We would rather try a complete, relatively unknown. Instead of someone like marty, a coach with huge resume, in all the years coaching only 2 losing seasons. Didn’t mind Zim, didn’t mind Chud, didn’t mind Mike, loved Marty, not sold on Greg. Hey Tampa see you 3 years, when we get to do this all over again. It looks like we are back to the yuccanners again.

is because he’s had success dumpster diving. He might even be the best dumpster diver in college / NFL. Would hate to see him and Dom. sign a buncha crappy free agents expecting success.

I think this is a Great Hire…We’ve got a coach that knows how to turn a program around….Take a look at Rutgers 2000 team before he got there 3-8 and they lost games by big margins just like we did this year…now imagine turning a 2000 team from 3-8 to a 2006 team who was 11-2…Rutgers was at one point rated 1 of the worse programs in college football which is where our bucs sit right now in the NFL.We don’t need a coach thats not use to turning a program around because he will choke under pressure obviosuly schiano is confident in his ability to turn this program around.And belichick recommended him Schiano was the (DC) of that swarming UM defense that featured Dang Morgan,Ed Reed,and Vince Wilfork.For some reason he reminds me of Jim Harbaugh which is good because discipline wont be an option….

Schiano’s staff is whats going to get me intrigued. I have no problems with the hire at all. I hope he assmbles a staff where he does his homework as to what will fit the offense and defense.

And make some good decisions when addressing the direction they want to take this team. Id love to hear the players’ reaction to the hire. The next few months are going to be very telling IMO.

I think this is a really good choice. What kind of defense will he run with the Bucs or will that depend on the DC they bring in?

Lets hope his first move is to take out the trash. Starting with guys who celebrate a first down when they are 20 points behind.

His resume isn’t the best out there but give him 2 seasons & then re-visit the topic if he’s a good hire or not. We’re looking at this all wrong, who will truly determine if we get better is Dom. If he fails to provide GOOD quality talent (Free agency/Draft), it won’t matter coaches us. We’ll still be the doormats of the NFC South.

Does anyone know if we have reps going to these games evaluating players? I know the coaching staff as a whole got fired, but did we send anybody???