Buccaneers fired Lovie Smith over the phone

Update: According to Pro Football Talk, the Bucs requested a meeting with Lovie Smith by phone at which point he smelled a rat and just asked them to tell it to him straight. A little better.

So, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers apparently fired Lovie Smith over the phone. At night.

Per ESPN's @vxmcclure23 The newly fired Buccaneers coach learned of his fate via a phone conversation, a source told ESPN.

— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) January 7, 2016

Yeesh, that's ugly. And a good indication that his was a rushed decision made in reaction to some news -- likely the news that the Dolphins wanted to interview Dirk Koetter for their head coaching position. You couldn't have waited until he came in in the morning, Glazers?