When the Buccaneers acquired Jon Gruden back in 2002 to be their new head coach, I was positive that he was going to lead us to multiple Super Bowls. Gruden didn't disappoint in year 1 as him and Gm Rich Mckay went out and acquire the necessary pieces on offense to put the team over the top leading to a Super Bowl win in his first year. However, things went downhill after that season as poor drafting and bad contracts on washed up free agents led the team into salary cap hell along with a lot of poor position depth throughout the roster. Ultimately it was Gruden's failure not drafting and developing a Qb, or not staying true to his word with players on the team plus the fact that he never had a true football guy as his Gm. Gruden still did great things for this franchise and is the winningest coach in team history for a reason.
Now fast forward to present time with new head coach Dirk Koetter who I think has the chance to be a better version of Gruden, and could finally be the guy this team has been searching for since Gruden left. Now Koetter is more experienced than Gruden was, and has been very successful as an offensive coordinator during his time in the league, but if you look closely both are very similar in a way. Koetter is very big on details, precise execution, and playing with tempo or as Gruden would call it "Juice", so in that way Gruden and Koetter are very alike. Now Koetter has some advantages that Gruden didn't have during his tenure, with that being a franchised Qb in Jameis Winston, and a great football mind Gm in Jason Licht. Now Koetter is great communicator and is great with Qb's which was Gruden's biggest issue, and which is why I believe Koetter could be the ultimate package when it comes to head coaches.
Not saying Koetter is perfect as he has a tendency to over think with his play calling as he did at times last year. There will be a learning curve for him, but I truly believe he could be the offensive aggressive type coach that provides leadership and balance that we were hoping to get with Gruden. Now I could be dead wrong about Koetter and could end up being terrible, but when he was hired I just felt it was a great decision. Unlike the past hires which none of them got me excited for the upcoming season, but with Koetter it just feels different, that we might finally have the right guy in place. Winning seasons are on the way, Bucs fans!
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