the bucs co chairman, joe elglazer released this -- joe glazer released a statement, saying this in part: >>> now, there had been some criticism of lovie, specifically the defense, but honestly, it was generally thought that another change this quickly would noted a anything to the continuity of the franchise, which is my problem. with a franchise quarterback in place in winston, the coaching staff seemed to be status quo. lovie would get at least another year to straighten out the defense. that wars the consensus, but now everything is up in the air. the general manager will head up the search for another coach. tom coughlin and chip kelly are available for coaching, but there is talk of promoting dirk some continuety for winston. we'll talk more about this in sports to figure out how this happened. >> right now, chinese stock trading has been halted aftary major market plunge. this is the second time this week that circuit breakers kicked in after a deep plunge, shares stumbled more than 7%. the dow closed down more than 250 points today. >>> texas officials say they will fire the troo

he told joe glazer he did not want to meet with ownership today, a meeting he knew would end with his firing. the list of potential hires it's fairly similar to the other six nfl teams with head coach openings. as this search begins, the name at the top of the list is already in the building -- dirk cutter joined this season and not only turned around a dismal appearance from 2014 but had to do it with a rookie quarterback. he ended up being the top pick of the draft, but he's been placed on the radar of at least three other teams looking for a coach. at this afternoon's press conference, he did the best to shut down the thought the smith firing was to open the door for cutter. when i asked about a timetable, he said he wants to be thorough but quick. that tells you this is going to go fast. the buccs have never done anything hastily. we'll see. >> he's a hot commodity. fans have been sounding off all day. in fact, that started last night just as soon as we announced it. >> many are not happy about it. they have not been. we are live outside one buck place with some reaction. >> repor

joe glazer putting out the press release 45 minutes ago. 2-14 the previous season and we have the press release. >> joel glazer releasing a statement. after careful consideration, we have decided to make a change. josh benson is monitoring social media for us and there is a lot of talk already. though this announce. is brand new. >> it sure is. let's start off with the players. we have a consistent coach, three coaches in five years so obviously, he is upset. other players are upset as well. so let's take a look at what some other people are saying here. this is the first shock fire of the season. this man right here is absolutely right. a lot of people feeling the same way. a big shock to a lot of fans and people all across the why don't organizations understand that good coaches team? this guy says wrong move. here is one where we had a second opinion. why is there such a surprise that lovie smith got fired? people were talking come monday, would he be fired? is it a possibility? as keith said about 40 minutes ago, the news came down from the bucks organization that smith is out and o