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Twitter reaction to Lovie Smith's surprise firing

Published: Jan 06, 2016 at 02:43 PM

The Buccaneers fired coach Lovie Smith after just two seasons and to say Tampa Bay players were shocked would be an understatement.

Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David tweeted out the following immediately after the announcement: "WTF YO!!!! ... This is stupid, we can't even have a consistent coach, 3 coaches in 5 yrs ... Outside looking in, y'all wouldn't understand how great of a coach/person he is ... I guess yall got what you been asking for smh." David later deleted the tweets.

I DON'T KNOW!!
— Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) January 7, 2016

Well I'll be damn !!! Smh
— Akeem spence (@AkeemSpence) January 7, 2016

😱
— Kwon Alexander (@kwon) January 7, 2016

Coach Lovie was the truth!
— Kwon Alexander (@kwon) January 7, 2016

Dirk has been the man since he walked in the door
— Brandon Myers (@myersb83) January 7, 2016

Only in america could raheem morris get 3 years to fix the bucs and lovie smith only 2....
— shaun king (@realshaunking) January 7, 2016

Damn, hate that about coach lovie, really thought he would be the guy to take the buccaneers to the next level..
— Coach Da'Quan Bowers (@DaQuanBowers91) January 7, 2016

3 staffs in 5 years!! Somebody has to be given time for the formula to work!! I was rooting for Lovie, thought he changed the mindset
— Coach Da'Quan Bowers (@DaQuanBowers91) January 7, 2016

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