Buccaneers fire Gruden, GM Allen

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TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen on Friday after the team collapsed following a 9-3 start and failed to make the playoffs.

Gruden, who helped lead the Buccaneers to a victory over the Oakland Raiders in the 2003 Super Bowl, was Tampa Bay’s coach for seven years. Allen was general manager for the last five seasons.

“We will be forever grateful to Jon for bringing us the Super Bowl title, and we thank Bruce for his contributions to our franchise,” Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer said in a statement. “However after careful consideration, we feel that this decision is in the best interest of our organization moving forward.”

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!!!

[KitchenWitch]

1. Bye bye Chucky

[flvegan]

2. It's the only thing on the news here tonight.

It's also about a year late. And that was Gruden's team that won the Super Bowl.

[RagAss]

3. WOW !