Pat Donovan

And I just assumed that wouldn't be the case.

So as soon as it started bubbling up that he might leave, I was the guy on the air every day going –

That's nonsense.

I was there when he told us he wasn't going anywhere.

Well, he did.

So the Bucs allowing him to look, I'm not surprised by because of the way they run their organization and the fact that they believe Mike earned that.

The fact that he actually took the step to leave absolutely shocked me.

I think it's very hot.

I think it's very hot.

I think that they are not happy with the way the last season ended, and they just could not, in my opinion, go through another collapse like that or another poor season and just continue to hang on to Todd.

I was not surprised he wasn't fired at the end of last season, even though a lot of Bucs fans were calling for that and crying for that.

And to this day, any single thing our station posts

on social media about the Buccaneers, there's somebody replying going, doesn't matter, Todd Bowles is still the head coach.

The Bucs fans wanted him out, but they'd given him an extension, him and Jason Light both, before the season.

So I had a good feeling when the season was over, as bad as it ended, especially because of how many injuries they dealt with, and that was a bit of an excuse they could use.

I did not expect him to get fired last year.

I don't think he can have another season like that, especially if they start out as hot as they did.

You know, there were people, I never thought they were the best team in football, but there were people nationally that had them at number one in their power rankings.

And we went from there almost midway through the season to not making the playoffs.

You can't do that again.