The Tampa Bay Buccaneers relieved Head Coach Raheem Morris Monday after three seasons.
"We want to thank Coach Morris for all his hard work and dedication as head coach of the Buccaneers," wrote Buccaneers Co-Chairman Joel Glazer in a press release.
At a press conference this afternoon, Glazer described the meeting with Morris as "emotional."
"Raheem?s been with us for nearly a decade and as you all know he?s a class act, he worked hard and gave his life for the Buccaneers," he said.
Glazer said he "couldn?t point to one thing or another" for the firing but said it was mostly due in part to the "progress of the team."
"After a season like this you obviously have to take a step back and look at everything and you can?t be stubborn and not make some changes and reflect on what led us to this," he said. "At the end of the day we felt we had to do what was in the best interest of the organization."
Glazer said the search for a new coach would begin immediately.??
Buccaneers General Manager Mark Dominik, who is signed through 2014, will keep his job.
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