The Vision Has Changed for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Published: May 29, 2009

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... Buccaneers promoted Raheem Morris to be the Head Coach and with him he brought in Jim Bates to run his defense and Jeff Jagodzinski to run his offense.

Jim Bates brings with him over 15 years of coaching experience with 7 of them coming as a Defensive Coordinator.

Known best for his stint as Defensive Coordinator of the Miami Dolphins, Bates’ defense starts with his mammoth tackles clogging up the middle that in turn allow his linebackers to flow freely and ends to speed rush off the edge while backed up by press coverage and two deep safeties.

With the drafting of rookie DT Roy Miller and the position switch of Jermaine Phillips, these moves show that the transition to this new defensive system is taking effect.

Roy Miller will rotate with Chris Hovan and Ryan Sims in stacking up blockers, while making life easier for Gaines Adams and Stylez G. White out on the edge.

Jermaine Phillips’ position switch does two things, brings spe...

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