Raheem Morris Dances Around Bucs' Jeff Jagodzinski Firing, Citing "Direction"

Just call it the "Raheem Morris Shuffle"—a skittish dance at best by the Buccaneers' birthday boy.

He fired his offensive coordinator, Jeff Jagodzinski, Thursday morning and stepped forward with his explanation at a press conference shortly afterwards.

"Today we had to make some changes. Today we let Jeff Jagodzinski move on..." Morris said.

"We have to be more precise, more detailed," he said—a decision, Morris explained, "that is on me and Mark Dominik (GM)."

Morris said the offense needs "...more direction, more direction," but was vague in explaining what exactly that meant.

Morris said the offense "was going in the right direction," but then contradicted himself, saying, "...we need more direction, more precision, we weren't getting it. You gotta make the change."

He went on to say that new coordinator Greg Olson, who was previously the team's quarterbacks coach, "is being more precise."

There you have it. Precision, direction.

"We're trying to grow constantly," Morris told reporters gathered at One Buc Place.

Of course, there was the company-prepared statement from Jagodzinski:

"I'm certainly disappointed...I wish nothing but the best for the organization."

Ho-hum. A shocking and difficult announcement by the head coach, who turned 33 today.

As far as those difficult decisions, Morris said:

"They get more difficult every day..."