Buccaneers’ Morris: ‘I will never fire myself’

Associated Press

tampa, fla.

Coach Raheem Morris sees a bright future for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and believes he should be a part of it.

Morris’ job could be in jeopardy as Tampa Bay (4-11), one year after going 10-6, will try and stop a nine-game skid in Sunday’s regular-season finale at Atlanta.

“I think I answered this question a couple weeks ago ... I will never fire myself,” Morris said Monday, two days after the Bucs were beaten 48-16 at Carolina. “You don’t go from being a coach of a year candidate to being the worst coach in the league to get fired within a year. It’s about us. It’s a little bit of everything.”

This year’s struggles have not dampened Morris’ view on the Bucs’ youth movement.

“We ... want to develop a team that goes out and wins, and wins consistently,” he said.