Ranking 32 NFL coaches you’d want to have a beer with
![Jul 28, 2016; Foxboro, MA, USA; New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick looks on during training camp at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports Jul 28, 2016; Foxboro, MA, USA; New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick looks on during training camp at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/7de92fff28307e5f63cf66030c788f192d13cccb4db9a1389555f996d9c5569c.jpg)
Head Coach. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dirk Koetter. 27. player. 48.
There are only two reasons Dirk Koetter isn’t last on this list: (1) I’d really like to have a beer in Tampa Bay and (2) I’m genuinely interested in what he thinks about quarterback Jameis “Lobster Legs” Winston. But Koetter also ruined a perfectly good hypothetical opportunity to share a brew with Lovie Smith.
Smith was fired because of the apparently great relationship between Koetter and Winston, which, weirdly, is one of the reasons getting a beer with Koetter wouldn’t be so bad. The opportunity to get the low down on one of the most polarizing and controversial college athletes of all time would be a pretty special.
But I still can’t help but be flabbergasted by the treatment of Smith, and Koetter’s subsequent rise to the head coaching position. Smith was forced out of Tampa Bay as gracefully as a large man holds in a fart, and part of me can’t help but think Koetter knew it was coming as well, so he doesn’t earn any sympathy from my conscience.
But Tampa Bay would be a pretty nice place to kick back, relax and enjoy a cold one.
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