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Ranking 32 NFL coaches you’d want to have a beer with

By Andrew McCarty

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 /
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Feb 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter speaks to the media during the NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter speaks to the media during the NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /

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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