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(UPI) -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have not won a single game this season. Now, a Tampa-area radio station has shown how they really feel about coach Greg Schiano with 19 unsubtle billboards featuring the station's logo, flames, and an all-caps FIRE SCHIANO.
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There are already "fire Schiano" billboards in Tampa. He's coached 22 NFL games. http://t.co/y4IYEVOYPc (via @Stephen_Douglas)
— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) October 24, 2013
"The 'Fire Schiano' billboard is simply a reflection of the Tampa Bay community's opinion of the Buccaneers' head coach," Michael Sharkey, station program director, said in a statement.
"Our listeners have voiced their opinion that they are tired of a team that, on paper, should have a winning record. This billboard isn't a message to the Buccaneers as much as it is a message to our listeners that we are right there with them."
Even Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys has said that Schiano needs to be fired.
— Nick Carter (@nickcarter) October 14, 2013
The billboards have gotten mixed reactions, and Schiano does not seem to know they exist.
Schiano said he didn't know there were billboards around Tampa, saying, "Fire Schiano." Was he wearing a blindfold on the way to RJS?
— Max Luckan (@MaxLuckan) October 25, 2013
The FIRE SCHIANO billboard is going to confuse people if there isn't a billboard nearby that reads WE HAVE AN NFL TEAM HERE IN TAMPA.
— SportsPickle (@sportspickle) October 24, 2013
Dear#Bucs, please don't #FireSchiano yet. I want to see how ugly it can get Thursday night. Thanks. http://t.co/00UeN8UNzA
— Justin Pawlowski (@CommishOnline) October 20, 2013
In addition to their winless season, the team has lost 11 of the past 12 games played. Schiano is in his second year of coaching for the Bucs in his first gig as an NFL coach. He was booed as he left the field for Tampa's last home game.
