Daily Bucs Links 12/27/11 - Raheem will never fire himself
by Sander on Dec 27, 2011 6:55 AM EST
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PrintMorris Not Concerned About Job Security | Pewter Report
He's consistently said this: he's not going to worry about his job security because he can't control it.
Tampa Bay Bucs Coach Not Worried About Job Security | Bucs Scene
He probably should be, though.
Raheem Morris is talking like a man who knows the end may be near | ProFootballTalk
Sounds like it.
Raheem Morris doesn't believe he should be fired | National Football Post
Morris doesn't want to give up his job.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris: "I will never fire myself" - Tampa Bay Times
Because firing himself would be giving up.
'Hang in there'? Morris not hanging head | TBO.com
Still fighting for his job. His players certainly aren't helping him.
[Video] NFL Videos: Morris' grim job outlook
Rick Stroud thinks he's done too.
Morris indicates there is more to the Bucs' poor season than coaching | tampabay.com & Tampa Bay Times
Of course there's more to it.
Bucs Report -Tribune staff: Looking like worst Bucs defense ever - from TBO.com Sports
Goodie.
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NFL.com news: Bucs guard Joseph says players should be fighting for their jobs
They should be, but it doesn't look like it.
Add it Up, These Bucs Stink | TheLedger.com
Whoops.
Bucs' Morris sees promise in team's future | TBO.com
There's talent.
Morris sees bright future for Tampa Bay - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
Probably that future will be bright without Raheem, though.
Bucs defense can't stop points off turnovers | tampabay.com & Tampa Bay Times
If that was all.
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E.J. Biggers is having a bad year, after having a good year by the same stats last season.
Morris sees bright future for Tampa Bay | Fox Sports Florida
The talent is there, to an extent. Just need to add talent, and get better coaching.
Bucs notes: Some players trying too hard, Morris says | TBO.com
Trying to do too many things outside the box.
Spreading It Around | Buccaneers.com
Josh Freeman likes the hurry-up, spread attack.
[Video] Raheem Morris Press Conference, 12/26 | Buccaneers.com
Another press conference.
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So Morris doesn't believe he should be fired?
I bet he doesn’t…
That awesome winning percentage of 35.41% is gonna be tough to beat – especially so if we continue to shop for our Head Coaches at Dollar General. Remember, that sweet 35% winning percentage includes his “smoke and mirrors” (by his own admission) 10-6 finish of 2010. He has given our players nothing of any lasting imporatnce during his tenure, and has only served to pad his own resume with experience – nothing more.
I hope the door DOES hit you on your way out.
He's showing his youth with his comments here as of late.
He isn’t taking the blame and isn;t making changes. The whole “We all agreed to go young” when talking about Dom and the Glazers is misrepresentative. Im sure they did agree to go young, what they didnt agree to is poor fundamentals and zero growth.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
Well... Rah does not appear to be acting like a stand up guy
by acknowledging the implosion from a suspect coaching standpoint, and Doms role in the “trash-digging” for players did not help Raheem out – at all. This may all be part of some master plan by the Glazers, or it could be an illustration of ineptitude from top to bottom. No real way of knowing which one it actually is.
I have simply grown weary of the weekly slaughter…
by Cracker Ball on Dec 27, 2011 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
Raheem was set up to fail
but he STILL underperformed. This team has a lot more problems than just coaching, but that doesn’t mean the coaching hasn’t been terrible.
Dom should be getting a lot more heat than he is. He’s been smart (but cowardly) to keep his mouth shut through this crash and burn. It keeps the fan focus on Morris.
Yugly.
The more sophisticated fan...
can clearly see Doms fingerprints all over this debacle – yet he does not coach. That dubious honor goes to the youngest (and by far the most inexperienced) HC in the league. Dom may survive this train-wreck by rolling Rah under the bus, but I can only hope that his responsibilities are reduced around One Buc Place. He cannot find his b*tt with both hands when it comes to assessing and signing current F/A NFL talent. We have, by far, the most of any team to spend, yet he seems to only make a rudimentary half-*ssed attempt (Doug Free, Jonathan Joseph, etc.).
How can you not successfully sell the semi-tropical paradise that is Tampa? An excellent cost of living, plentiful housing options, the Gulf of Mexico as your playground and no State income taxes?
C’mon man!
by Cracker Ball on Dec 27, 2011 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
I'm going to play the bad guy on your shoulder like Sander would and say,
how do you even know the Glazers said he can go out and spend big in free agency? You don’t know the limits the Glazers gave Dom.
Dom himself said he could spend whatever he wants
He said the Glazers did not restrict his spending. Now, you can believe that or not, but it is straight from the horse’s mouth.
Yugly.
Absolutely
The chips were stacked against him this season, between the lockout, his mediocre OC, & Dom not taking advantage of this great free agent class we had over the summer. I was a fan 4 Morris but he’s gotta be held accountable for the coaching collapse. A whole lotta asses need to be on the firing line, not just Morris & Olsen’s.
by InfamousHp on Dec 27, 2011 2:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah I like how in one line he talks about going 10-6 with smoke and mirrors.
Then trying to say it’s not his fault for this season because you can’t go from being a coach of the year candidate to what happened this year. You said yourself you were a coach of the candidate because you got lucky last year. How are you going to lessen the credibility of last years victories, and then try to use the same victories to stand on when people say you did a bad job?! He almost has me confused…
by flash_kiley on Dec 27, 2011 10:21 AM EST via Android app reply actions
Who's fault is it?
Maybe we should fire the cheerleaders. It must be their fault. They aren’t motivating enough. We are 4-11 this year, and since it doesn’t seem to be anybody else fault, we need to start re-evaluating our cheerleader squad.
What are those girls thinking?! This isn't a game! They gotta step up!! haha
by flash_kiley on Dec 27, 2011 10:24 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
No... not the cheerleaders!
That is the only positive thing we have going for us.
by Cracker Ball on Dec 27, 2011 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
Hey we have Barth and Koenen too... haha
by flash_kiley on Dec 27, 2011 11:47 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Also clayborn had a solid rookie year
by Carlitin1988 on Dec 27, 2011 11:57 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
The bottom line factor.
This is a “What have you done for me lately” league, not a “we went 10-6 last year” league.
Cont'd.(There's something odd with this typing box.)
You can’t go from being 10-6 last year to looking like the worst team in football. You can’t go from being a team that played with an enormous amount of resiliency last year to being a team that doesn’t play with heart or skill. The sword is going to fall on Morris and I also think that Dominik’s seat should be burning with blazes of crimson right now. He has as much to do with this nightmarish season as anybody with his flat out refusal to infuse some veteran talent from free agency. Wake me when it is draft time and also, I heard that Mike Sherman may be a possible candidate for the Bucs’ head coaching job provided that it is open. I’m lukewarm on him, so any thoughts on Mike Sherman, Bucs Nation?
Wasn't Sherman the coach at A&M this year.
If so, then no. He couldn’t hold a lead to save his job. That team had a talented offense, and disappeared during the second half.
by flash_kiley on Dec 27, 2011 12:56 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
My thoughts exactly.
I’m not excited about Sherman one bit, so here’s another question to Bucs Nation, what coaches do you think would excite the fan base? For me, like I said before, even though it is a long shot, I would ask for Tony Dungy.
My vote is for
Chip Kelly from Oregon, Chris Peterson from Boise, or Chudzinski, the OC with the Panthers.
by flash_kiley on Dec 27, 2011 1:48 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I think I would prefer an NFL assistant...
preferably a current OC or DC. The move from the college level to the pro level must be a lot harder than one might think, or Steve Spurrier and Nick Saban would have had more success.
There are many good innovative OCs out there (Morninwheg, Chudzinski) and DCs (Dom Capers, Marinelli) the may be able to draw other quality coaches to follow. Not sure about the big names like Norv Turner, Bill Cowher, Brian Billick as total control will be necessary to lure them (and I don’t know about their ability to judge personnel).
by Cracker Ball on Dec 27, 2011 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I could get behind each of those hires
Though I’d worry about Kelly’s and Petersen’s NFL experience.
I agree with Mrs. Rosenthal
"I will never fire myself," Morris said via Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times. "We go out, man, and you don’t go from being a Coach of the 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."
My wife happens to be sitting next to me. She doesn’t know a lot of about football, but she read that statement from Morris:
"I’d fire him just for that quote. It’s immature," she said.
He’s making his last stand. I doubt it works. Better luck next time, Raheem- try to find a gig as a defensive coordinator for a few years and focus on the fundamentals that have so obviously been neglected here in Tampa Bay. You’re a young man- if you do well at that job, you may get another opportunity further down the road.
Nine straight losses and counting- time to go, Raheem.
by RookTakesYou on Dec 27, 2011 2:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
After the Falcons score 24 points this week
this team will have given up the most points in the HISTORY of the franchise. Quit Raheem, just quit.
Raheem was the DREAM that turned into a NIGHTMARE..
"stats are for losers" LOL
Rahdumb the clown and the not ready for prime time players are the worst team in Buc history, the 1976 squad gets a pass cause they were an expansion team, there is no excuse for this garbage!
by bucfanlostiniowa on Dec 28, 2011 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
It is a virtual certainty...
that we give up 24 points. I think it’s already 14-0.
by Cracker Ball on Dec 29, 2011 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
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