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Too Little Too Late: Bucs Apply Public Discipline

That's not how you tackle.

The Bucs are a sloppy, undisciplined, seemingly ill-prepared team this season. The easy response to that is to start imposing discipline for mistakes. Start fining people, benching them for a while, forcing them to do extra work after practice, forcing them to get dinner - you can get pretty creative with disciplinary action.

The Bucs undoubtedly had some of that discipline going on inside the building. Intermittent reports on fines and other disciplinary measures have come out the past seasons. But the public discipline didn't come out until the first game against the Panthers a few weeks ago, when Brian Price was sent home. In this past Sunday's game against - again - the Carolina Panthers, the discipline appeared again.

When Legarrette Blount fumbled a handoff on the first play of the game, he was benched for a half. When Tanard Jackson messed up a coverage on a long touchdown, he was benched. When he came back into the game he promptly lost his jock strap when Cam Newton juked him on his way to a 48-yard touchdown. And once again, Tanard Jackson was benched for a series.

All of this discipline is nice to see. It's a public show that the Bucs won't accept sloppy play and mental mistakes anymore. Too bad it took 15 games of a disastrous season to get to this point.

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Putting on a show after the horse has left the barn

What I don’t notice is any real improvements in the discipline of the team on the field- which makes me doubt how effective any of it has really been.

Nine straight losses and counting- time to go, Raheem.

by RookTakesYou on Dec 27, 2011 3:17 PM EST reply actions  

It's kinda like shutting the barn door...

AFTER all the animals have run away. Too little too late and now just comes off as Rah lashing out in frustration.

Damn you Rook typing your farming reference faster than me.

by Cracker Ball on Dec 27, 2011 3:19 PM EST reply actions  

LOL

The idiom/cliche fits if it occurs to everybody at the same time!

Nine straight losses and counting- time to go, Raheem.

by RookTakesYou on Dec 27, 2011 6:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh Mcdonald had a farm e yi coach has to go!!!!!

At this point, who really cares what the lame DUCK coach does…

East Coast Fan

by Bucfan on Dec 27, 2011 3:58 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Haha why is ok to bench everybody but the QB?

Is it because they are all big babies with fragile egos? Freeman should have been benched in a couple of those blowouts, not because Johnson could do any better, just to see if Freeman would have pulled his head out of his ass.

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 27, 2011 4:43 PM EST reply actions  

right

ALL ABOARD THE TRENT RICAHRDSON TRAIN!!!

by dcbucsfan on Dec 27, 2011 4:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Freeman has a league leading

19 INTS. Not going to mention how many fumbles he has…(ok, I kinda did)

by akbrown15 on Dec 27, 2011 5:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah I'm with iowa on this one

Freeman should have been benched! Sometimes for his play sometimes for his comments

by Carlitin1988 on Dec 27, 2011 8:57 PM EST via Android app reply actions  

Yeah he said he felt he was a way better qb this year

Deserves a backhand across the face!!!!

by Carlitin1988 on Dec 28, 2011 8:08 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

I blame raheem for that

Freeman obviously bought into his whole “stats are for losers” , therefore when he looked at the stats and saw that he sucked he truly believed he was better 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 3:44 PM EST up reply actions  


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