Daily Bucs Links 2/15/12 - Spend, spend, spend

by Sander on Feb 15, 2012 8:00 AM EST in Daily Bucs Links

Dominik: Bucs putting "every penny" into free agency | TBO.com
Ehm, that's not actually what he said, but okay.

Davis wants to be an 'extra set of eyes,' for Schiano, but not coach, Bucs GM Dominik says. | tampabay.com & Tampa Bay Times
Good for him.

Sports Radio Interviews | Raheem Morris Isn’t Looking Back After Being Fired in Tampa
Raheem talks about his time in Tampa, mistakes he made, and Josh Freeman.

Morris: Freeman has bright future - NFC South Blog - ESPN
An excerpt from the above interview.

Free Agency Primer: NFC South – Audibles
Apparently, Dominik wants to spend.

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Eli Manning is 'sad' to see Mike Sullivan leave for Tampa Bay Buccaneers | NJ.com
Well, the Bucs are 'happy' to see him go.

Some pre-combine scouting - NFC South Blog - ESPN
Yay, names.

Chargers working to keep Jackson - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
We'll see. Free agency opens in a month.

"Poison pill" for offer sheets removed from CBA | ProFootballTalk
No more of that.

Classes Offer Cheerleading Hopefuls a Head Start | Buccaneers.com
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Where's our DC?

by aakks on Feb 15, 2012 8:09 AM EST reply actions

And here's where that 'every penny' title probably came from

“We purposely rolled every penny we could into this year’s cap. Clubs didn’t have to do that, but we wanted to. We have plans.” – Dom

The title in that article still appears to have been changed. It was misleading. I’m still not sure about this free agency thing, where we’re going. It is obvious we’re going to bring in a ton of second tier competition at a minimum, but will we (can we?) make a move for some top tier guys? Maybe, if we overpay.

by aakks on Feb 15, 2012 8:12 AM EST reply actions

We would likely

eaither have to pay top dollar and bring in a top tier guy and spend more than anyone would to get players attention, or sign enough decent talent to do the same. Either way we need some big moves and once a good player or two signs we are set. Keep in mind though that players will be meeting with Schiano not Morris and with the old regime behind us I think people are already starting to take us serious, I assess that from comment people are making about the Bucs on Yahoo and other places about the decision that have recently been made. Hell the Butch Davis article has been trending as one of the top read articles.

by Gobucsgo on Feb 15, 2012 9:00 AM EST up reply actions

Dom's got the green light

And also stated he’s looking for 2 starters, meaning F/A will give us the first glance at where Schiano’s going with this team personnel-wise. I’m thinking we’ll end up with 2 starters on both sides of the ball and maybe a couple late pick-ups after the draft. We’ve got plenty of holes to fill, so I wouldn’t doubt us signing 2-3 top tier guys to start and looking for depth later on. We get a peek at the big picture come March 6th, the optimist in me can’t wait.

by GoBuxGo on Feb 15, 2012 9:22 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions

I hope

for our sake that your right, I do beleive we will make some moves, not so sure on 2-3 top tier guys but that would be awesome, we definitely need that.

by Gobucsgo on Feb 15, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions

I honestly think the public talk about being active in F/A

Is just a way to flash they’re money at the market. Free Agents will have 60 million reasons to come interview , kind of the reason I’m thinking we could get at least 2 big time players.

by GoBuxGo on Feb 15, 2012 9:52 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions

Agreed

I think they are putting themselves “out there” before they start interviews. Players may be inticed to talk to us based on that alone/

by Gobucsgo on Feb 15, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions

This is all talk...at this point.

The Bucs organization is full of $h^t at this point. Anything anyone says from that organization will not be taken seriously (by me) until they actually SHOW us that they will spend money and acquire competitive talent. Keep talking Dominik, no one is listening.

by akbrown15 on Feb 15, 2012 10:44 AM EST reply actions

Its hard to disagree

by Carlitin1988 on Feb 15, 2012 10:47 AM EST via Android app up reply actions

Hard to

But they have never said they were going to spend, and they are making some pretty impressive moves right now. I like where we are headed. Have faith, Go Bucs!

by Gobucsgo on Feb 15, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions

The thing is

I liked Raheem I thought he needed to go after 10 straight L’s but I really did want him to succeed..it makes me wonder if Dom realized the need for F/A’s why wasnt he more willing to spend on last years rich F/A talent..I think he feels that with this Schiano hire and all of the “senior assistants” this is his last shot at keeping his own job..frustrating as a die hard that if you realize this now why didn’t you spend last year!!

Fire up that Blount!

by TampaBayAllTheWayFromCaliforni-A on Feb 15, 2012 11:06 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Spending is a huge part of it, but there were serious coaching problems

Our young players were not being properly developed. The team couldn’t even manage the simplest defensive schemes. The offensive play calling was horrendous. The team was unprepared, and it only got worse and worse. Complete lack of discipline, favorites played, etc. I could go on and on and on, and that’s all on the coaching staff.

None of that means the front office hasn’t made huge mistakes, but the coaching was a total disaster.

by aakks on Feb 15, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions

Oh with out a doubt

I don’t disagree at all that we needed a complete makeover..I’m just saying that when he was hired I liked Raheem and did want him to be successful..but no I totally agree everybody had to go..we’ve already talked about Olsen and his “ask Madden” philosophy on play calling

Fire up that Blount!

by TampaBayAllTheWayFromCaliforni-A on Feb 15, 2012 11:19 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Morris was set up to fail, absolutely

but that didn’t mean he needed to be shown the door.

by aakks on Feb 15, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

Mistyped

“that didn’t mean he didn’t need to be shown the door”

by aakks on Feb 15, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

Rah was totally rolled under the bus by Dom...

and would never succeed here. It wasn’t all his fault, but no quality coaches would join Rah here. He needed to go – and he left with his pockets full, so let’s not feel too badly for him.

by Cracker Ball on Feb 15, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed. It's pretty evident that they didn't want to spend money until Raheem had been fired (knowing that he couldn't keep up the 2010 success).

They were planning on starting over once Gruden’s contract was off the books.

Love Buccaneers - Hate Glazer

by Bucs on Feb 15, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions

Dom may be the one cutting the deals

But the Glazers control the purse strings.

by Gobucsgo on Feb 15, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions

right now, they both have earned a big

stinking F

by akbrown15 on Feb 15, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions

This may be a dumb question, but why can't we just spend freely every season?

If the players don’t perform well, we can just cut them and regain the cap room…right?

Love Buccaneers - Hate Glazer

by Bucs on Feb 15, 2012 12:11 PM EST reply actions

No. Most contracts come with cap penalties and guaranteed money.

So if we cut them we don’t get their money back into our cap.

by flash_kiley on Feb 15, 2012 12:57 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

not dumb

there are a lot of complicated things in terms of player contracts that affect cap, bonuses, guarantees etc. But rule of thum if they are under contract they affect the cap until the contract expires or is bought out.

by Gobucsgo on Feb 15, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions