Comments on: THE PESSIMIST: Ward Cut Reeks Of Frugality

By: Dingo

Dingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:43:09 +0000

E. Graham is not a crappy fulback. .He has proven himself each time called upon

By: MVPFreeman

MVPFreeman — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:16:10 +0000

… except Eric that is .

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:31:22 +0000

Then I congratulate Joe on finding the only other Derrick Ward fan in Tampa and letting him write a column that no one seems to agree with

By: Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:34:19 +0000

Keeping Ward or cutting him – does it really matter?????

By: RustyRhino

RustyRhino — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:15:10 +0000

Carlos Brown has looked good when he has had a chance to play….. Not last game though… he is a rookie from a good program, lets see what he has. As for cutting Ward being frugal if you are not producing and your salary is high what do you expect?
Try this at work Pessimist, go to work get a raise and then stop working hard for that raise. Let us know how that works out for you….

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:13:19 +0000

I think Ward lost the edge and his heart wasn’t in Tampa. I’m with Dom & Rah on this one. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have their eyes on a young RB from another team that is too far down the Depth Chart to make it and may be a practice team player. It would not surprise me is they sign a young Bull RB. I also think Dom has made good moves so far this year and I trust his judgment, more so than last year. This may mean that Michael Spurlock makes the team, as a WR, K&PR, & Backup QB. The guy has worked hard and is versatile and I think he made the 53.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:25:04 +0000

This team is doomed to a miserable season. They’ll be lucky to get 1-2 wins. Stupid move getting rid of Ward.

By: eric

eric — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:13:08 +0000

I like the pessimist!

Beautifully written, well reasoned post sir, my heartfelt compliments!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:58:55 +0000

Joe here,

Tom — Joe is not THE PESSIMIST. Sorry to disappoint you.

By: jaytek74

jaytek74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:58:25 +0000

With or without Ward the running game is suspect. If Ward would have been so great he would have kept the Cadillac in the garage. I do not know since I do not claim to be an expert, why the Bucs can not run the ball for more than -3 to 3 yards at a time. Is the line way over rated, the backs not very good or is it that our offensive playbook is not geared to keep opposing defenses guessing. I hope that Freeman has a much improved passer rating and the new wideouts and can keep defenses honest so that we can finally have some semblance of a running game.

By: JimBuc

JimBuc — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:37:31 +0000

the_buc_realist Says:

“Its not the cutting of Dominik’s free agents that drives the fans crazy, its bringing in people that can’t contribute for whatever reason.”

Well, can you name anyone — even with 100% hindsight — that was abetter option that Ward at the time. Maybe with hingsight, maybe not, but certainly not at the time. When Dom got him, Ward was the #1 RB free agent. He got a lot of money and became a turd. It happens

Ward being cut only further illustrates why Free Agency is full of perils.

Almost laughable that this is to the “pessimist” a money thing.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:25:02 +0000

I love how Joe thinks…oh I mean the PESSIMIST…thinks that Ward had such an outstanding preseason game last week. The guy TOTALED 19 yards on 4 carries (just under 5 a pop), including his two shifty runs and his two worthless runs.

The guy averaged 3.6 yards per carry last year and 1.8 yards per carry in the preseason, but the PESSIMIST can’t understand that Ward sucked?

I’d be far more disappointed if Joe actually had some say in personnel and players like Ward and Clayton were kept because of things they did years ago over rather than what they can do now. It’s almost like Joe is drawing a commission from these guys.

Anyone notice that no one is agreeing with the premise?