Comments on: The QB Blasts: Improvement Falls On Olson

By: Ravelston

Ravelston — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:14:31 +0000

T-Jay
THink this is a real pivotal game for Olson, too. He’s going to be the fall guy if the Bucs only win 6, not Morris.

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“if the Bucs only win 6″ – Seven weeks ago, if you’d suggested the Bucs were going to win 6, most people would have wondered what you were smoking. Now it’s grounds for firing a coach – amazing.

By: McBuc

McBuc — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:59:46 +0000

It is too bad Jeff rarely if ever comments on readers posts. That is one of the things that made Steve White’s section so much better.

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:39:33 +0000

Jeff, I was watching top 10 lefty QB’s on the NFL channel and they mentioned you on the show, not as top 10 but definitely made the show less than 10 minutes into it. Good job.

By: mike56wesley

mike56wesley — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:26:41 +0000

BAMMBAMM:Ithought i was in the twilight zone you hit it right on the head .i know everyone knows what you are saying is true because this is the way to build a team,they know it takes time .it was three years b4sapp and brooks won.it seems to me they want morris gone before next year for personal reasons.get rid of the coach because he has 5rookies playing five second year players and he is 3-2.because we lost to the saints and the steelers,didnt the steelers call us paper champs and beat us when we were a power house?yeah fire that coach ,winning with all that talent gruden developed and left us for the future.boy his days should be #.

By: Apple Roof Cleaning

Apple Roof Cleaning — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:24:51 +0000

Tampa stacked the box against the Steelers, and we got burned by their receiver Wallace with his blazing speed. The minute we went to cover 2, they ran all over us, even old Charlie Batch. Steve Jackson of the Rams is one powerful man, and Sam Bradford is a dangerous QB. Hey, these guys just beat the Chargers ! Hopefully McCoy will record his first sack against his old teammate Sunday, and Blount will run all over THEM.
Thank You Jeff for your excellent breakdowns.

By: McBuc

McBuc — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:17:39 +0000

BamBam = Voice of reason

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:43:49 +0000

First off… it’s Wash… Todd Wash, not Walsh. And you make it sound like if it’s broke, replace the whole thing, don’t ever try and fix anything. That’s a bit extreme. If the turn signals aren’t working on my car, I replace the flasher or the bulb. I don’t buy a new car.

If the D-line isn’t getting coached as well as they should, you replace the coach that has that responsibility. If a FB isn’t blocking as well as he should, you get a new FB. You don’t fire a head coach that is doing better this year because some little things aren’t working.

The talent is getting better on the team. That has to do with Dominik, that has to do with Morris. Is it a process? Yeah, and if you’re not willing to wait for it to work, join the bandwagon of a team that is already championship ready. If you’d trade in a car with broken turn signals for a new “better” car, trade in your team that’s building for a team that’s there. I think I’ll wait it out with the players and coaches we have. Hopefully they make the adjustments to personnel (both player and coaching) needed to keep getting better.

By: Buc You

Buc You — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:15:29 +0000

So the next scape goat is:

Greg Olson?
Then
Todd Walsh (D-line coach)?
Then
The O-line Coach?

GO GET COWHER YOU SNIVELING GLAZER BRATS!!! I mean your got damn dad traded the farm for Gruden and won a Super Bowl. GO GET COWHER!!!

By: McBuc

McBuc — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:44:43 +0000

Lab or film room…Who cares, what do you expect him to say when asked about what happened. They have to watch the film and fix the issue. The word “lab” is a non issue.

I agree with BamBam about this week. The D needs to step up.

By: Pete 422

Pete 422 — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:12:22 +0000

I once heard Howard Schnellenberger quoted saying that if an offense can get the tight end and fullback very involved in the passing game, you can go right down the field “every time.” Well, we have those people in place, so I’d love to see that. It would also open up everything else (WRs and running game).

i think Morris is better this year than last as far as talking to the media. He says less “When you talk about…” that drove me nuts last year. Now and the lab thing has to go. He should get better with time. I listen to his show and he is much better than last year.

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:09:16 +0000

This week is gonna be even harder to get things going, rather than easier. Even though the opponent is the Rams, the Bucs will be without starting Center Jeff Faine (starting Zuttah) and likely without starting LG Keydrick Vincent (starting Ted Larsen). Also, they’ll be without Kareem Huggins for a change of pace and Earnest Graham is likely limited at best with an injury of his own. We’ll likely see Lumpkin get his first action and more Blount mixed in with Caddy. If Graham is out, Pressley and young Erik Lorig will have the task at FB (maybe with some Lumpkin there too). That’s not gonna make it easy to get the run game going, and Freeman is gonna have to be making more plays on his own with the line dinged up.

I think this week, the defense is going to HAVE to step up and make plays to win this game. Give the offense good field position with 3 and outs and turnovers. Give the offense some confidence with some points early (either via turnover or short field). They will have to limit Steven Jackson, they will have to tackle better.

This is the week Benn needs to show up to play. If he can step up this week, the tandem of Williams, Stroughter and Benn with Winslow would be a great improvement and get the defense back off the line of scrimmage (And yes, Jeff Carlson, it’s Stroughter, not Sloughter).

Should be an interesting week, I’m hopeful for a win, but the healthy team that started the year is no more. Let’s see how they deal with this adversity against a up and coming team.

By: Pete W.

Pete W. — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:52:03 +0000

Nice work Carlson. The lab thing sounds stupid to me to. I almost wish they didn’t put those press conferences online, it’s made me think a lot less of coaches and the media.