Joe’s got his opinions, I have mine, sometimes those two aren’t the same. I defend my opinions because I’m right and Joe defends his because he thinks he is and I respect that. He’s a real dude, he’s not always politically correct, every-once-in-a-while he gets a little overly sensitive or take something the wrong way… again, he’s a real guy and that’s life.

As for the issue some of you have with Joe… humility…Raheem’s ego, etc. Joe is right, Raheem said he has no ego and then he said he was the best… that’s a huge contradiction and is definitely worthy of being pointed out. As for humility, have it, don’t have it, but whatever he does, he should be himself and consistently do that. I think he is pretty darn consistent. Yeah, he can be a little egotistical, he should be. He believes he is a pretty big fan of the Bucs, and he is, and he believes he knows most of what he is talking about, and he does.

As for his persona of using himself in the 3rd person, at first I was put off by it… but now it is a little comical… because #1, his name probably isn’t really Joe, and #2, there’s no way he talks like that in the real world. I mean imagine the guy trying to get somebody to work on his house or ordering food from a restaurant, “Joe ordered his steak medium rare, this is well done. Do Joe a favor and get your sweet cheeks back in the kitchen and cook Joe up another steak, this one medium rare. Joe thanks you.”

If I had one complaint about Joe, it’s that he hasn’t made a JoeBucsFan App for Android. Other than that, Brandon thinks Joe has done an excellent job.

Both PR and JBF benefited from that.

But the Joes produced the content that kept us here. In fact…I would venture to say that JBF has even pulled over some people from PR as well.

Just so you know, Joe, here’s the things I view as pros and cons of the site:

Pros
Plenty of content
You give credit to your sources (I have seen PR harvest their leads from other peoples stories)
When you put the thought into original stories and editorials, you produce quality stuff

Cons
Thomas
Thomas wannabees
THE SPAM FILTER!!!!! (wink)

So much love, Joe is soothed.

Joe’s got a special place in his heart for the real old-time commenters from 2008 like BigMacAttack, Mr. Lucky, Dave (who now goes by a different name), Sgt. Mike, and RastaMon and his former haiku fetish. … Joe used to write for a few hundred visits to the site daily. And Joe remembers when it was a big deal hitting 1,000 daily visits. Now Joe hangs in the 15,000 per day range. … Yeah, Joe loves other long-time commenters that came on board in ’09 and since. Just referencing some ’08 names from memory.

Joe’s really only booted about a dozen people in almost four years, and most of those have reinvented themselves.
Of course, many more have told Joe to F-off, such as the famous JimBuc departure, which was topped by the Thomas 2.2 jettisoning, only to see the masses demand his return. UFOJoe and JDouble delivered memorable middle fingers Joe’s way.

Ahh, the memories.

I must be inebriated, because I am finding myself agreeing with BigMacAttack above.

@Oar What is this obsession you have with large jockstraps? Jockstrap Grande? Sounds like you’re ordering in a gay Starbucks. It reminds me of Joe’s obsession with Rachel Watson not that there’s anything wrong with that.

@Eric
“Some of us reached those conclusions about Rah at his introductory press conference.
Took a ten game losing streak to convince others.”

Truer words were never spoken. Every time he got up to speak, I had to turn off the TV, radio or video. The man was and is a moron. Like Ray Perkins, the stupidest man alive, he had no business running a NFL team. Like Ray Perkins, he actually thought he was doing a great job.

Maybe ego isn’t the best word for it, I like hubris, but Garv would think you were talking about circumcision.

He wears his love for the Bucs on his sleve and yeah sometimes the stories are a ‘reach’ but Joe just calls them as he sees them.

Personally I’m amazed that the Joe(s) let as much garbage fly around here as they do; but maybe that’s why I keep coming back time and time (I think it will be 4 years in September? )

Well whatever your personal opinion about the Bucs just know this; Joe1 and Joe2 have THEIR opinions and they’re not afraid to write it and let it influence all things Buc.

Best Tampa Bay Bucs site around, hands down.

Joe(s) don’t stop what you’re doing. Two thumbs up here guys.