Comments on: A Secret Superstar

By: DaMayan

DaMayan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:36:28 +0000

Te’o was a 3rd pick by the Eagles and isnt a scrub. He’s played pretty good and actually maybe just as good as Clayborn who didnt start well.

By: IdahoBucsfan

IdahoBucsfan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:05:15 +0000

Incredible article Joe! This was quite pertinent! I share your view, the only thing I would add, would be a clear declaration that the difference is Great coaching on the BUCS and NOT so great coaching in Carolina! GO BUCS!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:52:37 +0000

JonBuc:

A scrub defensive back by the name of Bob Prout. He was camp meat/taxi squad guy for the Raiders for a while and made the Cowboys for a year or two. Gene Stallings was his position coach. When Joe was in college covering an NFL training camp, Joe asked Stallings about Prout and Stallings just went over the top raving about the guy.

Joe just wants to cry he’s forgotten so much about the technical aspects of football he learned from Prout. There was no big epiphany he had, but it was ssssooo many little things that, put together, made a monster difference. Hell, Joe learned how to use his hands to block (don’t always need to drill a guy), how to get your knuckles under a defender’s breast plates on his shoulder pads to gain leverage, how to use your thighs to tackle, just so many things it was unbelievable.

When Joe saw his first NFL training camp (Stallings, again), they did everything in stations like Joe’s high school team did. It was like watching Joe’s old high school practices, only the players were twice as big and quick.

It was at that point that Joe realized he had a very, very, very special coach in high school.

Oh, given Prout’s NFL linage, he hated the Steelers worse than the devil.

By: Armando

Armando — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:41:22 +0000

That guy makes alot of splash plays. He could something special – get him in the game more.

By: Buc N' A

Buc N' A — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:04:53 +0000

Hey Joe – I too am excited about the coaching and the next man up, but as much as everyone dumps on Raheem – didn’t the same thing happen in 2010? We had injury after injury and the next man up was always handling business without missing a beat. Not saying Schiano isn’t a million times better coach than Raheem, but Raheem’s Rosetta Stone approach did work for a little while. It was obviously not sustainable. All I know is, I’m glad we got that Jersey guy running our ship. The future is bright guys and gals. VERY bright indeed. Go Bucs!! No let-down this weekend. Win the games you should win!

By: JonBuc

JonBuc — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:00:21 +0000

Joe: Who was your high school coach if you don’t mind telling us…

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:39:15 +0000

I think this should serve notice that it really doesn’t matter what ranks the coaches come from. That was my argument all along, the game is basically the same on college and pro level but it is much faster on the pro level and you have the best players from the college ranks so it makes it much more difficult to game plan. If you have coaches who understand the game and know how to communicate and teach then it doesn’t matter whether they come from the college ranks or whatever….they can be successful.

It’s just like school, you have teachers who may know their subject but they are poor at communicating their knowledge to the students. The best teachers are the best communicators. Schiano did a good job of getting great teachers who happen to be very knowledgeable about football. The difference in talent between players in the NFL is minimized when you have great coaching. We’re seeing that with these Bucs replacements.

By: bucsfaninchina

bucsfaninchina — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:15:58 +0000

This season has given me a new perspective on just how much coaching plays a role with these pros.