Comments on: Make Plays By Not Making Plays

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:09:31 +0000

Joe your spot on. absolutely great article.

By: flmike

flmike — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:20:10 +0000

@Miguel El Gordo, how can you even consider the Morris era as part of any kind of rebuild, the franchise literally threw away 3 years, New coaches, New schemes, New players, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck. It’s probably a duck.

By: Miguel El Magnifico

Miguel El Magnifico — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:33:57 +0000

I think Joe nailed it when he said Bryan Cox is the shining star on this team.

This is NOT the 1st year of this rebuild, it’s the 4th year. The reasons they’re not in the playoffs borders on incompetence.

By: flmike

flmike — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:54:33 +0000

@Chiefbucsfan
If you had any expectation of the playoffs this season you were delusional, you had a team utterly and completely quit on its coach last season, you had a defensive line & LBs that couldn’t stop a speeding girl scout on her big wheel, you had DBs who couldn’t cover my grandmother, you had a one dimensional running back, one receiver and a QB who’s confidence was shot, and with a new coaching staff and two new schemes, (granted we had a good draft) and off of this you expected to go to the Super Bowl, no wonder you’re all disappointed. Reality is a bitch that slaps hard…

By: SacBucs

SacBucs — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:34:02 +0000

Joe your taste in women is incredible! You hit it out the park on this one. The Bucs fans are on target. You can pass the blame around like a forty ounce a brew. Since the playoffs .are in the wind watch coach put LGB in the Game.

Activate Michael Smith to punt return
Put Rosce in the slot. He’s going to do all the things us fans have been requesting all year. Or not because it might show how much of dictator Schiano is Fans. If our request are answered for the last 3 games and they work what does that say about coaching.

Means: Us Fans can run the Bucs better then these f-ing coaches & GM’s!!!

By: Ramdog

Ramdog — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:14:52 +0000

The BUCS have lost 4 leads in the fourth. Two of these leads were double digit (Giants and Eagles). Two were closer Falcons, Redskins. According to Advanced NFL stats a team leading by 7 points with 10 minutes left wins 90% of the time. So basically 90% of the time if you are leading by a touchdown in the fourth you will win. That is one score. The BUCS lost 2 of those games where they were leading by not 7 points but 10 or more. The falcons game we were winning by 6 with 4:22 left statistically the BUCS have above an 80% chance of winning. The Washington game was the BUCS should’ve lost but still most teams win that one 70% of the time. So of the 4 games we lost 2 we had a 90% chance of winning 1 we had an 80% chance of winning and 1 a 70% chance of winning.

So with those stats in mind we should have at least 2 maybe as many as 4 more games. That gives us from 8 to 10 wins now. I don’t think this is a Schiano or Freeman problem more of a defense/defensive scheme problem. Most likely I would say from what I can tell of Schiano’s personality and intolerance for mistakes that heads will roll and changes will occur in the off-season. Either new D Coordinator/ Defensive Back Coach or both, definitely more talent on the defensive side of the ball. I know this frustrates us but can you imagine what it is doing to an obsessive person like Schiano. He definitely knows these stats and it is intolerable to him that we loose even one game we shouldn’t.

I mean think about Blount couldn’t get in the end zone from the 1 yard line 4 times and fumbled in Oakland and he has seen the field how often. The only reason he hasn’t done anything now is he can’t. Who could he get as a D Coordinator/ DB Coach are there any good corners walking around the street he could pick up. No. He is stuck with what he has. I wouldn’t be shocked if Butch Davis became the D Coordinator he has quite a pedigree you know and is an excellent coach but if his contract situation prohibits someone else could come in. Who knows but regardless heads will roll.

By: KT

KT — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:43:16 +0000

Yes!!! Joe speak on it, no more sugar coating. There is blame all around starting up top with the decision to let Talib go when we did. Then not finding any veteran to replace him. Then on to the coaching staff repeatedly playing conservative football when you don’t have the pieces in place to make a defensive stop. To the defensive coordinator for leaving helpless db’s on islands to be destroyed week after week with terrible blitz calls and alignments. I subscribe to the wholesale changes theory, you can NOT expect people to pay there money to see the likes of Lewis and Biggers and Gorrer be torched week after week. It is unacceptable, inexcusable and irresponsible all the way from Dominik on down to Sheridan and it needs to be addressed and fixed. How can Schiano ever believe in putting a game in the defense’s feeble hands is beyond comprehension.

By: Legarrettes Blunt

Legarrettes Blunt — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:11:31 +0000

I am not a fan that runs around screaming for people to get fired, but I agree Sheridan must go. I also agree with what was said earlier. Dont fire Cooper because no coach could do anything with our DBs. But Sheridan has made too many of the same mistakes that have cost us critical games. Is Bill Sheridan really the best we can do? really?

By: Chiefbucsfan

Chiefbucsfan — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:10:57 +0000

flMike, a team should never enter the season looking to just improve. They should enter the season with the thought process of getting into the playoffs and winning a Super Bowl. Otherwise, why even bother playing the season? We as Bucs fans should expect the same thing. This team has not won a playoff game in 10 years, and hasn’t made the playoffs since the 2007 season. We as fans should expect more, and the players should too. The mindset of “we imporved as team” is unacceptable in my opinion, and breeds a losing mindset.

By: BucFan20

BucFan20 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:33:00 +0000

I knew this would come. Kiffin is on the market. All the losses are not on the secondary nor defense. How about an Offense that can’t score from the 1 yard line? Or a kicker who misses a field goal? Or Offense that can only get in field goal range. I think to many field goals cost you games too. The secondary cost us the playoffs? I don’t think so. The defense got caught with their pants down on the last play Sunday. Listen to the radio broadcast. Brooks was in the booth with Gene and Dave. Saw it was comming even before the snap. Knew they were going to roll and pass. Defense went for the run. David calls the defense. Had they seen it LJ would have been there and not by himself either. Brooks also caught Barber screw up earlier in the drive and let a receiver catch a pass.

There is a line coach. The front four has had no pressure on QB’s this season. That adds pressure on the secondary. Their is no depth and has been none for a long time. Barber was moved to safety. He and Barron have screwed up many times. Barron has vanished except for the run game. Alot of time in games they are on the field forever. To blame the DC is stupid. Injuries have caused problems, no depth. Go talk to your GM. While your at it tell all players they are no longer allowed to get injured. Besides of which there is no saying we win the rest of our games at this point is there?? Have we played them? And we have Mr. Accurate Freeman also. Great under pressure. Not!!

By: chipbuc

chipbuc — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:25:00 +0000

Cooper cant make chicken salad out of chicken do do.Wait till next year when he has some players to work with,then you will know how good a coach he is.

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:20:44 +0000

It’s not just the CBs. Barron was terrible in helping out on the last drive. I know it is his job to keep the WR out of the end zone, but he was much too slow to react on the play that set up the TD. He has been slow to react for much of the year. It does not matter how hard a hitter he is. If he can’t close the gap in the zone, or if he can’t cover a TE, he is not going to make the secondary better.