Comments on: Ron Cooper Discounts His Coaching Influence

By: OAR

OAR — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:01:48 +0000

truth
“This team increased the payroll and saw nothing in return in the win column.”
Really? Uh.. we had 3 more wins than in 2011. Last time I checked, increasing wins is considered an improvement.

“do not single out coach Cooper”
Really? It was the only part of our defense with no improvement! So, why not the guy in charge of them?

“this coach has yet to take blame for the worst defense in the history of the N.F.L.”
I know…Raheem should man up and take that blame! Afterall, his defense was the worse!!

“this defense added more defense player’s and got worst as a defense”
Really? Again, this years defense is more improved/better than 2011. Rankings in 2011 points 32nd, yards 30th.
Rankings in 2012 points 23rd(the important stat), yards 29th(from that crappy secondary). BTW we were #1 in rush defense!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:21:41 +0000

Buc’It:

The Bucs came a handful of yards for setting a 97-year record for worst pass defense. Who ya’ gonna blame, the offensive line coach?

You can’t claim Cooper had garbage to work with when the Adderall Twins were getting blowtorched to a crisp.

By: Buc'It

Buc'It — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:04:11 +0000

I completely agree with Cooper cause anything he said is true. Anyone who feels he is wrong is borderline idiotic. This man was given players off the street and was told to make them “Revis-esqe” so they could hold their own on a island for 4+ seconds as Schiano repeatedly sent blitzes with little to no safety help.

@Joe

Stop the ‘well Tampa had Talib and Wright in NY’ speech. Yes they were there but don’t blame it on Cooper when the gameplan calls for numerous blitzes of a SB winning QB. Though both a good they are far from Revis/Champ.

By: the truth

the truth — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:24:19 +0000

Name me one coach that could have worked with this defense backfield. this defense added more defense player’s and got worst as a defense.,it’s call coaching from a head position.

By: the truth

the truth — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:19:44 +0000

Joe, you may be right however the last two years both defense had one thing in common a rock star G.M

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:54:44 +0000

truth:

How can a coach who had nothing to work with become the fall guy.

Joe can answer that very easily.

Name a corner who improved over the course of the season. Joe’s not talking Pro Bowl level, just improved, even a little, from Game 1 through Game 16.

Leonard Johnson. MAY-bee.

A decent coach can take a bunch of stiffs and actually get them to play just a hair better over the course of four months. You know, it’s called “coaching.”

Remember, when the Bucs coughed up over 500 yards to Eli Manning, both Adderall twins were on the field, not the castoffs that Dominik pulled off the street in December.

By: the truth

the truth — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:48:00 +0000

Will someone question the head coach, he hired coach Cooper. How can a coach who had nothing to work with become the fall guy. This team increased the payroll and saw nothing in return in the win column. do not single out coach Cooper, why do you think other coaches have left. this coach has yet to take blame for the worst defense in the history of the N.F.L.

By: Andrew 1

Andrew 1 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:34:18 +0000

There is some truth to what his said. He can coach till he is blue in the face but if the players dont listen to his coaching then there is not much he can do to fix it. At the same time though, he does sound like he was in way over his head.

By: Stranger

Stranger — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:28:21 +0000

Pick6, don’t simplify their job. Big program coaches have to coach just as much as any other coach. You forget that most of their players will only ever be college players. So you have to prepare them and your 5/4star recruits to do their jobs, whether its against a small school or an Alabama. Not to mention if your stars aren’t properly prepared for the pros, your future recruits will go elsewhere. All of that is without college athlete shenanigans.

@Ladyz

Don’t disregard peoples comments just because they don’t fall in line. The bottom line is our secondary needs more talent and no amount of coaching fixes during the season.

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:25:28 +0000

At least this is one major problem out of the way, in the weakest aspect of their play.

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:23:25 +0000

Cooper has quite the Defeatest Attitude. It sounds like he gave up before the season even started.

Good God Man, where’s your balls? You are lucky to have made it to the NFL, at least fight to stay there. It has a lot to do with motivating people and leading them, not just coaching, teaching or giving pointers. This guy obviously has limited communication skills, and was exposed last season. I think USF made a big mistake here and they must have been desperate when they made this choice. I’m very surprised Les Miles stuck with Cooper and even more surprised Schiano didn’t replace him early on last season.

By: pick6

pick6 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:04:52 +0000

interesting. i would be more likely to call the college game “player driven”, or perhaps talent-driven. there is almost always a clearly more talented team in college football, and that team almost always wins. in the NFL there is a narrower spectrum of talent, individual drive, effective coaching, and diligent game planning are what pay off. this is why so many college coaches of premier programs fail in the NFL – the heavy lifting is over after the recruits arrive, and there’s not much to do but let the kids line up and play until bowl season approaches. the coaches at the non-marquee programs (stanford, rutgers, syracuse) are the ones who have to coach players up and work hard on a gameplan and are more prepared for the NFL