The Man Responsible For Raheem Has His Back
April 8th, 2010
Raheem the Dream can thank Herm Edwards for his job.
Now, the man responsible for Raheem the Dream has his back in maybe his greatest time of need.
It was Herm, a former Bucs secondary coach and then the coach of the Jets, who gave Raheem the Dream his first taste of the NFL, inviting him to participate in a minority internship program with Gang Green in 2001.
Later when looking for an assistant, Herm recommended Raheem the Dream to Monte Kiffin, then the patriarch of the Bucs’ defense.
The rest is history.
So it’s no surprise that Herm, with many vultures (Bucs fans) swirling around Raheem the Dream, ready to pounce and pick apart the carcass should Raheem the Dream ever fall, has come to Raheem the Dream’s defense, per Anwar Richardson of the Tampa Tribune.
“It’s really tough because you have him in his first year doing it and then you have (general manager) Mark Dominik’s first time doing it,” said Edwards, now an NFL analyst for ESPN. “You have two young guys, and I think they will be successful given some time, but it’s hard.
“The thing Raheem learned the first year is ‘who is our staff?’ That first staff you hire is probably not going to be your only staff. It takes awhile to get your staff, and the problem for him is he gets hired kind of late, it’s kind of shocking how he gets hired, and a lot of guys already had contracts.”
Herm went on to state that as much of a mess that things were last year, that had the Bucs won five games he would have considered the season a success for Raheem the Dream.
Also, Edwards noted something that eye-RAH! Kaufman, of the Tampa Tribune, brought up months ago: That the Bucs were in such a hole offensively due to the number of points given up by the Bucs’ defense in the first quarter, that any team would have had difficulty.
April 8th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
“That the Bucs were in such a hole offensively due to the number of points given up by the Bucs’ defense in the first quarter, that any team would have had difficulty.”
Well that will happen when you change defensive schemes and don’t draft or sign any players compatible with such a scheme change. Had they not changed defense, maybe, just maybe they win one or two more? Although averaging 15 points a game last year, that would still have been difficult to do.
April 8th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
BTW why didn’t Raheem and Dom try and hire Herm Edwards for defensive coordinator? Oh that’s right “they” wanted to make that defensive scheme change and we all know how that worked out.
April 8th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Herm was such a horrible head coach that no one should even ask his opinion.
April 8th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Radio, I second that.
April 8th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
So it’s Herm Edwards fault that we are stuck with thus guy?
April 8th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
They say, Birds of a feather flock together! Thse 2 are sure cut from the same mold! Suck Cloth! By the way, Joe. Morris was recommended to Kiffin to be the “quality control coach”, whatever that might entail! Certainly not to be mentored by Kiffin to take over his defense.
April 8th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
This will be the third team Herm Edwards ( Endora ) from Bewitched had a hand on screwing up Jets Chiefs.. He sucks as much as Morris . Trim you fucking eye brows you jerk!!!
April 9th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Two worthless coaches with a meaningless vote of confidence. Kind of like the Captain of the Titanic telling the Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald that he is a good skipper.