Bucs Have Run Out Of Scapegoats

November 25th, 2009
In a recent piece typed by Joe Henderson, the Tampa Tribune columnist all but skinned Bucs general manager Mark Dominik.

In a recent piece typed by Joe Henderson, the Tampa Tribune columnist all but skinned Bucs general manager Mark Dominik.

While Joe enjoyed a late-morning breakfast Tuesday of biscuits and gravy — sprinkled with paprika — and a side order of hash browns, he was surfing through his blackberry — the 21st Century version of spreading out the fishwraps — for reactions to the Bucs defrocking defensive coordinator Jim Bates.

When Joe ran across Joe Henderson’s missive in the Tampa Tribune, he had to set down his cup of coffee and make sure he didn’t drop his blackberry in his breakfast.

An angry Henderson lashed out at Bucs management, including its head coach, claiming shredding Bates from his title was nothing more than a ploy to cover up the many errors since taking the reigns of the Bucs last winter.

Here’s a simple question for Raheem Morris and Mark Dominik: Who’s left to blame now?

You ran the offensive coordinator away before the season even started. And now, you stripped defensive coordinator Jim Bates of his duties after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense fell to the bottom of the National Football League.

So who’s left to blame?

How about you guys?

Wow! And Henderson was just warming up. He indirectly mocked Raheem the Dream for his indecision but left his harshest words for Dominik.

Dominik squandered money on Mike Nugent (cut) and Michael Clayton. I’ll give him a thumbs-up on Kellen Winslow and a cautious thumbs-up on Josh Freeman, but that’s about it. His fingerprints were on the Jeff Jagodzinski disaster at offensive coordinator, and when they’re done investigating the chalk outline of Jim Bates it will lead to Dominik’s door instead.

Joe will be the first to admit: The best style of prose is angry writing.

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