Jim Bates Is Fed Up
November 18th, 2009It appears as if Bucs defensive coordinator Jim Bates has (finally) had it.
Seems as though eye-RAH! Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune has learned that Bates has become so frustrated with the (lack of) production of his front seven, that he will be fazing out some of the stalwarts Bates thought initially to be starters.
Q: When are they going to clean house in the defense? The offense won the (Dolphins) game and the defense gave it away.
Dick Williams, TampaA: The process has already begun. You will see defensive coordinator Jim Bates giving more playing time to guys like Michael Bennett, Roy Miller, Dre Moore and Tim Crowder down the stretch. The Bucs may also reduce Quincy Black’s playing time a bit in an effort to see how other players fare at strong-side LB.
The Bucs harbor no illusions about their defensive deficiencies. Raheem Morris has already stated plainly they lack personnel on that side of the ball and you can bet Tampa Bay will lean heavily toward defense in the April draft.
— Ira Kaufman
It’s about friggin’ time!!! You mean to tell Joe it took Bates this long, nine games, to come to this conclusion? Really? Can you imagine?
And God forbid Bates try something different than that g-damned two-gap front.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I think we are all fairly fed up with Jim Bates… Bring back The Tampa 2!
November 18th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
As Steve White pointed out, changing the players won’t solve the problem. The scheme is the problem!
November 18th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
That’s great and very encouraging when it comes to the D line. But who else can play LB besides Black? Do we have anyone else on the team?
November 18th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Steve White for DC?
November 18th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
lets make raheen morris the dc…oh wait i forgot he is a stand in at the head coach position…..bring back the chuckaneers!!
November 18th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
So what are OTA’s for?
What is the preseason used for?
I guess it takes a BRILLIANT DC
November 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
it takes a BRILLIANT DC
November 18th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I don’t mind him playing the players he did for so long, they needed a chance. I do like the idea of getting EVERYONE some time now. Between D-Line and WR and LB they need to figure out what they have heading towards the offseason.
If he is going to stick to this scheme though, they need a massive DT (Cody) or a very disruptive one (Suh) to take up a couple interior blockers.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
He is correct about some of the players like Black & Sabbitha who are doing a lousy job, but the ROOT of the problem is him, Master Bates. He should look in the mirror and repeat after Trump “YOU’RE FIRED!!!”
November 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Now now, lets not be so hard on Jimmy B. He prepares hard for every team, I mean he’s run over a 1000 simulations in Tecmo Bowl on how to defend Bo Jackson, and for the most part it’s been successful. He’s still finding a way to translate Tecmo Bowls defensive playbook to the field, but we just don’t have the players to fit the scheme right now.