“We Have A Lot Of Room To Improve… “
May 14th, 2010
There was no worse player for the Bucs last year than Sabby the Goat.
The former second round pick played like a guy the Bucs found on the street leaving one of the clothing optional establishments across the street from the CITS on Dale Mabry Highway at 4 a.m. on a nondescript Sunday morning.
Despite play that made Joe want to throw up all over his brand new Bucs jersey from BucsGear.com, Joe doesn’t hate Sabby the Goat. He seems like a really cool guy.
Take for example his appearance on the too Jewish-named “King David” show on WQYK-AM 1010 Thursday with co-hosts Shaun King and Toby David. Sabby the Goat spoke of the problems the Bucs defense had last year, noting the abortion that was the Jim Bates Experiment.
“We have a lot of room to improve, everybody knows that. There’s not one person [at One Buc Palace] that doesn’t know that.
“We feel more confident. We have to bring the defense back to the hard-hitting Tampa-2 that everyone is used to. For me, it’s a personal challenge. I didn’t live up to where [the Bucs] expected of me.”
Sabby the Goat also said the Bucs defenders last year never were confident in the Jim Bates Experiment. The worse it got, the more convinced they were it was a horror show.
“As you play you want to have that sense of confident, that your playing is second nature, you just react. We believed in the defense early in the OTAs but the veteran guys didn’t believe in the scheme,” Sabby the Goat said. “Maybe we didn’t have enough reps? Maybe we didn’t give it enough time?
“We were thinking. When you have 11 guys thinking and not reacting, it slows everyone down. But we are professional. There’s no excuses.”
Joe assumes Sabby the Goat knows his time to prove his worth is nearing a deadline. He is one of 17 players who will be free agents at the end of the 2010 season. Per Anwar Richardson of the Tampa Tribune, via Rotoworld.com, Sabby the Goat is only making $550,000 a year.
If his play doesn’t markedly improve, he won’t even make that much. For his new team.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
The Goat is speaking far more intelligently than his head coach.
Sort of refreshing to hear a guy speak minus the BS that has been flowing form one buc.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
No mention of Sean Jones?
May 14th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
sean jones is a dumpster
May 14th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
sabby will blow up this year and make the pro bowl he is a stud !! watch his combine fools white spandex sabby
May 14th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
@nick
You’re an idiot…I have friends who played with Sabby at Oregon State…he doesn’t have it upstairs, just like you…
May 14th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Everytime I see that picture of the goat, it reminds me of that scene from The Animal with Rob Schneider. Hilarious!
May 14th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Joe,
Did I read “too-jewish sounding” and an abortion metaphor in the same paragraph? Do you have Fox News playing in the background??
LOL
May 15th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Just why in the hell did Dom & The Dream think they were doing by changing the defensive scheme!!!??? And, these are the guys who are suppose to lead us to the promised land?
May 15th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Hosstyle in Tampa:
LOL No, just that one of Joe’s favorite lines is in the Blazing Saddles link… “too Jewish.” 🙂
May 15th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Joe,
Where’s Jermaine Philips??!! I’d kind of like to know. He did nothing but play great football for us since our Super Bowl season and for some reason he is now a forgotten man! He’s a heck of a lot better than Sabby.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:13 am
i have much man love for sabby you are all haters sabby is the man, thats right I said man love!!!
May 15th, 2010 at 4:21 am
@ Nick
You are a fucking moron, keep loving the Goat. Like you, he’s too big of an idiot to realize he was one of the main reasons this defense got fried last year! Keep loving on a loser, someone needs to love on this piece of shit!
May 15th, 2010 at 4:28 am
@ Nick the Goat lover
Name more than one play over the Buffalo interception Sabby made a difference on the field? Jesus, we have guys in Iraq and Afghanistan getting paid less than a 10th what that piece of shit gets paid, and you want to defend him you piece of shit???
May 15th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Sean Jones is a very servicable, experienced vet that should be much more dependable at SS this year. TJax, Barber, and Talib should be able to shine instead of trying to make up for Sabby’s horrible and constant mistakes. On top of that we now have Myron Lewis to play nickel which is a huge upgrade over Elbert Mack. Our secondary should be pretty solid this year. If our defensive line can actually get consistant pressure, our secondary will look outstanding.
On a side note, I would bet real money that Dekoda Watson is starting by mid season. He needs to improve his coverage ability, but he is a force at the line of scrimmage. He is faster than any of our current LBs, and has the ability to shoot gaps for TFL and sacks unlike any of our other LBs. He is an upgrade for stopping the run over Hayes or Black, hopefully Raheem being a secondary coach will help him improve his coverage ability. He could be something special.
May 15th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
why do you have to call me a piece of shizzle thats not nice cause of my man lovefor sabby and I also love goats