Bryan Glazer, Dominik Welcome Blogger
October 5th, 2010
The funny, foul-mouthed guy who runs Bucstats.com has written an entertaining account of his invitation-only visit to One Buc Place.
“Scott,” the longtime guru of Bucstats.com, documents being invited by the Buccaneers media relations department for a summer bonding session with Bucs bloggers and team officials. And he details his subsequent visit, which included one-on-one time with Mark Dominik and Bryan Glazer.
Joe has verified with the Bucs that the account is legitimate.
Here’s a small snippet: Joe suggests you read the whole thing (parental guidance is strongly advised).
After a few minutes of watching practice, Bryan Glazer walked out and Dominik went over to greet him and they chatted for a while. Then Glazer came over and introduced himself to me. “Yeah, the Bucstats guy,” was what he said. The owner of the Buccaneers knows who I am.
I’d like to stop for a moment to remind myself about the countless hooker jokes and all the times I confessed that I cannot adequately satisfy a woman and all my semi-gay mancrushes. Bryan Glazer probably read all those.
Glazer asked how I liked the tour so far and we talked about the direction the Bucs were going in, the youth movement and, again, the media’s treatment of the team. One thing that seemed to bother Glazer is the perception of his brothers and him as hands-off owners. He has only missed one home and one away game since they bought the team in 1995 despite the reporting from the local media that they are just check writers. And he desperately wants to win. He knew the 3-13 season was coming and he’s committed to sticking to the plan, but I could tell the losing season wasn’t any fun for him. I’m convinced that this isn’t just an expensive hobby for the Glazers that they could discard if they got bored with it. I’m sure Manchester United is important to them, too, but Glazer was there with a briefcase and obviously working on the Buccaneers, not just basking in the glow of owning a major sports franchise. If they had wanted to sell it, I’m sure they could have done it by now.
Joe finds it interesting that the Bucs have reached out to bloggers this season. It’s a wise move, considering the readers of these websites are their core audience, the hardcore fans that buy the tickets, purchase the gear, and spew their passionate opinions and shape public opinion of the team.
As for the Bucs reaching out to Joe for this blogger camping trip, well, Joe’s going to withhold all comment.
Joe will say he’s had a sometimes ugly, sometimes pretty relationship with the Bucs for the past 2+ years, much like any other media outlet.
October 5th, 2010 at 11:45 am
maybe he talk to this site..if you didnt refer to yourself in the 3rd person…lol…j/k…dont get mad like you always do..man
Goodfellajay – Joe only got mad at you for continually posting and promoting the unauthorized Internet streams of blacked out Bucs games. All you had to do was tell people to search Google if they wanted to find out where, but you continued to disregard Joe. …Good to have you back from your banning.
October 5th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Thanks for the link to another Bucs site Joe. I very much like Scott’s perspective. I’ll read that one daily too.
And what the heck is 85 doing in one of your advertisements for Champs? They are the enemy… lol.
October 5th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Joe, If your the 4th richest NFL owner in football ,than can you explain why you should ever go through a ” Rebuilding” stage…Do you think the red sox or yankmees will ever be in a stage like that???
October 5th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Two totally different animals comparing baseball and football.
Throwing cash around hasn’t worked out all that well for Danny Snyder and Jerry Jones. Yeah, Jones did pretty well… 20 years ago.
The Rooney family is known for being notorious penny-pinchers. The Steelers seem to do very well.
October 5th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
The answer is simple. The Glazers plan failed, so they’re rebuilding. As Warren Sapp would say, “Next question.”
Hard to compare a sport without a salary cap to one that has one. But it comes down to smarts.
The NBA has a cap, but look at the Lakers, Spurs, and other teams that have had major overhauls and consistency in the front office. They just keep getting it done.
October 5th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Just a thought. I think Raheem / Dominik as well as Boucher / Vinik need to take their teams to the Trop Wednesday for the opening game of the ALDS. That would a big show of solidarity for the Tampa Bay area, and be a big boost to the team.
What do you think Joe?
October 5th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Joe here,
BucFanSouthTampa – The Bucs might have a little trouble finding 60 good seats together. …It sounds nice, but don’t think it’s a big deal either way.
October 5th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Bucstats has some funny artilces, and I visit it daily. I would have thought Joe would get an invitation before Scott though, Scott has a bath room humor to his site. He does make me laugh all the time though.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I think if a lot of the Bolts and Bucs players could make the opener, that would be fantastic. Bucs on one side, Bolts on the other….
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October 5th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
That was a great read, Joe.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
bet the Bucs don’t like your Blackout Tours
October 5th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
George C. Costanza:
If they are, Joe hasn’t heard anything from One Buc Palace.
Simply put, again, 29 people– if they could afford to go — are not preventing the Bucs from a sellout. That’s like saying if the Japanese had the cast and crew of the S.S. Minnow, they could have won the Battle of Midway.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
“That’s like saying if the Japanese had the cast and crew of the S.S. Minnow, they could have won the Battle of Midway.”,/i>
This made me laugh out loud.
I have to wonder, though…Once they let you under the tent ( a la BucStats)…Can you still be objective? Will they continue to let you in if you are, and say things that aren’t along the party line?
As a fan and consumer, the insider dope that comes from embedding is tempting…but is really a way of shaping public opinion via media manipulation.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Gah, HTML fail.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Bucstats is the second best Bucs blog on the net.
That was a great article.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
How come Joe wasn’t invited? Inquiring minds want to know.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Joe here,
bucfanjeff – As Joe wrote in the post: “As for the Bucs reaching out to Joe for this blogger camping trip, well, Joe’s going to withhold all comment.”
October 5th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
joe dont ever do it! dont get pulled in.
We need at least one blog not to be shills for the org. You already have enough Jimbucs and Capt. Dims etc contributing here in constant defense of the organization with an attitude that they would rather suffer repeated losing than admit the glaringly obvious that the coaching staff and go cheap err young philosophy was not solely based on desire to win.
October 5th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Scott at Bucstats is NOT a schill. He gets down (and up) on the team with regularity. What makes him different from the glass-half-empty fans that post here is that he uses facts and solid analysis as his basis for complaint.
October 5th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Joebucsfan.com is full of fans with solid analysis!
Its part of our “core beliefs” and 12 step “best self” program. The later apparently takes years to develop.
We are here with or without our underwear putting our faces on somebody.
Bring on Carson Palmer, he sucks!
October 5th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
You tell em eric!
Joe, I think you have been very very fair to the Bucs for as long as I’ve been around here. I am not a Hater and neither are you. No one could put together a site with as much passion as Joe without being a Fan. It’s good to hold your leaders accountable and in this case it’s the Bucs/Glazers/RahDom. At the very worst I think you’ve dealt them constructive criticism, along with White and Carlson, and that’s a good thing. It is often hard to see the forest for the trees when you’re right in the fire. That is why your site and the endless analysis are good for the team because of the outside perspective, which is often from a professional viewpoint. I am glad that Bryan Glazer is as big a fan as he says. When I met him that day he was all class, and every bit the diehard fan that I am, but it’s his money.
If the Bucs extend an olive branch to Joe, take it. It would serve you well to be closer to the inner sanctum, and it would serve them even better to have you there. Like I said before Joe, you two should both be given full press credentials and access to all games. The other thing I respect about you is the journalism background which I know absolutely nothing about, only what I enjoy reading.
October 5th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
I love it. I read the article then asked myself, “which jackass will come on and discredit Bucstats given his positive comments about Glazer?”
The winner (hardly a surprise):
Travis Bickel (aka Thomas)
(OK, I admit I thought Tampa2 might beat Thomas to it. Maybe Tampa2 was too busy at Hebrew school — part of his court-ordered anger management program)
October 5th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
@JimBuc
Now don’t complain if one of them comes on here ragging on you…because you started it 😉
@Joe
You know, I think the Blackout Tour is a great service for those who can economically and physically handle it…but George does have a point.
Having worked with creative talent for decades, I know that more often than not, people can be touchy to the point that the smallest things tick them off.
Maybe that is what the deal is. Either way, I think you are wise not commenting on it…because showing such wisdom might open the door for you later.
Had I known they were going to start inviting bloggers, I would not have shut down my own site last year.
October 5th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
BigMacAttack:
Very kind words. Thank you.
October 5th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I won’t Pete, I won’t.
October 5th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
The Bucs gave Bucstats the red carpet treatment cause it skewers the local mainstream sports media on a fairly regularly basis, and usually does so in an entertaining way. They like that cause certain members of the local mainstream media skewer the Bucs and the Glazers whenever there’s an opening to get in a few jabs, and maybe a kidney punch.
That’s not your thing, Joe, and that’s OK.
So far as the Blackout Tour is concerned, I imagine the Bucs/Glazers think it’s sort of a cheap shot on your part. After all, the Blackout Tour has gotten some media coverage, which only focuses more attention on poor ticket sales, and it’s a catchy enterprise by its clever name alone, something a sports columnist or broadcaster can inject swiftly into a think piece on the state of the Bucs. The less said about it the better, the Bucs/Glazers figure.
Fat chance!
The Blackout Tour is a stroke of genius, Joe Boy.
I read your stuff and Bucstats and a number of others. The more the merrier.
October 6th, 2010 at 1:17 am
Alright Thomas, I’ve told you not to mention my name in your post!! Have a happy Halloween, Mr. Bickel!
October 6th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Thanks to everyone here for the kind words. It was a good time.
And I love how my name is in quotes at the top of this entry. “Scott” — IF THAT IS YOUR REAL NAME. If I was going to come up with an alias, it would be much cooler than that. Something like “Rock Skullcrusher” or “Jack Hugedong”.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 am
is b galzer dating any one?