Lovie Smith Avoids Ray Perkins Mark
August 23rd, 2014
Avoiding a Ray Perkins milemarker may have been bigger than today’s win.
Joe is the first to tell anyone preseason wins and losses don’t mean a damn thing. Still, when someone invokes the name of “Ray Perkins,” Joe wants to sprint to the nearest watering hole like a scalded puppy and commence drinking like a thirsty fish.
That’s what happened today when the Bucs starters dominated in the first half and won their first preseason game of the season, beating the sad sack Bills.
By winning today’s game, Lovie Smith avoided a lowly watermark by sourpuss Perkins. The last time the Bucs went 0-3 to open a preseason was in 1988 when Perkins misguided the Bucs to a 5-11 mark. Perkins is the coach who helmed the Bucs into the beginning of 13 dismal seasons.
Yes, Joe know preseason is about preparing for the regular season. Still, any time a Bucs coach comes close to anything Perkins accomplished it’s downright frightening.
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:19 pm
Id take Ray over the last two coaches we’ve had..
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:27 pm
I think the only person who cares about that stat is you , Mr. Joe.
For the record, Perkins had seasons 5-8 of the 13 straight losing seasons. McKay and Bennett split seasons 1-4.
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:31 pm
Warms Joe’s heart you only read him. WTSP and TBO also discussed it, wrote about it.
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:45 pm
^^ Way to find company with the lowest common denominator.
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Still doesn’t excuse how pathetic it is as a stat.
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:53 pm
buc4lyfe Says:
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Despite the fact that it’s a completely irrelevant stat…
August 23rd, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Relevant to me. I want no similarities to that worthless coach. I wish we could wipe his name from all Buc history.
I really didn’t like Ray. At all. Guy was a class 1 Ass.
Schiano had the worst skills of all Buc Coaches- had none of the necessary skills to compete at this level
But Perkins was still the Worst Coach. He had antiquated schemes, outdated Training practices- and the worst personality imaginable. And the most monotone voice ever- there should have been a game show” try to stay awake, listening to that Boring Monotone S.O.B, Ray Perkins”
Yeah- I want this team to have nothing in common with him.
August 23rd, 2014 at 9:07 pm
^^ Still irrelevant in any rational analysis.
August 23rd, 2014 at 11:47 pm
The losing started when Doug Williams was allowed to leave over $100,000. 2-14 and 6-10 for John McKay, and 2x 2-14 seasons for Leeman Bennett before Ray Perkins took over. Truth is, Perkins 1989 and 1990 teams were probably 2 of three best years during the drought (95 the other).