The 20K Mark
February 9th, 2015
Joe’s somewhat stunned by a new plateau that was reached over the weekend.
As JoeBucsFan.com turned 6 1/2 years old, Joe typed up his 20,000th post on these pages.
That might qualify Joe as insane. No other outlet in that time has come close to publishing that amount of news, notes and nuggets on the bumbling, beloved Bucs.
Joe was feeling proud, but then Joe felt a little ill. Joe’s not sure he’s got another 20,000 in his fingers. The losing is taking its toll.
The Bucs have won 30 out of their last 100 games and Joe hates losing. Not only does it suck the fun out of Joe’s work and soul, losing is bad for business. Lots of readers think losing creates drama and intrigue and Internet traffic; Joe tells those folks they shouldn’t quit their day jobs. Nothing makes fans check out like bad football. Joe’s busiest day last fall came the day after the Bucs beat the Steelers to up their record to 1-3.
Regardless, Joe vows to press on. The 20,000 or so daily visits here are inspiring, and Joe will feel 10 years younger if the Bucs do the right thing after working so hard to win the Chase for Jameis.
February 9th, 2015 at 8:18 am
Way to go joe. You can do it! No seriously. Congrats. Best bucs website out there.
February 9th, 2015 at 8:31 am
Way to go Joes!
February 9th, 2015 at 8:33 am
Yo Ho toil and trouble
All around Tampa Bay
We’re the worst
But we pick 1st
Jamis Winston will save the day!
February 9th, 2015 at 8:43 am
When the going gets tough, the tough keep going.
February 9th, 2015 at 8:47 am
JBF is all that
Informative
Hilarious
And sometimes the Bucs win
Thanks Joes
February 9th, 2015 at 8:59 am
Say it ain’t so, Joe! You’re my Bucs news aggregator, and even though you encourage us to follow the links, I get all my Bucs news here. And the comments are great.
Don’t make me go back to clicking on a bunch of links everyday. Oh, the humanity!
February 9th, 2015 at 9:08 am
How many if you only count Mazeil and Winston once each ?
Seriously congrats !
February 9th, 2015 at 9:20 am
Congrats for a fine site.
When you are feeling down Joes, do a post about the Bucs Cheerleaders, they will Buc any live person up.
February 9th, 2015 at 9:41 am
Joe i appreciate you’re hard work! Best bucs site
February 9th, 2015 at 9:48 am
Joe(s) i appreciate the site
But please!
Don’t type 5,000 articles on Jameis to try to reach your next milestone by May:)
February 9th, 2015 at 9:55 am
“Joe was feeling proud, but then Joe felt a little ill. Joe’s not sure he’s got another 20,000 in his fingers. The losing is taking its toll.” – Joe
I was feeling a bit discouraged myself halfway through the season. But then I decided to try something different.
Instead of looking for the bad in the team, which had become a severe habit, I decided to look for things that leaned toward the positive. Yes, our offensive line sucked, but Mike Evans looked great (as an example). The defense wasn’t great, but the team never quit on Lovie and toward the end of the year, I could see the defense buying into the system. There were injuries, but I saw many players play through them.
It’s all on how we view things.
The Bucs lost enough games to acquire the #1 pick, but look at the potential. We fix the oline and draft a QB, and there is a good chance we’ll have a top 10 offense sometime this year…though I’m willing to admit it might take 2.
And I feel secure that Lovie’s defense will come together by the halfway point of the coming season, if not sooner.
I can handle the losing (for now) because I see some good things developing, although doing so slowly. The way I see it, the team is heading in the right direction. It might take another year or two, but once things are clicking, we’ll have a good run of 10 or more years.
A positive outlook.
February 9th, 2015 at 9:57 am
I’ll add as well that once I decide something, I commit to it, even if the going gets hard. It’s why I’ve had so much success in business and in my personal life.
February 9th, 2015 at 10:46 am
Congrats Joe….good work.
Bonzai…..glad to have you amoung the “Positive Mob”…>TBBF
February 9th, 2015 at 12:27 pm
Congrats! I understand about the checking out with losing. I did at the end of the season. I need a competitive season next year as I have the NFL ticket next year and obviously I didn’t see much of the Bucs while deployed to Afghanistan for the 2013 season. I am ripe for at least some competitive Bucs football.
February 9th, 2015 at 3:43 pm
Joe,
Thank you! Best bucs site ever!!!!!!!