Koetter Goes Raheem
April 28th, 2016
“I may be gone but my legacy at One Buc lives.”
The legacy of Raheem Morris is interesting.
Currently, he is the last Bucs head coach to not only guide the team to a winning record, but that same 2010 club had double-digit wins and was screwed out of a playoff berth by a terrible call taking a touchdown off the board in a three-point loss to Detroit.
Rah’s coaching job that year looks more and more remarkable as years go by. Joe isn’t sure Rah had any lasting impact at all — other than a coach shouldn’t party with players at local hotspots with loud thumping, grinding music and scantily clad nubile hotties.
There is one thing that lives on thanks to Rah. That is the label he gave to offseason practices in shorts and jerseys and no pads: Underwear football.
After practice today at One Buc Palace, new Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter channeled one of his predecessors, that being Rah, when discussing how Mike Evans was on floppy hat patrol but wearing a cap instead.
“There is no use taking risks with guys if they are a little bit sore,” Koetter said of Evans’ pacing the sidelines today. “Underwear football is a different transition on their bodies [from conditioning drills]. No use jeopardizing these guys long-term.”
Precisely. It is April. The goal is to be in shape in September, not blowing out hammies and knees and quads in April.
Have to think long-term with underwear football.
And Joe thanks Raheem for his influence on football vernacular.
April 28th, 2016 at 2:21 pm
Always something wrong with Evans. Take Treadwell @9. He ran the same 40 time as Jerry Rice. That turned out ok.
April 28th, 2016 at 2:21 pm
I always liked Rah. Hopefully he’ll get another shot one day. And hopefully he learned he can’t truly be buds with his players.
April 28th, 2016 at 2:25 pm
Agree with Dewey even if Evans is ok
April 28th, 2016 at 2:36 pm
Careful Joe,
You know no one here likes to admit that Raheem did something right.
Besides, remember that season, the Bucs had the “easiest schedule in the league”, cause, you know, they decide who the want to play, when they want to play them.
April 28th, 2016 at 2:44 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Raheem was and is a very capable coach. He was (at the time) a TERRIBLE head coach.
I hope he gets a second chance when he’s ready for it
April 28th, 2016 at 2:52 pm
I can not say that he was a good or bad coach! With Dominik in charge no coach has a chance!!!!
#Worst_Buc_GM_Ever!!!!!
April 28th, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Shout IT, Shout IT, Shout It OUT LOUD Realist^^^
April 28th, 2016 at 3:54 pm
The worst part of that bad call was it allowed the Cheeseheads into the playoffs and they won the super bowl. Makes me sick.
April 28th, 2016 at 4:36 pm
another excuse to sit on the sidelines and rub vaseline on his hands
April 28th, 2016 at 4:39 pm
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
April 28th, 2016 at 4:51 pm
damn…every year mike and his hammy cant hold up during offseason practice…what the hell is going on…GO BUCS!!!
April 28th, 2016 at 5:10 pm
No way Rah coined the phrase under wear football. It was coined way before he was our head coach. Too much credit for nothing .
April 28th, 2016 at 6:44 pm
That call sucked! But let’s be honest, we weren’t going anywhere in the playoffs that year. Our team was ravaged with injuries at that point.