“They’ve Earned The Right To These Expectations To Be Put On Them”

July 24th, 2017

It seems Buccaneers icon Derrick Brooks is not in the Ronde Barber camp.

Barber doesn’t see a corps of a badass winners on the Tampa Bay Roster. Brooks sees something else.

Last week on WDAE-AM 620, Brooks talked about how he’s sticking to his prediction of the Bucs winning a playoff game this year.

Brooks also dove into the challenge that will come with Hard Knocks camera crews invading a team that is good and trying to climb the NFL ladder. Brooks is eager to see how the Bucs develop under a microscope and the weight of lofty goals.

“They’ve earned the right to these expectations to be put on them,” Brooks said.

Obviously, Brooks thinks Tampa Bay has the talent, coaching and chemistry to win. Now it’s about execution.

Brooks added that he’ll be very focused on the coaching staff, particularly on defense, to see if the defense again can be the “special group” they were down the stretch of 2016.

Interesting! Brooks, referring to Mike Smith not getting a head coaching job, said he was “extremely shocked that didn’t happen.”

14 Responses to ““They’ve Earned The Right To These Expectations To Be Put On Them””

  1. Dewey Selmon Says:

    I think we were all shocker Smith did land a job. He signed a 2 year deal. Is he allowed to leave after this season? is there some sort of release clause Joe? Thanks.

  2. Louis Says:

    The bucs have the opportunity to create something special with their coaching staff. The cooperation of Dirk Koetter and Mike Smith enables a two head coach system for the rest of the league to envy. Mix in a great gm like Jason Licht, and we have a trifecta. Message to the Glazer’s…..pay them and create a dynasty! Free agents will beg to join this team to play for a winner, not because of a paycheck.

  3. stpetebucsfan Says:

    Opinions are like ******** everybody has one. But opinions have credibility or a lack thereof. So if someone has been demonstrated to CLEARLY be a pathological liar we do not believe them. I certainly do not believe either DB55 or Ronde are liars…they are simply expressing their own opinions backed by the credibility of SB champs.

    My question would be…what happens if the Bucs win 12 this year…what if they win 10 and make the playoffs? I think for me at least that devalues Ronde’s opinon as an analyst. It reinforces DB’s opinion. Just sayin’.

    And I absolutely respect Ronde’s right to his opinion….just maintain my and other posters right to disagree.

    And this pains me to type as a Bucs fan but we’ve got a little throwing stones from a glass house. Ronde’s teams were loaded with talent. The question must be posed…if they were such badasses why did we only reach the SB once?

    OK let the Tony Dungy bashing begin. LMAO

  4. JWBUCS Says:

    As my response to Brooks closing comment about our Defensive Coordinator, I am very glad That Mike Smith was open to reaching a New Agreement with the Glazers and suspend his interest in taking a Head Coaching Position again.

    I also commend the Glazers for their foresight in securing Mike Smith as DC, working together with Dirk for the next two seasons…

    My Thanks to Joebucsfan.com and the efforts to cover our Tampa Bay team… I appreciate this source for ongoing information on the Bucs!

  5. RayJameisStadium Says:

    Winston, Alexander and The Stick Carriers will take this team to the promise land.

    Hard Knocks will introduce us to the rest of the nation. Come February, we will have supporters throughout the nation(world?) like never before!!!

    This is our year! Expect a New kind of Bucs Ball offensively and a new kind of Dominant Defense.

  6. Pickgrin Says:

    “Tampa Bay has the talent, coaching and chemistry to win. Now it’s about execution.” – AMEN

    Mike Smith is not going to take just any HC job. Once the Jax job was given to someone else – (the good) coach Smith saw it in his own best interest to stay in Tampa Bay – finish the job so to speak in turning this defense around and pad his resume a bit more while staying loyal to coach Koetter and the franchise that gave him this excellent opportunity to re-establish himself as a top candidate. Oh – and the big raise the Glazers gave him (which was allegedly close to HC $) in trade for an agreement to stay put for 2 more years didn’t hurt…

  7. Stud Says:

    Biggest question going into this season, not Winston’s development (As I think he will make a big step forward) not the weapons gelling together, or even the running game.

    The biggest question mark to me is this defense, are they more like the 5 games they played great or the 11 they played not so great and some games even downright awful…

  8. StPeteBucsFan Says:

    I’m the eternal optimist so my opinions should obviously be taken with a grain of salt. And I can even be the proverbial a%%%ole. LMAO

    But I’m all in with this team!!!

    The ONLY thing I fear is injuries the NFL wild card. If #3 goes down for any length of time…good luck. When we had MG8 I felt we had a shot to hang on for a few games. I have no idea about our backups now although I guess Fitzpatrick is a proven QB so we could perhaps get by.

    But what if BOTH DJAX and ME13 went down…two of our LB’s? Two OL?

    Outside of a perfect storm of injuries I think we’re golden.

  9. webster Says:

    @ st pete

    I dont know if i agree that ronde’s analysis would be devalued. As of july 24th, he said he did not see a lot of bad asses. That could change come october/november. The players have to put it on the field. There are 12 teams in the nfc that can make the playoffs not including the bucs. With the tough schedule and those 12 teams, making the playoffs is not a given. We are going to need more bad asses to emerge ie spence, hargraves etc.

  10. webster Says:

    I was not saying the bucs is a team that could/would not make the playoffs. I was saying there are 12 other teams just as capable.

  11. Call Me W Says:

    I beleive everyone besides head coaches can move on contracts

  12. T"CHALLA Says:

    INJURIES WILL DETERMINE THIS TEAMS SUCCESS. .I AM NOT AS ENAMORED WITH JASON LICHT. THIS YEARS DRAFT SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE DEPTH AND PLAYERS WITH WHOM WE COULD COUNT ON FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS. SPECIFCALLY WE DO NOT HAVE A BREAK AWAY RUNNING BACK, OUR DEFENSIVE ENDS ARE INJURY PRONE OR OLD. FURTHER WE ARE COUNTING ON AN INJURED WHEN DRAFTED STRONG SIDE LINE BACKER, WE NEED A CORNER,. IF INJURIES OCCUR WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WAIVER WIRE . I SAY WAS IT ROBINSON WHO IS NOW AT TENNESSEE WHO WAS THE THOUGHT IN OUR DRAFT PICKS . OUR FIRST 22 CAN COMPETE WITH ANY TEAM. LONG TERM SUCCESS IS PREDICATED ON HEALTHY STARTERS AND EFFICIENT BACKUPS. QUIET AS ITS KEPT OUR MOSTIMPORTANT FACTOR TO BUCCANEER SUCCESS WILL BE THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH. GO BUCS

  13. T"CHALLA Says:

    I ALSO WILL STATE FOR THE RECORD OUR SCEDULE IS NOT AS DAUNTING AS PUNDITS WILL SAY. WE PLAY THE AFC EAST . THE PATRIOTS WIN 6 DIVISION GAMES EACH YEAR , THUS THEY SPLIT THE NEXT TEN GAME OR MORE THEY ARE @ DOUBLE DIGIT WINS. THAT HAS BEEN THEIR FORMULA FOR 10 YEARS. ALSO, WE PLAY THE NFC NORTH GREEN BAY HAS OWNED THAT DIVISION . OUR DIVISION IS VERY COMPETITIVE . WE HAVE TWO LEAGUE MVP QBS IN OUR DIVISION ALONG WITH A HALL OF FAME QB AND OUR UP AND COMING QB. THIS IS FORMIDABLE DIVISION. DID I MENTION TWO TEAMS ARE IN OUR DIVISION WHO COMPETED FOR SUPER BOWL? THUS , THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO BE HEALTHY AND DRAFT WELL NOW DUE TO THE FACT WITH SUCCES YOU DRAFT LOWER . OUR FIRST 22 WILL BE OUR KEYS TO BECOMING A PLAYOFF TEAM . LONG TERM CONSISTENCY WE ARE 6 PLAYERS AWAY. GO BUCS

  14. Rick Says:

    I would contend that Ronde’s comments were ONLY to ignite fires within the players. Ronde Has a “Coach like” mentality. That sometimes requires a tough love approach to drive and inspire greatness.