Ali Marpet: Nobody Has Been Spared
May 26th, 2019
The fire and wrath of Bucco Bruce Arians has been pulsating through One Buc Palace.
When Arians’ giant stable of assistant coaches met with local media four weeks ago, one big and obvious theme was that expectations are being raised in a big way.
But it’s another thing to hear it from a level-headed and experienced Buccaneer.
Ali Marpet visited the WDAE-AM 620 airwaves last week and was peppered with questions by ex-Bucs guard Ian Beckles (1990-1996). Beckles claimed insider knowledge and asked Marpet to confirm it.
Ian Beckles: I’ve heard that Bruce Arians actually called out the offensive line and their attitude. Is that true? He said you guys the pace is not right. Has he called you guys out this year?
Ali Marpet: I think he’s called everybody out at this point. (laughs) So yeah, I think that his expectations of everybody are very, very high.
Marpet went on to say there’s a load of respect for Arians because of his track record, and Marpet said the running game should improve, in part, because of the scheme and “the unique game-planning ability,” but it will still come back to the gameday performance of the O-line.
Joe will stay positive and hope Arians will get the O-linemen playing to their abilities. If he can scare the loaf out of Donovan Smith and play to the strengths of Ryan Jensen, that should represent a solid uptick in performance.
May 26th, 2019 at 9:57 am
“If he can scare the loaf out of Donovan Smith…”
That gave me a good chuckle! 😂
May 26th, 2019 at 10:02 am
Highly doubtful Suh is going to be anything less than a full-on beast under Arian’s accountability watch. He won’t put up with taking plays off. If Suh in full-on-BEAST-mode doesn’t excite, you need a blue pill!
May 26th, 2019 at 10:12 am
I appreciate this insight Joe. Nice to hear that someone is calling out the offensive line. I think the only other Buc’s coach to do that was John McKay.
Reporter: What do you think of the execution of your offensive line?
John McKay: I’m all for it.
Or;
John McKay: If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn’t too important.
Or on the subject of fan mail he received:
It was about three-to-one that I was not an SOB. But there were a lot of ones.
May 26th, 2019 at 10:30 am
Bucco Bruce trying to clean up the awful mess made by lil’ bro Licht Weight. I hope he has the time, patience and health to pull it off. It’s a tall order.
May 26th, 2019 at 10:49 am
and of course that loser Todd, the 1st to respond. Lol, Man Bro, give it a rest. It s Memorial Day Weekend, sign off Joe Buc Fan’s website and go get a life, make a friend or try a dating site to meet a girl.. Your loneliness and desperation really shows how lonely of a guy you are to have to post all day long on a football website
May 26th, 2019 at 10:50 am
Nothing to do with ability just effort. Lol you wont that narrative stick at all because it calls out your blind obsession for Dirk who was a horrible weak minded coach and let’s licht off the hook. Very few fans want these players to succeed simply because they want licht fired.
May 26th, 2019 at 11:27 am
Would love to see bruce coach with a competent gm drafting
May 26th, 2019 at 11:39 am
thanks geno! love old coach mckay stuff!
May 26th, 2019 at 11:48 am
It seems to not even matter. Everyone just blames it on the RB’s anyway. There were times the offensive line looked like an equestrian starting gate. I don’t know how many times Barber was practically being tackled during the handoff.
The really good teams spend premium draft picks on the Oline. Maybe by default because they usually pick at the end of the 1st round so lineman become best players on the board but even so, it seems to work.
May 26th, 2019 at 11:57 am
I find it amusing that someone that calls themselves “Succaneers” calls someone else a loser.
May 26th, 2019 at 12:27 pm
I know this isn’t necessarily directly related to this article but as soon as B.A. was announced as HC that watch out for Ronald Jones. Dirk didn’t use ROJO properly and he crushed the kid’s confidence. I’m not saying ROJO is the next Walter Payton but I can see him continuing to improve and challenging Barber for #1 duties especially under the tutelage of Todd McNair, Leftwich, and B.A.
May 26th, 2019 at 12:28 pm
…announced as HC I said watch out for Ronald Jones…
May 26th, 2019 at 12:34 pm
Finally a glimpse from someone who knows of WHY the running game will improve.
Everybody ready to call ROJO a bust after like 20 carries.
Sickening and ignorant.
When people say Koetter Abandoned the run there is a level to that statement most don’t even recognize.
More like he NEVER put priority on it.
There is a reason our O Line was TERRIBLE at it.
This O Line is better than people think.
Rojo will Surprise.
Bucs will Surprise.
May 26th, 2019 at 12:46 pm
Right side of the line stays suspect this season mostly cause of demar Dotson. He’s getting old man. We all know there isn’t much there left in the tank. Granted he does have fight in him but we seen him get beat a lot last year when he did play. I think Capps steps up and has a decent season at right guard but not like ali market was at guard. I think right side of the field on offense will be used more as passing down situations.
May 26th, 2019 at 12:56 pm
ROJO is a bust!!!!!!!
May 26th, 2019 at 12:57 pm
6-10 if things go well
May 26th, 2019 at 1:22 pm
How can someone say very few “fans” want these players to succeed cuz they want licht to be fired. If u rather that so a gm gets fired than actually win meaningful games then ur not a real fan💯
May 26th, 2019 at 1:30 pm
You cant fix this team in one year. The oline is middle of the road at best. If, they play to there potential. The season lives and dies on this young secoundary.
May 26th, 2019 at 1:41 pm
Sorry RA real Bucs fans know Jason “not very” Licht is the problem and will continue until he’s fired. I hope they have a winning season, but there seems to be no sense of urgency. Another fourth place finish in the division is not going to cut it.
May 26th, 2019 at 1:53 pm
BA and team are building grit. I cannot wait for our new identity to arrive! I’m tired of being the NFL’s Slumpbuster.
In BA I Trust!
May 26th, 2019 at 2:00 pm
I’m thinking Succ and louden should become life partners in misery. Good luck with whatever it is that is so painful in your lives that you have to share it in a public forum rather than do.the hard work to address it with a professional.
May 26th, 2019 at 3:31 pm
Jones was drafted at age 20 looking like a high school kid against full grown men. In the second round. He needed to
Put on some man meat , hopefully he has. Otherwise the first time he gets hit again he will go back in his shell. I will be watching the first time he gets hit very closely this year. Also, not a fan of our GM drafts on RBs. If Rojo busts, it’s enough in my mind to boot him at the end of this year
May 26th, 2019 at 6:19 pm
Ronald Jones is listed at 5-11, 208. The top 10 rushers in NFL history average weight is 214.5, with 3 of them weighing less than Ronald Jones. I don’t know where the whole size thing came from, he may not be talented enough but if you ever watched Jamaal Charles or Warrick Dunn run, you’d realize you don’t have to be big to be good.
Weights from Pro Football Reference.
May 26th, 2019 at 6:23 pm
Rojo too small? The top 10 rushers in NFL history average weight is 214.5 (Ronald Jones is listed at 208). He might not have the talent, but Jamaal Charles, Warrick Dunn, etc. are proof you don’t have to be big to be good.
May 26th, 2019 at 6:56 pm
Ever notice howngood players come here and play poorly, and poor players leave here and win playoff games and go to superbowls?
ITS COACHING!!!!!!!!!
May 26th, 2019 at 7:29 pm
WHAT IS THIS COACHES TRACK RECORD?
He’s a politician.
An over hyped feel good story
You want a track record? Belichick
I thing Lovie’s track record is actually superior to Arians in terms of playoffs.
SCOREBOARD
Facts>Hype
Leftwhich is trash-
Friends and family Tampa Bay vacation plan.
Suh vacation plan.
CLEAN HOUSE
Licht= Ultimate incompetence
May 26th, 2019 at 7:35 pm
Its not how big you are its how much of heart do you have.
May 26th, 2019 at 7:38 pm
We are still short one starting quality guard and have extreme depth issues on that line. How are we going to coach ourselves out of that?
May 26th, 2019 at 8:23 pm
Glad to hear BA has called out the OL! He needed to. Any of them who do not give their maximum effort during games will be replaced just like GMC. And with all the extra coaches to give the backups a lot of reps this year BA will have other OL his Coaches will have developed this year and who have learned the playbook as well as the starters and will have tape of their efforts during Preseason and will know who he can trust to replace them with. It will also give him cap space to use to get any extra players he needs too.
May 27th, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Its going to be an uphill battle to coach the laziness out of overpaid Smith. Good luck with that.
May 27th, 2019 at 2:50 pm
If you don’t think its coaching, you haven’t been watching the games. Lovie had koetter on offense and couldn’t figure out game management or play calls for the defense with zero help from Frazier. Then comes Koetter, (who should’ve never been a head coach) only focused on passing and brought us that disaster known as Mike Smith. With this coaching staff the so called “busts” will surprise and the stars will be used to their full potentials….sidenote: ANOTHER KICKER!!! Did they not learn from last time?! What the actual Frick!!
May 28th, 2019 at 8:53 am
BA or BS we shall see in september.