It’s Official; Ronde Next For Ring Of Honor.
May 7th, 2019
UPDATED: Jenna Laine of ESPN said last night she was told your 2019 inductee into the Buccaneers Ring of Honor will be iconic cornerback Ronde Barber.
This morning, the Bucs made it official.
“Rondé Barber personified greatness on and off the field during his 16 seasons as a Buccaneer and we look forward to honoring his remarkable career this upcoming season,” said Buccaneers co-chairman Bryan Glazer. “His achievements are as impressive as they are long, but Rondé’s most defining qualities were his ultra-competitive nature, his passion for this game, and his love of the Tampa Bay community.”
Sunday, September 22, is the game, a 4 o’clock game against the Giants. Likely, Barber will be calling the game for FOX with his twin brother Tiki as the sideline reporter. They did some games together last year.
Monte Kiffin? Hardy Nickerson? James Wilder? Not this year.
May 7th, 2019 at 7:58 am
Ronde, yes. Monte, never!
May 7th, 2019 at 7:59 am
Its about time!!!!!!!! One of the greatest to wear a Bucs jersey!!!!!!!!! Mr Clutch Himself!!!!!!! Our favorite player!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rhonde Barber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It should have been called the ” Ring of Names” until they inducted Rhonde Barber!!!!!!!! Now they can call it ” Ring Of HONOR”!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 7th, 2019 at 8:11 am
Great choice….on the Mt. Rushmore of all-time great Bucs. Now name him GM…unless Licht Weight and his .3375 losing percentage is enough to keep a gig beyond 5 years.
May 7th, 2019 at 8:14 am
Wilder, Nickerson, Ricky Bell, Mark Cotney, Steve Wilson, Richard Wood, Mike Washington and on and on…forgotten Bucs!
May 7th, 2019 at 8:15 am
and beautiful ORANGE jerseys! …forgotten
May 7th, 2019 at 8:15 am
He needs to be in the Hall of Fame too. He just is too much of a gentleman to publicly and privately play the game of shmoozing up to the voters. #BarberCanton
May 7th, 2019 at 8:19 am
Rhonde, definitely, Monte Kiffin? Hardy Nickerson? James Wilder? All great candidates as well.
James Wilder still holds most of the running back records that still stand to date, js.
May 7th, 2019 at 8:38 am
The bucs have a ton of great candidates that NEED to be in the ring, some of the old school bucs should be put in ASAP as they get up in years. James Wilder should go this year along with Ronde
May 7th, 2019 at 8:58 am
What about JAMES WILDER !?!????????
May 7th, 2019 at 9:03 am
Ronde…absolutely!! A good man….and IMO, he had the greatest singular defensive play in Buccaneer history!!
May 7th, 2019 at 9:08 am
I’m surprised Monte hasn’t been inducted already. He was the architect of the Tampa Two defense that won us the Super Bowl.
May 7th, 2019 at 9:14 am
Well deserved!
May 7th, 2019 at 9:21 am
Jean Lafitte Says:
May 7th, 2019 at 9:08 am
I’m surprised Monte hasn’t been inducted already. He was the architect of the Tampa Two defense that won us the Super Bowl.
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WRONG….Monte ran Tony Dungy’s defense….Dungy was Tony’s vision ..he was perfecting it in Minnesota and finally had the players in Tampa to make it bloom
May 7th, 2019 at 9:33 am
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I don’t know how I’m wrong. It was Kiffins defense we won the SB with. Am I missing something?
May 7th, 2019 at 9:41 am
Jean Lafitte Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation Says:
May 7th, 2019 at 9:33 am
@AlteredEgo Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. Says:
I don’t know how I’m wrong. It was Kiffins defense we won the SB with. Am I missing something
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Yes…it was not Kiffin’s defense …Monte ran Dungy’s defense…simple as that…learn your Buc history
May 7th, 2019 at 9:49 am
It sure looked like Kiffin on the sideline. It wasn’t Dungy.
May 7th, 2019 at 9:51 am
Tell you what, let’s ask DB55?
May 7th, 2019 at 10:22 am
GREAT NEWS!!!!!!
I’ll be there….must be the Thursday night game?
GO BUCS!!!!
May 7th, 2019 at 11:08 am
Yes!
May 7th, 2019 at 11:09 am
Monte certainly deserves it too. Anyone who claims otherwise is a fool.
May 7th, 2019 at 11:12 am
AlteredEgo Says
“Monte ran Dungy’s defense…simple as that…learn your Buc history”
Actually, you should learn YOUR history.
As much as I loved Tony Dungy, Kiffin did all the work on the defense. Dungy was a spokesman and demanded 110% at all times, but Kiffin did the hard work.
So before you tell someone else to learn their Bucs history, you should practice what you preach.
May 7th, 2019 at 11:26 am
He will make a good addition to the hall of very good.
May 7th, 2019 at 11:33 am
Love it! Well earned!
May 7th, 2019 at 11:36 am
Congrats Mr Barber!!!!!!
It’s Dungy that invented the Tampa 2 and taught to Kiffin – not the wrinkle Tony invented – via Bleacher report archives:
History: The Tampa-2 defense has it’s origins from “The Steel Curtain” days of the Steelers from the 1970’s. In fact Tony Dungy was quoted saying “My philosophy is out of the 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers’ playbook.” In reality it came from head coach Chuck Knoll and defensive coordinator Bud Carson. I think one only has to look at all of the Steelers’ Super Bowl wins during this period to see how effective it was. Carson was the one who introduced the idea of moving the middle linebacker into coverage, which became extremely effective with the addition of the very talented LB Jack Lambert.
No doubt Tony, who was assitant head coach, and the defensive coordinator for the Steelers at the time, seeing the success Bill Walsh was having in the ’80s with the West Coast Offense, was working on ideas of how to beat it.
By the time Tony was named head coach in Tampa Bay in 1996, with defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, he had come up with a plan to shut down the West Coast Offense. Make no mistake this is what the Tampa-2 is designed to do. The reason the Tampa-2 is so effective against the West Coast Offense is because the West Coast Offense eschews a running game for short passes, where the receiver is expected to get yards after the catch or Y.A.C.’s.
May 7th, 2019 at 11:40 am
The greatest play in Tampa Bay Bucs history. He burned down the Vet.
May 7th, 2019 at 11:46 am
Buccaneer Bonzai Says:
May 7th, 2019 at 11:12 am
AlteredEgo Says
As much as I loved Tony Dungy, Kiffin did all the work on the defense. Dungy was a spokesman and demanded 110% at all times, but Kiffin did the hard work.
So before you tell someone else to learn their Bucs history, you should practice what you preach.
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Monte ran the defense he agreed to run when he accepted the job offer from Tony….Tampa 2 was Dungy’s not Monte’s…
May 7th, 2019 at 11:54 am
it seems one of you is saying- its dungy’s concept- so therefore its his defence!
The other is saying- kiffin did the work, he is the one who made the concept happen. its his defense!
SO the discussion becomes who’s defense is it? the architect or the person who implemented it?
I dont think either of you are wrong. just seem to be arguing circles around each other.
‘learn your history’
May 7th, 2019 at 11:54 am
The concept may have been Dungy’s but it was Kiffin running the defense in our only SB. He tweaked the Tampa Two to his own design. Gruden used heap all kind of praise on Kiffin.
May 7th, 2019 at 11:54 am
lol
May 7th, 2019 at 11:55 am
Buc4evr Says:
May 7th, 2019 at 11:40 am
The greatest play in Tampa Bay Bucs history. He burned down the Vet.
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Yes ! I agree…I literally jumped out of the couch realizing we were going to the SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was a LONG time coming for me
May 7th, 2019 at 11:58 am
Ronde Barber, James Wilder….who would be next? Warrick Dunn? After that, the only person I can think of is Gerald McCoy.
May 7th, 2019 at 12:02 pm
danr Says:
May 7th, 2019 at 11:54 am
it seems one of you is saying- its dungy’s concept- so therefore its his defence!
SO the discussion becomes who’s defense is it? the architect or the person who implemented it?
‘learn your history’
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Never heard nor remember Bill Walsh’s OC EVER being credited for the West Coast offense….if you knew about Dungy in Minnesota and the defense he was credited with running there…you’d know a little history
May 7th, 2019 at 12:05 pm
Well-deserved!
May 7th, 2019 at 12:06 pm
Congrats Ronde!
Well deserved. All time favorite Buc.
May 7th, 2019 at 12:11 pm
I would like to see Ricky Bell inducted into the Ring of Honor. He was a great player for the Bucs that had his career and life cut short by illness. Joe why don’t you do an article on him and maybe post some videos of him rushing.
May 7th, 2019 at 12:21 pm
That’s because Bill Walsh created it… when he was Paul Brown’s OC. Walsh always said it should have been called the “Ohio River Offense.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6mFQvZxX88&ab_channel=NFLNetwork
May 7th, 2019 at 1:15 pm
The greatest RB we have had Winder still has to wait, yes I know most Buccaneers Fans do not recall that 80’s decade of bad football we Buccaneers fans had to endure. The lone bright spot was James Wilder. Yet he still does not get in the Ring of Honor.
No Disrespect to Barber a very deserving man for the Ring of Honor. But to wait another season without James Wilder being enshrined is just wrong. Barber has set the standard as a CB for our team and he is very deserving of this honor. But let us not forget those players who earned a place in the Buccaneer Ring Of Honor.
Go Bucs!
May 7th, 2019 at 4:21 pm
Once again James Wilder gets screwed!!
May 7th, 2019 at 5:25 pm
Anyone saying Dungy “invented” the Tampa Two clearly didn’t play ol’ Cover 2 in high school. If you play cover two with the personnel the Bucs had at the time, it becomes famous as the Tampa Two.
Congrats to Ronde. It was surreal meeting him at the Westshore Blvd Waffle House one very weird and late night in 2001.
May 7th, 2019 at 6:54 pm
#20 Should have been the face of this franchise for an entire decade! Class act off the field tough SOB on it. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him and talking several times. Not many fans know or remember that Barber would knock the crap out of WR’s smile and get back up! He’d hit RB’s in the hole and sacrifice his body. Product of a system but may be the best ever corner that features the cover 2. I still have two Barber jerseys and a Nickerson jersey. These guys changed the culture and I am looking forward to maybe have some young guys like white be the future.
May 8th, 2019 at 5:24 am
Good for Ronde, now get him and Lynch in the hall already.