Todd Bowles Confidence Poll (Week 20)
January 18th, 2024Flash poll posted at 5:53 a.m. Poll closed at 9:28 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.
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Flash poll posted at 5:53 a.m. Poll closed at 9:28 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.
January 18th, 2024 at 7:17 am
I’m confident Canales will go back to wasting first and second down running between the tackles and Baker Mayfield sorry as only scoring 14 points
January 18th, 2024 at 7:50 am
Jack Clark Says:
January 18th, 2024 at 7:17 am
I’m confident Canales will go back to wasting first and second down running between the tackles and Baker Mayfield sorry as only scoring 14 points
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and we are confident that you are single and bitter.
January 18th, 2024 at 7:54 am
Jack
I concede the Bucs have been Jekyl and Hyde. They are the youngest team in the league with new OC, OL, yadda yadda.
Regardless of the reasons nobody, not even we fans with the rose colored glasses can deny the Bucs have been WILDLY inconsistent…from awesome in Green Bay, to kicking N.O’.s butt in their own house to the win over the Eagles.
What I do not understand Jack is with the glass at minimum half full…the Bucs have won the Division…advanced past the first round of the playoffs avoided the dreaded one and done and they’re coming off their most impressive win of the season.
And yet you post you are CONFIDENT that the OC will screw it up again.
AGAIN I concede that POSSIBILITY…but we’ve also seen the POSSIBILITY revealed in the Philly, Green Bay games and you choose to be confident in failure rather than success?
Fan is of course short for FANatic. Fans support their teams when they WIN.
How much winning do you need before you become a “fan” again?
Please nobody misunderstand. Everybody is obviously free to cheer for the Bucs and critique them the way they wish. I’m not here to lecture about how to be a fan, this is an honest question.
I get the deserved criticism but why assume…much less be CONFIDENT that the Bucs will suck? I’m a fan! I also have eyes and realize the possibility is that the Bucs come out like they did in the 2nd N.O, game and get their hats handed to them. But I’m surely not EXPECTING it!
January 18th, 2024 at 7:54 am
Little confidence. Get a ring at this point.
January 18th, 2024 at 8:24 am
I’ve got to give Todd Bowles, his staff and players credit for advancing to the second round. At this point, they already beat everybody’s expectations. GO BUCS !!!!
January 18th, 2024 at 8:27 am
After watching the exact same phenomena for two straight years, under two different offensive coordinators running two different offenses, I am convinced that there is an offensive philosophy being imposed by the head coach upon his coordinators. One exciting game now and then, during which it seems that he takes the shackles off of the offensive playcaller, does not constitute a change in that philosophy. I need to see the offense open up for multiple consecutive weeks to convince me that he has changed his ways.
My vote hasn’t changed all year. Little confidence.
January 18th, 2024 at 8:39 am
For a team that was picked to finish dead last in the NFL, I’m shocked 25% Little Confidence. I don’t particularly like Bowles, but that’s an unfair grade.
January 18th, 2024 at 8:54 am
These polls should simply ask “Did the Bucs win their last game?”
January 18th, 2024 at 8:56 am
Tony Marks Says:
January 18th, 2024 at 7:50 am
and we are confident that you are single and bitter.
^^^
Who hurt you?
stpetebucfan Says:
January 18th, 2024 at 7:54 am
Jack, I concede the Bucs have been Jekyl and Hyde. Regardless of the reasons nobody, not even we fans with the rose colored glasses can deny the Bucs have been WILDLY inconsistent. What I do not understand Jack is with the glass at minimum half full. And yet you post you are CONFIDENT that the OC will screw it up again.
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Because they’ve kept getting my hopes up just to disappoint me all season, from our 3-1 start, to our epic meltdown loss to the Texans, to putting up 30 points in two straight games against playoff contenders, to going back to only scoring 9 points in must win games against the Saints and the worst team in the league Carolina panthers. Trust is earned over a long time of consistency, and the Bucs have not earned it. I assume the Bucs will suck because that lessen the disappointment I feel after they lose. But if they win, great, I’m as happy as any other long time Bucs fan. Go Bucs!
January 18th, 2024 at 9:03 am
Jack
I hear you and completely understand. I’m am the blog pollyanna perhaps even the inspiration for #TEAMPOSITIVE. That of course was being used for snark for those of us who simply refused to give up hope.
But I certainly understand the human emotions in responding to disappointment and suspect that you are probably in the majority.
One of my favorite lines in the movies comes from Shawshank Redemption and very clearly expresses my take on life.
“Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
January 18th, 2024 at 9:06 am
Meh, this site and others like it exist as a profit making entity. You can’t get clicks if everyone agrees. The more ire stirred up means more “fans” and “detractors” coming back to read, re read and that sells adverts. Some of these posters seem sort of designed to create conversation and instigate looks. I am all for it. I’ll keep clicking. I’ll root for the Bucs to keep winning. But the thought that some of these wildly pro/neg posts are just static isn’t always too far away in my mind.
January 18th, 2024 at 9:08 am
Morgus the Magnificent Says:
January 18th, 2024 at 8:54 am
These polls should simply ask “Did the Bucs win their last game?”
this^
January 18th, 2024 at 9:13 am
Funny how life changes. Couple of months agoi, Buc fans were ready ride Bowles and his staff out of town on a rail.
January 18th, 2024 at 9:14 am
Confident for the first time all season. Great playoff win. Now do it 3 more times!
January 18th, 2024 at 9:14 am
VATom. Your tinfoil hat fell off and is down whatever hole you crawled out of.
January 18th, 2024 at 9:19 am
Let’s see the defense play well against the pass for a change and my opinion of Bowles will change drastically.
January 18th, 2024 at 9:35 am
A fan also cheers and backs what/whoever when they stumble. It’s called loyalty and support. That’s me. I also know that my faith is being rewarded. I voted very confident. Bucs are gonna be killer next year, regardless of what goes down Sunday. Yeah, Tampa Bay!!!!!!!!!!!
January 18th, 2024 at 9:47 am
With 8 openings for HCs now, there’s no point in creating a ninth. We’d just get another retread or an unproven coordinator. Assuming the Bucs re-sign Mayfield, there’s probably a benefit to continuity.
January 18th, 2024 at 10:24 am
Bucs fans are a fickle lot. And that includes me. Add some more pieces to this team and next year they could be really dangerous. Guard, TE, Pass Rush.
January 18th, 2024 at 10:25 am
orlbucfan
“Bucs are gonna be killer next year,”
I agree and after Andy Dufrense’s “hope is a good thing” I’ll add Tug McGraw’s famous epithet from the “Miracle Mets”….”Ya gotta believe!!!”
January 18th, 2024 at 10:27 am
I havent been impressed with a single win yet. They all have been against teams that are either bad, horribly injured or on a losing streak from you know where. I still have zero confidence in this team and coach. However, I will say a win this week against a good team on their turf will force me to change my mind. Prove me wrong Bucs. I dare ya!!
January 18th, 2024 at 11:32 am
I’ve been confident this whole season and have never wavered. Your confidence in someone shouldn’t go up and down like the stock market, if it does, it means you were wrong. I’m rarely wrong and I wasn’t wrong when I stated in preseason that this was a 10+ win team.
January 18th, 2024 at 11:33 am
stpete, a big thumbs up for our Bucs. 🙂 Now, to all this draft chatter: could we also draft a kick/punt returner, Mr. Bowles and Mr. Licht?
January 18th, 2024 at 11:35 am
I am vehemently anti-Bowles. Yes they beat Philly but, man, that team just did not want to be on the field.
He’ll be back in 2024 for another “prove-it” season. I’m not confident that anything will change.
January 18th, 2024 at 11:58 am
10-8 + playoff win = anti- HC. Got it.
January 18th, 2024 at 12:04 pm
I have been confident all season long in the ability of the team/players to win any and every game. Top to bottom, we have the talent to beat any team in the NFL.
This, however, is not a team confidence poll, it’s a Todd Bowles confidence poll.
Sorry, Todd has not yet earned my confidence.
He did show in the last game that he CAN flex a little and show some aggression on offense. For this (for me) he has advanced from zero confidence to little confidence. He has done this a couple of times this season, only to regress back to his overly conservative, handcuffed offensive scheme.
When he CONSISTENTLY lets our offensive talent do what they can do, he will earn my confidence.
January 18th, 2024 at 12:19 pm
I am confident that Bowles CAN be a championship “franchise” head coach.
IF, he grows his mindset to recognize that sometimes, “The best defense is a good offense”.
And (IMO) those that think that Bowles is “hands off” regarding the offensive scheme are simply not paying attention.
January 18th, 2024 at 1:07 pm
GP, I agree that for Bowles to be successful, he needs to remain malleable. As you mentioned. He has done that several times this year. But he does often revert back to form. Let’s hope he’s learned his lesson.
January 18th, 2024 at 8:11 pm
Bucs have some most bipolar fans.
January 19th, 2024 at 7:58 am
Steven007 Says:
January 18th, 2024 at 11:58 am
10-8 + playoff win = anti- HC. Got it
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In what world is a 10-8 record and a playoff win vs. an incredibly disfunctional team cause for celebration?
Do you not remember all the horrific play over the past two years?
If the Bucs get blown out by Detroit, will you still be happy with the season?