Raheem Speaking In Code?
November 19th, 2011
Does Raheem Morris have a secret language?
No, not because he uses words like “yungry” and “boydog,” but because Bucs icon John Lynch seems to think Raheem is communicating in code.
Rick Stroud has penned a feature today for TampaBay.com that does it’s best to sound the panic button on the Bucs. More on that later. First, here’s the comment from Lynch:
And former Tampa Bay Pro Bowl safety John Lynch, part of a broadcast team for two of the Bucs’ games for Fox, believes Morris even forecasted the collapse.
“It’s almost like Raheem has been trying to say this in code, that maybe people thought they were better than they actually are and he knew that,” Lynch said. “I know I had that sense being around him.”
This is very bizarre. Raheem is one of the more open-book coaches in the NFL. Very vocal with the media, fans and surely with former Bucs icons he’s known for years. Why wouldn’t Lynch, the handpicked analyst for Bucs preseason games, have just asked Raheem to clarify? Very strange. Though Joe surely thinks the head coach is crafty enough to speak in code.
Further along in the story, Herm Edwards takes a nasty swipe at three Buccaneers.
“I feel a little for the quarterback, because he’s a good player,” Edwards said. “I look at the personalities he has to deal with — Kellen Winslow, Mike Williams, LeGarrette Blount. He’s looking at all this mess saying, ‘Really?’ “
Ouch! Edwards could have inside information on Williams and Blount, but Joe would wager Edwards is talking out his ass and knows nothing about their personalities other than what he’s heard around the BSPN water coolers. As for Winslow, well, it’s more conceivable that Edwards is on to something.
Edwards goes on to offer more theories on the Bucs, and there are takes from Ronde Barber. Click through above to read the story. … That’s not Joe talking in code. That’s a legitimate suggestion.
November 19th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
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November 19th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
In the article John Lynch said, “What bothers you is how inconsistent there are. When they play good teams, they’re getting blown out.”
Wanna know why?
Piss Poor Preparation – PERIOD
The team is undisciplined because their HC SUCKS as a HC. He shoud have no problem finding a job as a DC and learn how to get these prima donna 20-year old KIDS motivated and working hard – not hardly working.
I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: POTENTIAL does not equal TALENT.
We need first and foremost a strong HC, THEN we get leaders on both sides of the ball, not tweeting dolts like GMC who can’t stay healthy or Freeman who just doesn’t seem to motivate anyone.
November 19th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
Well, so much for any hope that Edwards would be our next Defensive Coordinator. After comments like that, I doubt the players would perform for him.
November 19th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Spoken from misguided emotion with no basis in fact.
1) Hayes was benched for two days because he did not give 100%
2) Raheem has made the team run gassers every week because of the penalties
3) He’s called out his players on several ocassions
4) He’s made them were pads and work on speed for two days this week…and he’s only allowed 11 days to make them use pads…so that cost him.
You say there’s no discipline happening? I say you are wrong. What? Is Raheem supposed to line them up, bend them over and pull out the paddle?
Leaders are developed. They do not just appear overnight.
Brooks wasn’t an instance leader. Lynch wasn’t an instant leader. Sapp…well, Sapp was always Sapp, lol.
It wasn’t until the three of them decided to step up that things started changing. And even then, it didn’t happen overnight.
November 19th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
No Pete, guys with personalities like Edwards and Singletary, while great players in their own right, should not be allowed anywhere near a coaching job. The Vikings, save this year, have been a top 10 defense for the last decade. The Bucs should go back and try to get Karl Dunbar as DC. They offered the D-Line coach’s job to him, but he turned it down prior to bringing in Millard another Viking alum.
November 19th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Breathe in. Those with little awareness of how this team prepares are hyperventilating with conviction about their diagnosis, but without confidence that this work in progress will ever regain its footing after this brutal stretch. Breathe out.
November 19th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
@Joe….can you share some of “dat smoke”……
November 19th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
pete, morris can beat these guys half to death but if they’ve lost faith in the schemes or lost respect for the staff then it will be almost impossible to get them back. i dont know if this is the case but these guys are looking worse than awful.
November 19th, 2011 at 2:19 pm
The Emperor has No Clothes !!!!!!!!!!!!
November 19th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
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November 19th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Pete doesn’t understand the difference between discipline and punishment apparently. One comes before the fact and the other comes after the fact. Big difference.
Discipline is something instilled as part of a team’s culture. It comes during the long hours of preparation before games. It is something that is already there by the time the whistle sounds.
Punishment is something done after stupidity has already taken place. It cannot change the outcome of a game because it comes after the game has ended. It is not part of a team’s culture. It is reactionary behavior and doesn’t speak very well of the disciplined environment of the team in their practice and preparation for games. Benchings, gassers, padded practices sound good on the surface but those things are rarely necessary for a properly coached team.
November 19th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
@FBID…rare internet insight and wisdom…..
November 19th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Pete doesn’t understand much about the nuances of running a football team. Not that you need some level of playing experience to comment about the game, but clearly Pete is lacking even a basic level of understanding about coaching and coordinating football players.
Also Pete, Rah benched the wrong player which causes more dysfunction as opposed to less. As soon as you bench Hayes and not Black the locker room gets suspicious bc black and rah are so close and black had the contract.
Gassers mean nothing to pros – only significant fines serve as a deterrent for pros.
The padded practices aren’t intended as a mechanism for discipline – he thinks it will help with tackling and physicality – I know some very experienced NFL guys who will tell you that too much contact during a game week causes sluggish play on Sundays – especially with road games. This double padded practice move shows me how lost Rah is. It isn’t the presence or absence of shoulder pads that us the problem – I believe that it is the jovial loose casual practice atmosphere that I have seen.
The difference in pace between a Gruden and rah practice is shocking.
You say rah calls out players, well kind of, in the weak cliche way that rah does.
The problem is Rah – if you put this same team in Bellichick’s or Cowhers’s or Tomlin’s or Gruden’s or Dungy’s hands the team output (their play) would look vastly better. Does that mean that they beat Houston or Green Bay? No, but it does mean that they don’t commit foolish penalties and get way behind early so that you play 2/3 of the game in 2 minute thereby nullifying your running game.
Rah is totally t o blame for this mess. My prediction: rah’s defense ends up the worst in NFL history in the important and telling yards per play stat.
November 19th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Btw- to some that “code” is called jibberish.
November 19th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Of course the Emperor wears no clothes, he’s a penguin !!!!!http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ignorance.html
November 19th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
LOL! Thomas is always good for a laugh! It’s like Mr. Potatohead with a keyboard.
November 19th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
1) I know as much about football as you know about law.
2) Ridiculous. Hayes gave up on multiple plays before he was benched. He wasn’t playing hard. Everyone was saying he needed to make an example…he did and he’s still criticized.
3) Again…everyone said he should be having them running gassers because of the penalties. He did. Darned if he does, darned if he doesn’t.
4) You sir, are spouting the same old nonsense. The team had very little development in the off season because of the workout. It’s not like they are experienced.
5) Yeaaaaah…Bellichick worked wonders with Haynesworth, didn’t he? Really Tommy-boy…I normally ignore you as much as possible…and I can see why.
As usual, you come spouting your nonsense and maybe 2-3 people here even care that you draw breath. I really don’t know why I bothered this time. It’s clear you cannot grasp any level of mature intelligence.
In theory, I can see your point. However:
dis·ci·pline
1. training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
2. activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.
3. punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
So…we’re both right.