Dick Vitale Outraged By Mike Sherman Talks
January 9th, 2012
"Mike Sherman? Why, bay-BEE?"
This is what it has come to for the Bucs. It isn’t just that Team Glazer and Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik are being scoffed at by local talking heads over the known interviewees to replace jettisoned Bucs coach Raheem Morris. It is now national scorn.
First it was Deadspin, then it was PTI mocking if not laughing at who the Bucs are looking at for their new head coach. Well now, Dick Vitale has piled on.
The ESPN college basketball icon and Tampa Bay area resident took to Twitter to lambaste the talk of Mike Sherman being one of the leading candidates as the next Bucs coach.
@DickieV: BUCS may hire Mike Sherman. y is he on their radar? They say offensive genius.25-25 @Tex A&M fired by Green Bay that doesn’t = GENIUS!
Later, Vitale used Twitter to please with almost-Bucs coach Steve Mariucci to leave the NFL Network desk to run the Bucs.
@DickieV: @SteveMariucci Comeback to coaching – my BUCS NEED U! U can always get back into tv.
Joe will have more on “Mooch” tomorrow. He recently was in St. Petersburg and was kind enough to talk to Joe about the Bucs.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Finally big dogs are speaking out against the hiring of Sherman.
Duemig would puke in him mouth, and Dicky V…..Sherman Genius not close.
I would really like Billick, but Mooch is an interesting idea, particularly how he was the talk of the town about a decade ago.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Dicky V. knows coaching…I’ll take his judgment.
Billick or Mooch….come on down.
Funny as Mooch was the talk of the town about a decade ago.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Mooch didn’t do much in detroit…….marty is the best choice.. imo
January 9th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Maybe everyone already knew this but I’m just impressed that Vitale is a Bucs fan. We’re not usually the celebrity choice.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Good lord…too much faith is being put in the words of an NFL guy who NEVER breaks stories.
Sherman is NOT going to be our coach!
And I hate to break it to people, but it won’t be Billick either. Or Marty. Or Martz. Or Mularkey (sp).
We won’t see who it is until next week…because the guys we’re getting is in the playoffs.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
I’ve run into Dicky V a few times in Sarasota and he is a genuinely good guy. I saw him speaking to a group of military personnel and at the end of the talk he said “…and don’t thank me for being here. I want to thank you for that.” Earned so much of my respect with that.
Marty Schottenheimer is looking more appealing by the minute.
God this year sucks for coaching candidates.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
slumped shoulders ((head in hands))
January 9th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Mooch is a good college coach. He got the 49ers on the tail end of their legacy, rode that as long as possible, then did jack squat in Det.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
@A REAL bucs fan So your saying Wade Phillips?
January 9th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Weirdest coaching search I’ve seen.
Some incomprehensible candidates.
Interviewing coordinators before finalizing head coach.
If they get Marty might work but everybody else is a disaster.
January 9th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Mooch stay away and keep your credibility. The Bucs don’t deserve you. This is the North Korea of professional sports.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Perry fewell
January 9th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I remember when hugh took the podium with a a copy of parcels. contract. Then he said he had newfound empathy for brides left at alter
Having a similar flare of strangeness
January 9th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Like Ive been saying since Mike Sherman was said to be in the running for a job as hc. If we hire this a$$clown we will be the laughing stock of the league. Bank on it. Even a college basketball commentator knows that this dude is a moron and a sad excuse for a coach.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
This franchise has come full circle. Once again we are the laughing stock of the NFL.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Mooch didn’t do much in Detroit. Marinelli didn’t do much in Detroit.
Ever think that they have had a stinking, lousy management group for the last 15 or 20 years? That is why people talk about a coach’s success, they better darn well consider the orginization. Wonder why it looks like Rah might get a good job elsewhere and Fisher wouldn’t come here? Our organization has such a reputation around the league as a big part of the problem here right now.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
When you refer to not hiring an a$$clown it doesn’t narrow it down much with these candidates.
Must have visited a$$clowns r us.
Except marti
January 9th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
Thread Hi-Jack warning: Anoyne else think this Mathieu #7 from LSU tonight looks like a young Ronde Barber?
January 9th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Cowboys dumped dave Campo. Hey, he’s old and been fire multiple times by other non-playoff teams. We need an interview, STAT!
January 9th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
BB – Ronde never looked as #7
January 9th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
….as good as
January 9th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Anyone remember when Vitale was relevant?…… Didn’t think so.
January 9th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
google Marty Schottenheimer…Wikipedia says we hire him tomorrow..lol…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Schottenheimer
January 9th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Sam rutigliano lives in spring hill.
January 9th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
DICKIE V WANTS SCHOTTY BABY!!!
January 9th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
honeybadger got something special.upshaw also playing well
January 9th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
I’d take les miles with some nfl coordinators.
January 9th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
We need to interview Russ Grimm. The fact that the Steelers interviewed him years ago for the head coaching job says something about him.
We need to interview Grimm, Zimmer, and Billick.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:07 am
Marty, Grimm, Zimmer, and Billick are the four best candidates.
Sherman is ok, but he’s nothing great and the fans will NOT be happy if he comes here. I’d be afraid to see the reaction from the fans if Sherman is hired.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:28 am
Dick V, Stays in Sarasota? really? i’ve never seen him, or maybe just never noticed.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:31 am
Maybe we will double dip in this draft as well.
Claiborne in the 1st and
Honey Badger Mathieu in the second
/drool… that’s about all i could say about that dream draft. Only con is how bad we need LBers! By the end of the second round all the really good ones will be gone.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:53 am
Sounds like Pete is insinuating Wade Phillips will be getting the job……………………………………………………………….I’d love to know who your sources are Pete -___________-
January 10th, 2012 at 12:54 am
Joe I have always been skeptical about the Glazers desire to win with money not being an obstacle. I am with you that this team has talent but I am starting to abandon the thought that the Glazers are dedicated to winning. If the Glazers had called Jeff Fisher and told him money was not an option and they would do what it took to win I think they had him. Instead once again they are going with cheapest options. All of the coaches they have talked to or will talk to will come on the cheap just as Mark Dominik and Raheem Morris did. This is getting nauseating. The Glazers tell the fans they will prove that they will spend money but they do nothing to change fans opinions.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:56 am
Mike Sherman does nothing for the Bucs. Hopefully he is alot more of a field general than he has shown in past NFL seasons.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:59 am
The two things that will push me off the Skyway bridge:
Hiring Sherman
Hiring Wade
January 10th, 2012 at 1:20 am
u have room 4 one more K2?
January 10th, 2012 at 1:22 am
@K2 We both know Pete is going to say whatever happens is exactly what his “source” told him.
January 10th, 2012 at 1:43 am
Honey badger is only a soph, he’s not draft eligible til next year
January 10th, 2012 at 1:43 am
941:
Honey Badger is a sophomore and if he were eligible for the draft, there’s no way he would last to the second round.
January 10th, 2012 at 1:54 am
Mathieu cannot be drafted because he is only a Sophomore.
Bucs need to hire Bisaccia.
January 10th, 2012 at 2:04 am
Thanks Joe. I am not a huge College fan, but was paying attention to the bowl series this year for spots of what the Bucs might get.
@ Erik I fully agree, Go get Bisaccia=:)
January 10th, 2012 at 2:08 am
Man all i can say is i hope The Vikings try to reunite Ponder with Blackmon allowing Claiborne to fall to us.
January 10th, 2012 at 2:14 am
The only thing that would concern me about making Marty the HC is that he would bring his son in as the OC. And then if he sucks here like he did in NY, his daddy won’t fire him. That would be bad.
Let’s pray the Rams, Dolphins, or Jaguars hire Brian S. so we don’t have to worry about that.
Also, make sure Marty’s health is good. Don’t want him to die in office, he’s kind of old.
January 10th, 2012 at 2:49 am
Honestly: Could Raheem and Olsen be any worse than Marty and “Sharty”?
January 10th, 2012 at 2:50 am
K2theSoldier Says:
January 10th, 2012 at 12:59 am
The two things that will push me off the Skyway bridge:
Hiring Sherman
Hiring Wade
I’m joining you!
January 10th, 2012 at 3:50 am
Gotta go with DickieV on this one…please NOT Sherman…!
Like I’ve been saying, I’m good with Schottie..
Anyone suggest Cam Cameron yet? He’s kinda busy in the playoffs for at least another week…?
January 10th, 2012 at 3:52 am
@941-Bucs
He has a “permanent” room at the Ritz in Sarasota as far as I know.
I do know for a fact that he is in Sarasota a lot! I’ve bumped into him multiple times around town and im definitely not some kind of super stalker that roams around trying to find dick….I mean a guy named Dick!!!!
January 10th, 2012 at 4:18 am
@White Tiger……..Cam Cameron=sh!tiest head coach in NFL history. Far worse than Rod Marinelli. That Dolphins team was lucky it got that overtime win against the Ravens.
I know you’re kidding though haha.
January 10th, 2012 at 10:13 am
Regarding Marty’s son Brian, I’ve read so many complaints about his playcalling with the Jets, but I can’t help but think 2 things; He’s got one of the worst starting QB’s in the league to work with in Sanchez and he’s doing it in New York where the media makes everybody either suck really bad or be the greatest thing ever.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
All coaches have been fired