“Time To Make The Doughnuts”
September 3rd, 2013
It’s Jets Week at One Buc Palace. Yes, the regular season is here. The Bucs are preparing to face the Jets in the New Jersey Swamplands in just five days — five days! — which could be the start of a magical season, or the beginning of a nightmare.
Such is the NFL, trying to figure out what rollercoaster to ride.
Woody Cummings was hanging out at One Buc Palace on an otherwise national holiday and the Tampa Tribune scribe noticed a much different vibe in the Bucs locker room and from Bucs commander Greg Schiano, than in recent weeks.
In short, said Schiano, “It is time to make the doughnuts.”
“There’s definitely a renewed energy now,’’ Schiano said. “I mean, you go through training camp and it’s bang, bang, bang and there’s a kind of ‘Time to make the doughnuts’ mentality. But now, all of a sudden, we have a game — and soon.
“So now you get to where you’re spending a lot of hours game-planning, and that’s the fun part of coaching, where you actually take that scheme and mesh it into another team’s offense, defense and special teams.
“Now you’re fitting this coverage to their route or fitting this protection to their blitz. It’s very specific: ‘When you set here on so and so, be ready.’ Or, ‘This is how he’s going to run this route.’ ’’
The time for evaluation is over. If Schiano and his crew haven’t yet figured out who the best 53 men are, then there’s not much Joe can say. Instead of evaluating talent, Schiano and his staff are now poring over tape trying to find edges with the Jets.
This is the fun part of football, both for coaches but players and, yes, even fans.
Joe can just smell the sweat of players the season is so close.
September 3rd, 2013 at 7:36 am
We’ll son see what this team is really made of.
September 3rd, 2013 at 7:36 am
We’ll soon see what this team is really made of.
September 3rd, 2013 at 7:39 am
If this game isn’t a confidence builder for our D-Line, I don’t know what is. Smith isn’t just a rookie QB, he is a shakey, raw, unrefined rookie. The gameplan needs to focus on containment. Stay home and protect your gap. Don’t let Ivory get going, and don’t let Smith use his legs to compensate for his lack of passing ability. Blitz, Blitz, Blitz….bring the house Jim Johnson style. Revis and Banks win the match up on Holmes and Hill, and Winslow doesn’t scare me one bit. On offense MW19 will be eating Milners lunch all day. That’s the mismatch.
September 3rd, 2013 at 7:44 am
I think rotating Spence at the 3 with McCoy, while bringing in our new guy Jones to play nose would be a possibility…Spence is strong and fast.
September 3rd, 2013 at 8:02 am
“…smell the sweat of the players.”
Lol.
I have a similar view:
I imagine a Sunday where I can sleep in, get up around 10am,
make awesome coffee and maybe go out for breakfast.
Come home and pop the precisely chilled beverage and watch
the Bucs dominate the dysfuctional butt-fumbles on my Sony.
Well, I guess it’s similar except for the part about smelling sweat, lol.
Oh…and I hope Freeman kicks arse.
But if he chokes I’m a’ calling an MGM meeting for 3pm.
September 3rd, 2013 at 8:14 am
5 bucks says Goldson and or Barron lights up Win-slow early and Win-slow becomes a non-factor.
September 3rd, 2013 at 8:51 am
Actually, the ‘time to make the donuts’ was training camp. That’s monotony. Now it’s time to game plan and play some REAL football!
September 3rd, 2013 at 8:57 am
I’m so stoked!!! Cnt wait to see our team… Lets see how far they hve come
September 3rd, 2013 at 9:06 am
“Joe Bag Of Doughnuts”
Welcome to Joes!!!
September 3rd, 2013 at 9:17 am
This game scares the crap out of me…
It’s a team the on paper we should own, but we’ve looked freaking awful in the preseason…
September 3rd, 2013 at 9:36 am
I don’t get the “we should own them” mentality. They won one less game than us last year and are playing at home. And Ryan is an excellent defensive coach vs. our own shaky QB.
We shall see, but I expect trouble.
September 3rd, 2013 at 9:55 am
^^^^
If you feel that way this week against the hapless Jets how are going to feel in the next two games against the Saints and Patriots. You might as well double up on your daily Xanax cause you’re going to have ulcers before the 5th game. lol. Sometimes in life you have to have a leap of faith and believe. I know, I have to convince myself also. But on this game, I’m actually willing to lay down a monetary wager that we’ll take care of the JETS, where I’m usually cautious and the fact that I have been burned before, I’m very confident this Sunday.
September 3rd, 2013 at 10:34 am
Ive had an ulcer for four years.
Not sure where all the Ryan ridicule comes from, one losing season in the last four, two championship game appearances, with Mark Sanchez at QB! We should be so bad.
Defense has never been below 6th in the league.
Not following the bravado here, but faith is a strong emotion I suppose.
September 3rd, 2013 at 10:48 am
Our offense most likely is going to struggle against one of the better D’s in the league. The key I think to this game is our, on paper, much improved D vs there rookie QB with not much around him…
We should win this game and convincingly. I dont expect the convincingly part to play out though.
September 3rd, 2013 at 11:30 am
I’m terrified of this game…just saying. Jets at home? Rex Ryan D? No penetration from our D line? Ryan’s job online? TE situation? OL? Traditionally against teams we are supposed to do well we end up shi@ing the bed. And we have looked like an abortion during preseason. I hope they come out blazing. Lord knows its time. We have waited long enough. God Bless the Bucs!
September 3rd, 2013 at 12:36 pm
People keep saying stuff like this game is scaring them. Because usually the Bucs lose the games to the teams they are supposed to beat. Then in the next breathe they say we can’t beat teams that have winning records. So which is it then? What teams can we beat? Utter silliness timid Buc fans.
September 3rd, 2013 at 12:44 pm
we’ll be playing a good D on the road, yeah. but the best way to negate that advantage is a healthy run game – Buc Ball.
let Martin & Leonard grind it out, and minimize any Freeman shenanigans. Free just needs to manage the game, keep the yards positive and the clock running. drain those Jets fans, lull em to sleep.
September 3rd, 2013 at 1:32 pm
I just hope Schiano wont wear outour players like last season.
Theres a reason we imploded at the end of the season.
It was fatigue.
September 3rd, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Sounds like Schiano’s saying that he was just punching the clock during the offseason, but now that the real game are here he’s ready to be fully engaged. I guess that’s… good?
September 3rd, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Look at that picture up there, how many of those do you think Rex could put down?