Open Door Policy For Father Dungy
June 11th, 2014
Former Bucs coach Father Dungy, the man who built the foundation of the glory days Bucs from cellar dwellers to division champs, has been a frequent visitor to Tampa Bay practices of late. Of course, Father Dungy and Bucs coach Lovie Smith are tight, and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and linebackers coach Hardy Nickerson are considered branches of the Father Dungy coaching tree.
If it was up to Lovie, Father Dungy would be a permanent fixture, not just once a week or so.
“Why wouldn’t you want him here?” Lovie said in his post-practice press conference. “He doesn’t need to tell us when he’s coming. Just show up.”
Occasionally, Father Dungy will chat with Bucs defenders, especially the defensive backs. Today, D.J. Moore was seen asking Father Dungy for advice, “picking Tony’s brain,” Lovie called it.
And Lovie is good with that.
June 11th, 2014 at 4:51 pm
Talk about the don , father dungy
June 11th, 2014 at 4:51 pm
I have so much respect for father Dungy. Its good to see is Spending time with the Bucs.
June 11th, 2014 at 5:33 pm
The friendship between Dungy, Lovie, Herm, Tomlinson, and Marinelli will never die. When the season goes south in Dallas as I predict they will, the Cowboy Admin will change and Marinelli will make a beeline for Tampa.
Frazier gets a promotion to Asst Coach and a Butch Davis type job and Marinelli becomes DC. Many Super Bowls in the future. A guy can dream, can”t he? lol
June 11th, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Can’t be nothing but good!
June 11th, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Awesome! Great to see him enjoying the team.
June 11th, 2014 at 6:19 pm
Great picture of Tony Dungy in his prime…..in those days I’d get to my seats soon after the gates opened…just to watch the interaction on the field…opposing players…coaches…media etc…a social interaction everyone seeing to catch up everything since the last time they had seen each other….James and Eric…big brother ..little brother….being boys
June 11th, 2014 at 6:23 pm
Just don’t let him near the Offense.
June 11th, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Dungy saved the bucs and is a brilliant football coach. As Lovie said. Whenever he wants…
June 11th, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Couldn’t think of anyone better to drop in. This is so advantageous for staff and team…on many levels. Father Dungy is an appropriate reference.
June 11th, 2014 at 7:10 pm
Copied from my recent post @ PR: “Glad to have TD back to being a regular @ OBP; he’s the reason I became a Bucs fan in the first place.”
June 11th, 2014 at 7:55 pm
Schiano would have kicked Dungy out of practice if he didn’t have a permission slip.
June 11th, 2014 at 8:44 pm
Dungy is such a fixture with this town and team, I mean he’s statue worthy! I wonder if he’d ever entertain joining this staff maybe as a consultant, how cool would that be seeing him sport our colors again? Macabee, I have a sneaky suspicion you might be right about Merinelli, him and Lovie ARE best friends, and we need some of the old school architects to bring the Tampa 2 back to prominence, I’m sure he’d love to work with these new Bucs and visa versa….one CAN dream lol!
June 11th, 2014 at 10:25 pm
I smell greatness happening!!!! Can you smell what the Bucs are cooking?? Playoffs! Save this link folks I’m talking about games in Jan. You heard it here first!! lol
June 11th, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Who better to give CB advice than the former Steeler Star CB and SB winning Coach, Father Dungy–who put us on the NFL map. I would love for all the Bucs Greats to come back and restore that winning confidence in this team. By the way, you can criticize Dungy’s Offense who he had turned over to young Shula as his OC. Well Schula took Charlotte to the playoffs last year and he will be here on the first game this year and will be running his big back offense right over the much too light Foster. Wait and see why I kept saying draft 260 lb Mad Max MLB–the Urlacher Clone.
June 12th, 2014 at 12:04 am
“Charlotte…will be here on the first game this year and will be running…right over the much too light Foster. Wait and see why I kept saying draft 260 lb Mad Max MLB–the Urlacher Clone.”
Another example of a fan saying “I’m right. They’re wrong.”
Lame.