Crying Is OK With Lavonte David
November 11th, 2014
Re-starting quarterback Josh McCown’s postgame tears made the national rounds yesterday.
You sure don’t see that every day, especially after a seemingly meaningless game in a lost season.
Lavonte David was asked for his reaction to the tears last night on the Buccaneers Radio Network. David said McCown wasn’t the lone player filled with emotion.
“You saw it. I mean, not just him, plenty of guys. You saw it from Louis, Louis Murphy. You saw it from me after the game. You saw it from a lot of people, man.” David said. “Guys are upset. We take this game seriously. And you know Josh was real emotional throughout the game because, you know, we put in a lot of hard work throughout the week. And we expect the results for the way we work to end up being Ws but we’re not getting them. And it’s frustrating. He was frustrated. So all we can do is just move on from it. Just keep trying to build. Keep believing. Keep having faith. And, you know, soon things are going to turn around.”
It’s unclear whether David was referring to himself crying or just being emotional.
But how it’s expressed really doesn’t matter. It’s great that players care deeply, but that doesn’t matter much, either, but it’s better than the alternative.
Winning, however, is all that matters. There are no moral victories in the NFL, despite what Tony Dungy says.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:02 am
I have no problem with “crying”…least of our worries…..it is the play of this team…I beleve their is talent enough to be a +-.500 team…..COACHING is 1-8
November 11th, 2014 at 11:05 am
I think the entire team is going to take this frustration out on somebody before this season is over. Personally I hope it is the bears in two weeks.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:06 am
I find it ironic, as crying is what most of us fans do every Sunday as well.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:09 am
You know I have alot more respect for Josh McKown the guy cares and that cannot be said for the Deshon Goldsons of the world who say oh well thats out of my control. Josh realizes what this losing is doing to a whole bunch of people who want something to believe in. Right now its just hard to take especially a fan base thats been losing ever since Gruden left.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:10 am
We cry during the games, they cry after. Nice symmetry. Of course, to paraphrase Tom Hanks, “There’s no crying in football!!!!!”
November 11th, 2014 at 11:11 am
And please, Joe, can you avoid a lengthy McCown v Glennon discussion at 5pm today? They both stink and there are so many other fish to fry, like coaches, DL and OL.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:14 am
There’s no crying in baseball!!! This is football and so it’s ok.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:14 am
Men have emotions about things they are passionate about also. McCown deserved to win, but he is obviously not a one man team.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:14 am
So much for “meaningless” games……It means something to the players, coaches, owners the opposing team and most fans.
The fans that want to lose for a better draft pick lack an understanding of competition. It’s about winning.
I feel for McCown….I think he had very high hopes for himself and the Bucs for this season as we did……he is crushed and doesn’t have many opportunities left.
I’m sure none of this is lost on his teamates!!!
November 11th, 2014 at 11:34 am
The softness of these guys is astounding. Did someone die? Did you receive life altering news? Did you have to watch that crap from the north end zone? No! Grow a pair and hold the tears in until you go postal like the rest of us do.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:41 am
All I know is that there was no crying in collegiate lacrosse……
November 11th, 2014 at 11:44 am
Some guys cry when they win a big game. Our guys cry when they lose one more. Not much difference except the outcome.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:47 am
@espo
you probably have never played football in your life. football is an emotional game and for the ones that care like mccown is hard to lose because when you put your heart and soul into it every week and still cant get the results must be frusrating. as for mccown i feel for you but we gotta get it done in all phases. you played a solid game but when you have a punter that cant punt over 20 yards, a defensive line that cant rush and also no help from the refs i mean cmon it was horrible the call on banks and johnson, also the evans catch was obvious it was a catch and you gotta challenge it to get it correct. its unbelievable how bad the refs were this game but we cant make any excuses. go bucs
November 11th, 2014 at 11:51 am
I’d imagine he cried because that might have been the last really good chance to win a game this year.
November 11th, 2014 at 12:00 pm
@Tom E
I don’t know. I’ve seen tape of the Gait brothers crying after a bad face dodge…
November 11th, 2014 at 12:02 pm
bitxhes cry.
men do something about it.
November 11th, 2014 at 12:18 pm
@ Espo
You’re a reall tough guy but I’d rather be in a foxhole with McCown…..
November 11th, 2014 at 12:29 pm
@Robert like Mike Tyson says “Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth”. I have no issues with them crying about it. It means they care enough that it hurts to lose. I’ve played lots of sports and I’m super competitive. My dad used to beat me at chess when I was young and I always cried, by the time he died, he refused to play me because I would beat him so badly. It’s the guys that have no reaction that I worry about.
November 11th, 2014 at 12:34 pm
McCown ran his butt off on Sunday, really good pocket presence. He cant take those hits that took on the sideline. He got crushed but got up and went back in, that toughness right there. Keep your head up Josh.
November 11th, 2014 at 12:53 pm
McClown’s tears were from just finding out that his bitchin’ hair gel was just discontinued.
November 11th, 2014 at 12:54 pm
WTF is with this pu$$ification of America?
real men don’t cry. and if they should shed a tear now and then it sure as hell is not in public.
carry on light loafers.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Nice guy, cares about teammates, coaches, fans and the community. Terrific. Only problem is he can’t effing play football. Get this bum outta here already. Why do I have to watch this guy “try” again. Sick of this crap on Sundays. LovieDovie&co really screwed this organization up.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Good to know our YUCS made the national headlines for something other than drama, MRSA, and losing. If Dick Vermeil was our coach that would be awesome. Kleenex for everyone.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:25 pm
^^if Dick Vermiel was our HC Josh McStake would not be our starting QB and we would have a winning football team that we could be proud of.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:32 pm
@Ander
In matter of fact yes I have. Only in high school but there it is. My sophomore year I broke my ankle and tried to play through it because I couldn’t bear the thought of my teammates playing without me. A very stubborn and I now realize dangerous and selfish thought. I didn’t cry over that and I didn’t cry over wins and losses because my parents taught me about perspective. Now here I am pouring my heart out to you and not a single tear is being shed on my part.
@TBBF
I’d rather not be in a fox hole period :). Fortunately thanks to those being honored today I get to have these silly arguments online instead of risking my life.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:35 pm
At the end of the day, its a game. He should be thankful for his health and his family.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:53 pm
It’s good to see that quite a few Bucs players still care deeply about this team. Any player who takes losing in stride truly is a loser.
Unfortunately our Bucs just have too many holes in their roster. I for one thought that they’d plugged many of them in free agency and through the draft, but … I was wrong. We actually had a pretty good draft, but only a couple of the free agents have panned out thus far. There’s still time to improve though.
The talent simply isn’t there … on offense, defense or special teams. Oh ya, some of the coaches aren’t performing so good either. Hard to call this a rebuilding year when roughly half the team won’t be here next year.
November 11th, 2014 at 2:24 pm
@dallasbuc this organization was screwed up long before Lovie came aboard. The bucs only have 7 players on the roster that they drafted form the previous 8 years. That is 8 years of horrible drafting, so I politely have to disagree with you that Lovie screwed this organization up. He has a big mess to fix, don’t know if he is capable of doing that or not. The bottom line is this team was never as talented as many people believe, that starts with the Glazers hiring incompetent people to run this organization. It takes a long time to fix 8-10 years of bad drafting, we can only hope Lovie and Licht have better drafts, meaning you have to hit on 4 or 5 picks that make your roster every year. Go Bucs!
November 11th, 2014 at 2:36 pm
Ahhh the Tampa Bay Bucketatears what a season this has been
November 11th, 2014 at 2:46 pm
This could be you someday Lovie.
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November 11th, 2014 at 2:46 pm
Instead will just deal with a crying QB instead of one with ice in his veins.
November 11th, 2014 at 2:53 pm
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November 11th, 2014 at 2:53 pm
I surrender!
November 11th, 2014 at 3:53 pm
It’s not like we just lost Poland, it’s a game for pete’s sake. They’re just too proud to have that kind of egg on their face.
I’m sure they could accept this without too much problem if hot chicks were constantly rejecting them. And you know what? They’d probalby have won more games.
November 11th, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Robert 9 Says
“WTF is with this pu$$ification of America? real men don’t cry.”
Show’s you are not a real man.
I cried when the Bucs won the Superbowl. I’ve cried many times. Real men don’t lie and say they don’t. Real men don’t hide their emotions in a glass of beer.
Real men lead, instead of condemn others.
As a real man, I admit freely that I have cried.
November 11th, 2014 at 8:22 pm
I cried when I lost my virginity….. Because it hurt me more than it hurt her. Lmfao….. She was in “Beast Mode.”
November 11th, 2014 at 9:23 pm
“I cried when the Bucs won the Superbowl”
Me too Bonzai. Tears of joy. All those years of losing and then finally – redemption!
November 11th, 2014 at 11:07 pm
This seems to me like a direct response to McCoy calling guys out for not being upset about losing. Just a show for the fans and media. Would 2-7 really have been that much better? No way he could’ve or should’ve been that upset over the loss.
November 11th, 2014 at 11:59 pm
I CRY EVERY SINGLE TIME I WATCH THE BUC’S SB DVD. IT STARTS WITH BARBER’S PICK 6 OF MCNABB…AND CARRIES INTO THE THE SUPER BOWL HIGHLIGHTS.
I’M PRETTY MUCH WIPING TEARS AWAY THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS UNTIL THAT TROPHY GETS RAISED.
THEN IT’S A TEAR-FEST FROM THERE ON OUT. IT HAPPENS TWICE A YEAR. THAT’S HOW MUCH I WATCH IT THESE DAYS.
I’M 44 YEARS OLD. IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. I CAN REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
THAT DAY THAT I SAW THEM WIN THE SUPER BOWL I CRIED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
So when fans come in here and try to question my fandom for this team, it pisses me off to this day and it ALWAYS will.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:01 am
I cried when the Bucs beat the Eagles to GO to the Super Bowl. All those years as the “Yuckaneers” suddenly came rolling back as Ronde crossed the goal line sealing the victory and sending the Bucs to San Diego.
For the Super Bowl, I think I was just numb. I was hoping it wasn’t some dream. It wasn’t, we did it. The Yucks did it.
We’ll get there again one day.