Lovie Eager For Season’s End
December 24th, 2014
With one more loss, this horrific Bucs season will go down as one of the very worst in franchise history. Given this team’s gruesome past, that is saying a lot.
Football coaches love to coach. But even Bucs coach Lovie Smith is tapped out.
With the drain of 13 losses tugging at his shirt, Lovie admitted yesterday to the Tampa Bay pen and mic club he is sure looking forward to putting this season behind him and working to remedy the disaster.
Lovie was asked if he sort of wished the season was longer so he could evaluate younger players. Lovie quickly set the record straight.
“I know when you’re in this season – the sooner we end it, the quicker we start the next one as I see it,” Lovie said. “I’m looking forward to that next stage. I’m talking an awful lot about next, next, next when we have New Orleans coming up, so I’m a little uncomfortable about what we’re going to do later on. Again, this week is about finishing it off the right way and we have time for everything else.”
Joe can’t blame Lovie. The fans, save the eager souls pulling for the Bucs to secure the No. 1 pick in the draft, are sick of this season, too. It’s ugly.
And like Lovie, fans already set their sights on next year, specifically, the free agent dinner bell in March and the draft in April.
For many fans, the 2014 season was thrown out with the empty beer cans back in October.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:08 am
Fk Lovie, I’m so sick of his mumbling rhetoric, he’s a clueless putz who did more to ruin this team in one season than Morris and Schiano did in 5. The Glazers need to grow a pair and fire this moron before be can do permanent damage to their franchise….
December 24th, 2014 at 9:09 am
“I know when you’re in this season – the sooner we end it, the quicker we start the next one as I see it,” Lovie said.
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Huh?
December 24th, 2014 at 9:14 am
This team owes it to the real fans to make everything offseason available. They should have to join hard knocks since so much football was stolen from Bucs fans this year.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:18 am
Morris and Schiano may not have set the NFL on fire in their Tampa stints, but you can temper expectations a little with guys new to coaching at the NFL level. Again you don’t bring in a guy who has almost a decade of NFL HC experience only to make a team almost unilaterally worse than a guy you just fired last year after (probably) winning twice as many games with 3X as many off field distractions.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:21 am
Flmike Says:
Fk Lovie, I’m so sick of his mumbling rhetoric, he’s a clueless putz who did more to ruin this team in one season than Morris and Schiano did in 5. The Glazers need to grow a pair and fire this moron before be can do permanent damage to their franchise….
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Preach it Mike. Spot on.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:24 am
Only a few days left in the season. Maybe the Glazers will give us a late gift and end Lovie’s Reign of Terror. Only then will there be reason for optimism in 2015.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:37 am
Paul lmao at hardknocks. Lovie would make it the most boring season ever with his monotone robotic catch phrases. Maybe we could see what is really going on behind the scenes with these guys.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:38 am
Joe can’t blame Lovie. The fans, save the eager souls pulling for the Bucs to secure the No. 1 pick in the draft, are sick of this season, too. It’s ugly.
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And these people are in for crushing disappointment too because it’s gonna be the #2 pick. Saints have no motivation this week and the Bucs players, who don’t care about the draft pick, want a W. Bucs 27 Saints 10.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:40 am
If they would have been on Hard Knocks last season maybe we could have gotten some insight on the whole Lovie/Tedford dynamic.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:41 am
I think all Buc fans are ready for this season to end. It is simply the worst product the Bucs have put on the field since 1986 when CFL or Arena League next year as many have shown they do not belong on any NFL roster; its a real mess thanks to L&L and the Glazers for letting L&L make a once proud franchise a laughingstock…..
December 24th, 2014 at 9:43 am
But we were 4 and 12…..now we are 2 and 13…wow what progress lovie….
December 24th, 2014 at 9:48 am
^ A lot of the current roster will be pink slipped not long after Black Monday and will be in the CFL or Arena League next season…. Nice X-Mas present y’all left us L&L……. Perhaps the Glazers can “persuade” Lovie to bring in some decent talent evaluators and a real OC and support staff soon after Black Monday as well….
December 24th, 2014 at 9:53 am
Treat NO it like a preseason talent evaluation game and just let the guys that are on the bubble play.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:53 am
Bucrightoff, the #2 pick, yeah I can see the Bucs winning as well just to throw some uncertainty into the draft plans as the Titans could trade down with some qb desperate team that could fleece Winston or Mariota while giving the Titans a RG3 type of deal in draft picks…. Hopefully the Bucs can still get their guy no matter what happens this week. Wish the Colts would sit their guys but supposedly they are playing their starters against the Titans after the 42-7 loss to Dallas and still uncertain of their seed in the playoffs (3rd or 4th). A Titans win would be a nice late Christmas present…..
December 24th, 2014 at 9:53 am
I hope the tenn. titans win this week. it is too close to call if the bucs or the titans will get the top pick. the titans had a stronger schedule. the titans only have 2 wins as do the bucs.
as far as lovie goes. I would like to see him goes. LOL 🙂
December 24th, 2014 at 9:54 am
the only hope I have lies in NFL history … since I am from Pittsburgh, I remember Chuck Noll’s first season … it was just awful, 1-13 … from there it got a good bit better … Not sure that will happen here, but I sure hope it does as this ship has to get righted
December 24th, 2014 at 9:56 am
@ Ft Meyers
The sad part of your statement is the guys most deserving of pink slips are the guys Lovie coveted and brought in. That should be a red flag to all.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:57 am
Agreed ToesonTheLine,
He came in and all he had to do really was win 5-6 games to be better than last year. However, he came in and removed half the team and brought in his own people. Then we win 2 games. He has to win 6-8 games next year otherwise it is time to cut ties and bring in another coach.
December 24th, 2014 at 10:01 am
Lovie and Licht get one more year IMO. If they pass on a QB with the first pick, that will be the first shovel scoop for their graves. Couple that with another miserable season and they might as well put a toe tag on their Buc careers. We will be in the David Shaw sweepstakes at that point.
One year left L&L…better make it count.
December 24th, 2014 at 10:03 am
@ RichBucsfan
The problem with comparing Lovie’s year one failure to Chuck Noll’s first season (or Dungy’s, or Lovie’s in Chicago, or just about every example guys like Brandon are floating) is that most all of those guys were first time NFL HC’s. Lovie Smith theoretically has already learned the ropes of being an NFL HC (ala Andy Reid) and really has no excuse for 2-13 when he inherited a roster with Gerald McCoy, Lavonte David, Darelle Revis, Vincent Jackson, as well as young promising guys like Banks, Martin, Etc etc etc
December 24th, 2014 at 10:14 am
I think Lovie is a genius. He knew the Bucs need a true QB of the future and the only way to get one was to tank the season! Mission accomplished.
Bring Lovie back with one condition – make him hire an experienced OC and give the OC 100% control over the offense. Lovie can build a defense. When Dungy went to the Colts, he was hands off the offense and won a SB.
December 24th, 2014 at 10:18 am
@ Jim
Not really apples to apples comparing Peyton Manning in his early prime with a proven OC and system in place before Dungy got there to a rookie QB or Glennon or whoever starts for the Bucs next year with Lovie Smith in charge of hiring another OC.
December 24th, 2014 at 10:24 am
Can’t wait for sunday to see if we are really going to try and win the game, you know to mess up our draft.. Are the saints going to let us win for the same reason?
December 24th, 2014 at 10:32 am
Fire Lovie ASAP
December 24th, 2014 at 10:35 am
Lovie cannot evaluate players, he loft Collins in almost all year, sme with Johnson, McCown, most of the OL, it is just too sickening to go on.
Fire Love and we have a chance next year, keep him and he will probably hire Jay Cutler and trade away our first round pick.
December 24th, 2014 at 10:42 am
lovie just sux guys. the D may be playing better, but they’ve been on the field 3x more than the offense. I would hope they have improved. lol
still does not mean teams have been giving us their best or the defense is that good. just that teams are playing down tour level.
I’m torn on the fire lovie thing. I hate what he has done to this team, his decisions make no sense and his words make even less.
but we have to have some continuity at some point…….and how could he get any worse?
December 24th, 2014 at 10:55 am
How can anyone trust Lovie to make the proper decisions next offseason FA/Draft….when he completely blew last offseason/FA…and adjustments as the dismal season marched on from one ugly week to the next.
Fire Lovie and move on….
December 24th, 2014 at 10:55 am
Continuity is great if what you were doing was working, if what you’re doing is a has priven to be a complete and udder disaster on all levels why would you want to continue to do it?
December 24th, 2014 at 10:58 am
If what you’re doing has proven to be….
To early for bong hits.
December 24th, 2014 at 11:06 am
hey mike, what’s up with the udders, have they dried up and left no milk, I am utterly flabbergasted…. lol brother, lovie smith is as worthless as a boarhog with udders!!!!!! merry Christmas ya’ll cept for you lovie
December 24th, 2014 at 11:24 am
Yey, the McCown Bowl. It’s like the Helen Keller version of the manning bowl.
Btw, heard a report that Rex Grossman was contacted about playing out the season. You’re 2015 Bucanneer QBs Josh Mccown Rex Grossman Jay Cutler.
December 24th, 2014 at 11:31 am
DB55…LMAO….a Bear reunion I see.
December 24th, 2014 at 12:07 pm
I just miss what Lovie brings to the table to give even a hint of improvement within his capability.
December 24th, 2014 at 12:35 pm
You guys can say whatever the eff you want about Lovie. Slam him all you want, etc. A poll with well over 1000 votes shows about 80% of Bucs fans think Lovie SHOUJLD NOT be fired. Give him another season. Should he be on the hot seat? If the team doesn’t show dramatic improvement in the W-L column, yes.
December 24th, 2014 at 12:46 pm
Brandon Says:
December 24th, 2014 at 12:35 pm
You guys can say whatever the eff you want about Lovie. Slam him all you want, etc. A poll with well over 1000 votes shows about 80% of Bucs fans think Lovie SHOUJLD NOT be fired. Give him another season. Should he be on the hot seat? If the team doesn’t show dramatic improvement in the W-L column, yes.
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80% is what we like to call a spin number, because you assume the people with little confidence are 100% in favour of keeping him (highly unlikely). The more telling number is that 2 out of 3 fans have little to no confidence in Lovie. I think as people examine’s Lovie’s Chicago tenure that number will eventually be 4/5 fans with little to no confidence. Lovie’s entire resume is not confidence inspiring when examined past the surface level
December 24th, 2014 at 2:06 pm
Lovie was tapped out when he got here.
December 24th, 2014 at 2:52 pm
Forget about the season, I can’t wait for Lovies career to be over.
December 24th, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Anybody excited about any potential free agency period after not spending any money and then spending money… Some teams just can’t get it right, unfortunately one resides in Tampa.
December 25th, 2014 at 11:50 am
Before any player evaluation let’s have ownership examine the performance of Coach Lovie S, how effective his handpicked staff was, how L managed the coaches and assistants. If you all can get beyond the Tedford unending debacle and say that because we’ll have a high draft pick Lovie deserves another year on the Titanic then you’ll be getting what you want and can use all year, squadoosh!