“He Simply Can’t Turn Off His Competitiveness”
May 16th, 2015
Of course, Jameis Winston’s college head coach, Jimbo Fisher, is a huge cheerleader for America’s Quarterback.
But Fisher revealed last night that he advised the Bucs not to hear his cheers until they went deep into Jameis’ background.
Joey Johnston, of The Tampa Tribune, talked to Fisher last night Dick Vitale’s annual charity gala in Sarasota. Fisher explained that Jameis is a serial competitor and the approach Fisher took during Buccaneers’ pre-draft investigation process.
“I don’t think you can ever compare any two players, because everyone is different,” Fisher said. “I know all Jameis does is work, and he simply can’t turn off his competitiveness or his ability to be around people. He loves people, and he loves his teammates.
“I told (Smith), ‘Do your own investigation (about Winston’s off-field behavior) before you ever talk to me’ and I believe they did that. What did they get from me? Just an idea of what it’s like to coach him, what motivates him, what drives him, things like that. They were satisfied with what they learned, and I truly believe they are getting a great one in Tampa.”
Joe really found this interesting. So Fisher passed on a chance to talk up his guy and wanted the Bucs to do all their sniffing and digging before they came to him.
That’s a head coaching steaming with confidence in a player.
May 16th, 2015 at 10:09 am
Being one who was in the early stages more for Mariota, I am sooooooo glad we ended up with Winston. This was the right choice and I think the future will show it to Bucs fans as well as the rest of the doubters in the NFL and national media. I love this kid’s drive, dedication to his craft and charismatic leadership style. You cannot coach the it factor. A person is either a leader or not and that just really cannot be taught. Yes, there are a lot of people in positions of leadership, who are not great natural leaders. Winston is a natural.
May 16th, 2015 at 10:23 am
I feel the exact same way ray jay. I was all for MM at the beginning but now I’m extremely excited about winston. Seems like all he wants to do is win and lead. Lets hope his game will be able come through on the field
May 16th, 2015 at 10:24 am
I’m more than ready and willing to give Winston his chance to impress coaches and fans alike. Right now he is talked up to be can’t miss. He could be an answer to what has been ailing the Bucs for much of their existance. Go Jameis and go Bucs!
May 16th, 2015 at 10:25 am
Jimbo Fisher….”America’s Coach”
May 16th, 2015 at 10:33 am
Mariota- Winston
Tortoise-Hare
time will tell
May 16th, 2015 at 10:33 am
TBBF
ROFLAMO!!! And so perhaps I’m going to start calling myself..
SPBF America’s Commenter
May 16th, 2015 at 10:35 am
JJFN
What are you going to say if BOTH QB’s turn out to be great? Something I think is a distinct possibility.
Marcus is on the cover of SI this week. I read the cover story and remember why I loved Mariota. Then I read all the Fameis stories and realize why I’m so excited to have him leading the Bucs and I realize it’s very possible to like BOTH of the QB’s. One doesn’t have to suck to make the other good.
May 16th, 2015 at 10:37 am
Also, I think Winston will maximize his weapons and push them to be better. Mike Evans made Manziel look a lot better than he actually was. Imagine how he will do when he does not have to make up for the QB’s deficiencies. Winston never had the weapons that he will have here in Tampa. I am excited about this season. Gamblers may be betting the over more than the under this year as we will probably be scoring more points but I am still a little unsure of the defense being able to hold opponents to under 17 to 20 PPG.
May 16th, 2015 at 10:38 am
I hope Winton throws a bunch of Touchdowns so that Patrick Murray, America’s Kicker, can make alot of extra points
May 16th, 2015 at 10:46 am
I hope Winston clicks with America’s Tight end ASJ. He could be in for a big year.
May 16th, 2015 at 10:49 am
@ St. Pete
Joe……”America’s Blogger”
May 16th, 2015 at 10:50 am
It was Winston’s natural and fiery leadership qualities along with his personality that sealed the deal. Once he came in and everyone at OPB including owners and coaches got to spend time with Jameis and got to see for themselves the effect that his personality has on anyone who is around him – all at One Buc were in on the decision.
Winston’s tape was the cake – but his competitiveness, Alpha leadership qualities and will to win were the icing.
I wish Mariota well and he will likely be a good QB in this league – but we 100% for sure got the right quarterback for the Buccaneers with the #1 pick.
May 16th, 2015 at 10:54 am
Speaking for Pablo
“Pablo is leary of folks named “Jimbo”, “Bo”, “Biff”, “Bubba”, “Skipper” & “Billy Joe or Billy Bob” …..Pablo thinks they all carry weapons and want to use them on the Pablos of the world”….Pablo knows he shouldn’t generalize…but Pablo just can’t help it. Pablo goes into self-protect mode when these names come up.”
May 16th, 2015 at 10:55 am
leery….Pablo can’t spell….
May 16th, 2015 at 11:06 am
No sweat Pablo….we know English is your second language. LOL
May 16th, 2015 at 11:09 am
Timothy leery?
May 16th, 2015 at 11:10 am
What I really want to know is who is going to be America’s Running back, Martin or Simms?
May 16th, 2015 at 11:11 am
Exactly all the same things that Jimbo said about Jamarcus Russell. Go back and read his quotes
Joe, you can stop the daily campaigning for Jameis now because just in case you missed it, the Bucs have already drafted him. Isn’t there a new Bucs chearleader that you can be obsessed with?
May 16th, 2015 at 11:30 am
@Pablo
Forgive my racism but are you “Mexico’s commenter”?
May 16th, 2015 at 11:32 am
@Dewey
More like… ASJ- America’s Candy Ass! America’s Softie! America’s Glass Joe! Etc…
May 16th, 2015 at 11:33 am
Pablo is “America’s Mexican”
May 16th, 2015 at 11:33 am
America’s Bucs Fan Says: Joe, you can stop the daily campaigning for Jameis now because just in case you missed it, the Bucs have already drafted him.
America’s Bucs Fan, you can stop reading JBF daily also.
Who cares how much JBF puts Winston articles on his site? Some of us are OK with it. Here is a tip for you as well as all of the rest of the Winston haters; when you see a post about our QB, skip it and save yourselves the grief of reading articles about your supposed favorite team’s #1 overall draft pick and starting QB. Damn, some of you people really have agendas. There were plenty of articles last season about Mike Evans after we drafted him and I do not recall the anti-Evans sentiments. Get over it or get out of it!
May 16th, 2015 at 11:38 am
@TBBF,
Not only can Pablo not spell, but Pablo’s grammar and communication has hugely improved since Pablo started speaking thru you TBBF. If you recall, it was sometimes hard to understand wtf Pablo was trying to say… Lol
May 16th, 2015 at 11:41 am
Everyone who has been on this site for a while can surely appreciate this one.
The Kevin is America’s Sociopath?
Now all together “Go hang yourselves and stop breathing my air”. Haven’t seen him on here in a while, maybe he is in the DOC system now? LOL
May 16th, 2015 at 11:45 am
@StPeteBucsFan Says:
“…What are you going to say if BOTH QB’s turn out to be great? Something I think is a distinct possibility.”
I agree SPBF. Although I am still glad we took Winston as I feel Mariota is the bigger risk and will have a steeper learning curve. But wouldn’t it be cool if they became the next Great rivalry like Brady v Manning, or Johnson v Bird! Battling out SB after SB. Yeah, deprived Bucs fans can be delusional after the past crappy 5 years. But we can still dream, right?! Ok, I will put down the crack pipe now… Lmao
May 16th, 2015 at 11:46 am
Rotf lmao. Well good morning and buenos Dias Pablo
May 16th, 2015 at 11:48 am
@RayJay,
We can only hope. Maybe some of the other haters will join him soon (yea Mariota Joe, we r talking to you…)
May 16th, 2015 at 11:50 am
america’s quarterback = tom brady!
May 16th, 2015 at 11:58 am
I am hoping America’s Quarterback and America’s Mexican Pablo have a long and prosperous relationship in the bay area. Pablo needs a Jaboo tattoo to be officially America’s Mexican
May 16th, 2015 at 11:59 am
lurker
NO, I think it’s backwards. Tom Brady made America his B**ch with all the super bowls and super models.
May 16th, 2015 at 12:00 pm
America’s Cheater= Tom Brady
May 16th, 2015 at 1:47 pm
[When are you going to stick with just one username? Or should Joe take care of that for you, permanently? — Joe]
May 16th, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Do it Joe…lol
May 16th, 2015 at 3:40 pm
lurker Says:
May 16th, 2015 at 11:50 am
america’s quarterback = tom brady!
Tom Brady = Cheater
May 16th, 2015 at 3:40 pm
“America’s Bucs Fan Says:
May 16th, 2015 at 1:47 pm
[When are you going to stick with just one username? Or should Joe take care of that for you, permanently? — Joe] ”
As I have said, the anti-Winston crowd is sad and dwindling. They use multiple usernames to make it appear there’s more than 4 of them.
But, I’m glad they are using their energy on Jameis, the Face of the Franchise, Winston.
May 16th, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Mariata Joe is America’s Bucs fan? Hahaha
May 16th, 2015 at 10:34 pm
If you guys think the anti-Winston comments on here are bad, you should read the comments on NFL.com. Really stupid and ignorant comments from people who don’t even know anything about the accusations. A lot of hate
May 16th, 2015 at 11:10 pm
Yup. If you get outside of Florida, you may be shocked how Winston is despised across America.
May 16th, 2015 at 11:28 pm
Joe, you got that right! That’s why I made a post before the draft that if we took Winston we would be the most hated team in sports. I’m cool with that if we start to win. It’s going to be hard when we lose now cause we’re not the ” lowly please feel sorry for us team” any more. We are the Yankees and LeBrons Heat rolled up with some Tiger Woods and Barry Bonds. It’s gonna be fun!!!!
May 16th, 2015 at 11:32 pm
Joe, I gotta tell you this though. I live in PA and most of the guys at work don’t give the same kind of hate you would expect. A lot of them think the charges are bogus and others are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. They think he’ll do something stupid again before they think he’ll rape anyone. Most of them just talk to me about him ” on the field”.
May 17th, 2015 at 12:32 am
What he (and moron joe) simply can’t turn off is, the stupid.
This guy can be lured into playing dangerously, and when he falls behind he doubles-down trying to extricate himself and his team.
He will have to learn to channel his competitive streak through a filter of self-discipline. If he can’t do that, he’ll just be another freakishly talented individual who did not have the maturity or discipline to handle the fame and fortune of professional football. He now has the money to indulge HIMSELF…hope he makes it, his most recent behavior seems to indicate an indulged, immature, and entitled personality. I’ll be glad to be wrong, I know he works hard on the field and in the classroom – it’s just going to be his free time. That can’t be the team’s responsibility, Jameis HAS to want to be someone different than what has been reported in the media. It’s not the media attacking this kid – it’s a man acting like an indulged kid who refuses to grow up.
Lessons have begun, cameras are rolling.
Good luck, we’re pulling for you.
Go Bucs.
May 17th, 2015 at 9:33 am
@Whitetiger
“and when he falls behind he doubles-down trying to extricate himself and his team.”
and 99% of the time he brought his team back to victory….
May 17th, 2015 at 10:34 am
Whatever happened to America’s Car Thief, Barry?
May 17th, 2015 at 7:37 pm
Winston greets teammates off the bus his 1st day. Nuff said!
May 17th, 2015 at 11:49 pm
@JoshP …mostly against competition from a GREAT basketball conference.
This is the NFL, what he did to get here, won’t be enough to keep him here. In the NFL, you must have enough SELF-discipline, to play within an offense.
..and that’s the ONE thing he doesn’t do well.
You can’t fake discipline, you can’t turn it on and off, you have to commit to it. Hope he learns fast.