Bucs Practice Closed To Public
August 3rd, 2015
The Bucs have just announced that today’s practice at 2:30 p.m., which was open to the public, is now closed to the public, so the Bucs mobile app alert that Joe received stated.
The practice was closed because of the downpours in Tampa that have left roads dicey and unsafe for traveling.
The next Bucs practice open to the public is Tuesday at 9 a.m.
August 3rd, 2015 at 10:53 am
It has been raining fairly steadily in Pinellas with some heavy downpours mixed in for the past 10 hours. The weatherperson says it’s about over and will be going back to the usual summertime pattern. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. Private Buc practice, does that mean you will be shut out also Joe?
August 3rd, 2015 at 10:57 am
Good grief has god left a judgment on the bay area Becouse this rain is unreal. Maybe it’s a forwarning about the bucs season to come…LOL…SMDH
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:01 am
And the Joes still think the Glazers don’t need to build a indoor facility? Hope the young rookies don’t lose valuable reps. I think 24 of 32 teams have indoor facilities. Bucs need to join that club
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:08 am
At least the University of Seffner can say they are proud they attended the Bucs practice yesterday…
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:10 am
Nice to wake up to the wet & smiling face of Rachel. Thanks Joe!
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:15 am
77Bass I suppose it could be a fore warning,but heres a thought. Maybe all this inclement weather may very well be providing this team with an early sense urgency. Maybe this adversity is precisely what the Doctor ordered.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:22 am
Joe aims to please.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:29 am
Nole…I doubt very much of everything you just said.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:34 am
87
That’s because somewhere along the line you’ve lost your bearings. You spent months telling us all that Fameis would lead us to the promise land. You didn’t say next year or the year after. In fact you were one of the many who frequently made the point that Fameis was more NFL ready than Mariota.
No one can know for sure what the effect of this rain will be. But Nole on Sat could be accurate. It will be interesting if we end up playing in the rain this year.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:40 am
Oh YES let’s keep practicing in it. We can get valuable reps….
Pure sarcasm.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:42 am
If you saw that sloppy practice Saturday night, you’d understand how this team needs to practice in the rain for a week.
Unless, of course, when it rains in a game you are OK with the Bucs turning the ball over eight times. Evan Lovie was PO’ed how bad it was.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:44 am
“87
That’s because somewhere along the line you’ve lost your bearings. You spent months telling us all that Fameis would lead us to the promise land. You didn’t say next year or the year after.”
Stop making stuff up. I never said any such thing about this season. In fact all I said was “Jameis Winston will win a SB within 3 years of entering the NFL regardless of which team drafts him.”
I never said he was taking us anywhere this season.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:45 am
Joe…I’m confident that the opposing team will turn the ball over just as much as us in this kind of downpour.
August 3rd, 2015 at 11:48 am
BTW I guess this indoor facility will clearly be air conditioned. Then we can also go inside whenever it gets hot so as the players don’t get dehydrated, so they can concentrate better..yadda yadda yadda.
Did anyone here see “The Junction Boys”? It’s the story of how Bear Bryant turned the Texas A&M program around with a ten day torture camp in Junction Texas. They practiced on fields with sand spurs in brutal heat and never let up. Bryant lost a significant number of player who simply couldn’t take it. What he had left however were the toughest SOB’s in the state.
I’m for the indoor faciliity as long as THE GLAZERS PAY FOR IT!!! However I think it’s only necessary in the lightning. Otherwise let the guys get ready for REAL football. We do have two domes in our division but how about some home field advantage.
August 3rd, 2015 at 12:06 pm
Joe, Rachel looks real good in the rain. You think she could play RG?
August 3rd, 2015 at 1:53 pm
Clear skies in Tampa right now. Hurry up get out there and practice. The hell with the scheduled time. Get out there when you can.
August 3rd, 2015 at 1:58 pm
Why do they rain delays in baseball then? Just play through it if it’s so easy to play a game in the rain. Baseball’s a sissy sport.
August 3rd, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Can’t buy that the poor performance during the very first practice condemns the need for an indoor facility. Players are usually overly nervous after waiting for six weeks to begin training camp and even more so when that first practice has been delayed, cancelled, and rescheduled.
The majority of teams have indoor facilities and seem to manage to be able to conduct “wet ball” practices. With the current CBA, it is more important to ensure players, especially rookies, get the maximum number of reps possible. Cancelling practices does nothing to help that goal.
August 3rd, 2015 at 3:08 pm
It was a downpour and HAS been…watch Bay News 9 where they are talking to the mayor about all the rain causing major flooding. It was tropical storm like conditions. But yeah they need to play more out in that to be prepared in case another tropical storm happens during the season on a Sunday out of the 11 games they play outside of a dome.
Give me a break already…
August 3rd, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Plus ti was a night practice in the rain. They probably couldn’t even SEE the ball…
Enough already. Wet balls in a bucket doesn’t even compare to what they had to deal with…
Okay I’m done.