“We Didn’t Show Up”
September 13th, 2015
Lovie Smith won’t be throwing chairs. He won’t need to tell Leslie Frazier to calm down.
He might not even raise his voice. And he certainly won’t curse.
That’s Lovie — steady and cool as the other side of the pillow, as the late Stuart Scott used to say on BSPN SportsCenter.
Forget the ugly 42-14 final score tonight, however Lovie is running these Buccaneers isn’t working.
In terms any third grader can understand, the Bucs spent the last five months preparing for today’s game against the Titans, and they were dreadful — and unprepared.
During his postgame media chat, Lovie used the sentence he used last week when referring to the 2014 Bucs. “We didn’t show up. We didn’t play our best performance,” Lovie said this evening.
The head coach went on to say the next two games, road contests in New Orleans and in Houston, will be good for the team and fans will respond.
“If we can go on the road and play better and then next time we come here show up the way we’re supposed to, our fans will come back,” Lovie said. “We’re going to take a little break from Raymond James and get better, and we’ll come back and our fans will.”
Joe feels like Lovie is at the end of some sort of rope when it comes to the Bucs’ effort. This just can’t ever happen again for the next couple of months at least. You can’t go around getting creamed at home in the NFL, where a typical game is a one-score decision.
September 13th, 2015 at 8:52 pm
Lovie and Licht whiffed!
September 13th, 2015 at 8:53 pm
Last year you didn’t show up either. Started the season right where you left off, good job, genius. God, why do we keep hiring coaches behind the curve of today’s NFL? Oh wait, I know why. Glazers.
September 13th, 2015 at 8:54 pm
jabooDOESNTwin
September 13th, 2015 at 8:55 pm
Against a 2-14 team, a rookie quarterback and a 2nd year head coach who has had the same amount of time to install his system, just like Lovie. We were not even close to competitive. Pathetic!
September 13th, 2015 at 8:56 pm
The question is mainly whether Lovie should be fired before the end of the season or not.
He has the players, especially on the defensive side of the ball, to compete in the NFL. But he is not competing. It is what it is.
September 13th, 2015 at 8:57 pm
What happened to being Tennessee ready you FUKR? I can’t imagine what it’s going to look like when you get NO ready.
September 13th, 2015 at 8:57 pm
We were told since OTA’s that the Bucs were preparing for the Titans. We told the same in preseason. And, after all those months of prep, we get this? Are you kidding me? What will it look like when there are just a few days to prepare? Looks bad to me.
September 13th, 2015 at 8:58 pm
Pathetic showing at home
September 13th, 2015 at 8:58 pm
It’s been 645 days since the Bucs won a home game.
645.
September 13th, 2015 at 8:59 pm
I wish he said this the day of his Bucs job interview.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:00 pm
Was this a bad dream?
September 13th, 2015 at 9:00 pm
The Positives From the Game
1 – Winston didn’t lose control of himself like he did in the Rose Bowl.
2 – Kwon had his good and bad moments, but mostly good for a rookie.
3 – Doug Martin had some decent runs. They will only improve as the line improves.
4 – Winston made a block for a run play. That was a great statement move to his teammates.
5 – Center was hiking the ball a little low, but overall didn’t play bad. He blocked well on most plays. No bad snaps.
Negatives From the Game
1 – Winston’s footwork was horrible.
2 – Winston projected his passes, stared down targets.
3 – Offensive Left Tackle played like the rookie he is. You don’t often see dumb penalties from the left side. We did today. He’ll learn.
4 – Playcalling was bad on both sides. It happens.
5 – Danny went down. Hopefully not serious.
6 – Overall, the defense played as bad as the offense.
The Good News
It’s only the first game. In 4-6 weeks, the offensive line will look much better. Everyone just got a dose of that reality I’ve been talking about. But no need to fret…IT WILL GET BETTER.
Over the next 7 games.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:01 pm
How can you keep saying “We didn’t show up”. Guess what. Don’t show up and collect your check either. “Your Fired” sounds better! No your fans will not show back up. They will watch on TV where they can TURN IT OFF!
September 13th, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Off topic – Does anybody know how Lovie got the scars on his face?
His a$$ has more today.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Jaboo = Jawho?
September 13th, 2015 at 9:02 pm
And all of this goes right back to the Glazers making continually bad Head Coach and GM decisions.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Don’t worry, Lovie gets a whole week to prepare for the Saints, who doesn’t have a rookie quarterback.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:03 pm
Obviously the “Lovie Confidence Poll” will show Lovie’s numbers are down after this disgusting loss…..would have been nice to have something to compare them to…..missed opportunity for a recent baseline.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:04 pm
Marcus Mariota Showed Up
September 13th, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Lovie’s refusal to show emotion allows the Bucs to be dominated by officials. It started on the first play and continued through out the game. He should have been on the officials from play that play. There is no excuse for not going insane on the Marriota fumble. I understand the official claims to have blown the whistle which is questionable at best but that does not mean you allow it with no argument. It leads to getting dominated. They would never have adjusted the ridiculous 4th down ruling if he would have shown any emotion on the previous calls. It is sad but true. The officials judgement is always going to be affected by the Coaches emotions. Especially on close decisions
September 13th, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Lovie, just fix it.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:10 pm
Hey local media!!! When the Bucs suck, i don’t listen/read/watch. Do you job and ask why this abomination happened. Otherwise I have a real life to live and will ignore you and this team! I don’t need to watch 2-14, or worse again.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:11 pm
jaboora.pes
FEELS ICKY TO BE A BUCS FAN! KARMA!
September 13th, 2015 at 9:13 pm
I understand the O being sloppy. I get it…new QB, new OC, and a crap oline. But that D was pathetic. Tampa is a D town and when you get worked over like that vs a rookie in your own house…then you have huge problems. I never expected Lovie to build us a great O. But I did expect a top D. At bare minimum a well prepared D. Right now, we have neither lol.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:15 pm
BACK TO RAYMOND JAMEIS!? LOL WHO REMEMBERS THAT ONE?
September 13th, 2015 at 9:17 pm
Lovie Smith made Mariota look like Montana.
Is Lovie fired yet?
September 13th, 2015 at 9:18 pm
If they did not show up then you failed. That is your job, to make sure the right team shows up on Sunday’s. So the question that should be put to Lovie is, how many of these failures do you get? You got a pass last year to some degree for various reasons, but not this year.
Today was an absolute embarrassment. A rookie QB ripped thru your defense like it wasn’t there. No excuse. Jameis, played basically like I thought he would. He was a rookie playing against a team that looked prepared to play.
For those of you trashing Jameis, yes Marcus looked much better today. But, if you are honest, can you say that he would perform that way in spite of Lovie if he were the choice and would Jameis play that way if he were in Tenn. hard to say. Regardless, I blame Lovie exclusively.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:19 pm
No reason why every local media is not calling for lovie to be fired.
No reason why mike Glennon does not start next week
September 13th, 2015 at 9:21 pm
They’re going to get fired, or at least Lovie is. Then we’ve got a QB not tied to the new regime. And that my friends is how you are doomed forever. That’s Cleveland Browns textbook.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:21 pm
The problem on defense is Lovie running the Tampa 2 with no pressure from the weak sorry arse D-line. McCoy is a bust and it seems like any other loser they get here in Tampa through the revolving door can’t get pressure either. If this team has another 2 win season I say trade anybody worthy for stock draft picks and only draft D line and O line players.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:22 pm
“He might not even raise his voice. And he certainly won’t curse.”
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Cause when it comes down to it, he’s a soft azz Charmin-to-the-touch little btch of a head-coach. His playerts know it, thats why they dont play for him….
Lovie Smith, as gentlemanly as you may want to come across, you sir, are a soft azz little Charmin-with-a-spritz-of-water-to-prevent-chafing btch of an NFL Head Coach…
MAN THE FCK UP LOVIE!!!!!!
September 13th, 2015 at 9:26 pm
Lovie said we were prepared? We have the wrong people in charge if we WERE prepared…No you weren’t prepared R u dillusional???
September 13th, 2015 at 9:29 pm
This team has regressed badly since Lovie took over. I don’t see him turning this around. I say we let him plod through this entire season but then he has to go. He has done nothing right.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:30 pm
L&L experiment has failed miserably. Glazer boys have no clue. The best thing that could happen is that the team be sold. Year after year, same crap. I never thought hiring Lovie to replace Schiano would turn out to be such a disaster. Luckily, I found better use of my time on Sunday’s.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:31 pm
When a salesman doesn’t make the sale, the boss would say, “did you get kicked out or kissed out” Lovie is the kissing kind. The only sale he will ever make is when someone has no choice but to buy. Rather than spend my time with this inept franchise, I will purchase season tickets to the Lightening.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:32 pm
None of us are allowed to fail this epic in our jobs and careers. Even a business owner can’t fail this bad because so will his business. This isn’t Lovie’s first game. Look, in today’s pass-happy, put the skirt on QB’s and no hitting allowed NFL, the Tampa 2 doesn’t work. That defense was predicated on keeping everything in front and smashing your opponent. There’s too many holes in that defense. We sorely need a makeover and we aren’t getting one with Lovie. My confidence in Lovie is waning quickly.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:37 pm
@BucBonzai
Fair assessment. Other negatives for me were several formation penalties…that’s a lack of focus or coaching or both.
I wish I could see quarter by quarter stats because as I recall we were way ahead of the Titans through the first quarter and a half. After falling too far behind though you have to largely abandon the run.
I was please by special teams as well and the OL played better than last year. This was NOT their fault.
Lovie’s D sucked. It’s not the quick 5 yard routes…it’s the horrible tackling that lets them become first downs. Stop punching the damn ball and simply TACKLE!
As for #3. I’m not going to call him a bust after one game but he is far from NFL ready. Whoever sold us that bill of goods deserves to give us all a refund.
He is so NOT NFL ready that one more stinker like today and I wouldn’t mind seeing him learn from the bench…didn’t hurt Aaron Rodgers…while perhaps MG8 gives us a chance to win. Let’s see how Fameis does next week in N.O.
Meanwhile can we find out if Fameis has small hands or sweaty palms. Seriously I do not rememeber another QB that has so much problem hanging on to the pigskin. And perhaps he needs a ballet class or something…poor #3 is one clumsy dude. He just needs some time to refine his game.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:38 pm
In looking at the stats for the game (I use that latter term loosely) it seems that the 2 teams weren’t as far apart as a 42-14 drubbing would make it appear.
Biggest differences appear to be in: (1) the game plans (Titans were content to take what they could get to keep moving the chains whereas Bucs got greedy and impatient far too often); (2) Bucs defense simply didn’t show up when it counted (Titans were 4-for-4 and 100% in Red Zone efficiency and 3-3 for 100% in Goal-to-go efficiency); (3) Jameis Winston’s inexperience cost the Bucs heavily (16/33 passing with 2 INTs, fumble, 4 sacks were mostly on Jameis).
Overall, worst start to the 2015 season I could imagine.
September 13th, 2015 at 9:42 pm
This team is very very bad…. it was the titans we lost to not the steelers or packers the freaking titans!
September 13th, 2015 at 10:06 pm
Come back 0-3 and that place will be empty
September 13th, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Man, that Bucs overall loss number gets fatter every week. Yet Lovie remains cool calm and collected. Could of hired a statue for these results, that’s right the Glazers did.
September 13th, 2015 at 10:14 pm
Back to your basement, Lovie! YOU have yet to show up!
September 13th, 2015 at 10:15 pm
I try to find the positive in this team. I’ve got absolutely nothing. There isn’t anything that I feel good about when it comes to this team. I have never seen a more unprepared, undisciplined, or effortless performance than what I saw today. I am completely ashamed of the performance of this team, and even more so ashamed of the job of the coaching staff. As I said after the Cleveland game, someone on this team (coach, player, or front office member) needs to make a statement. I’m so sick and tired of this flurry of cliche answers and excuses. Call out specific players. Grab a chair and throw it across the room. Curse! Do something to let me know that you care about this team, because it looks like we care more on this board than anyone does within the organization. This is unacceptable, but what is even more unacceptable is the complete acceptance of crap from the team. Lovie says the exact same thing after every embarrassing performance – NOTHING!!! DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!!! What we are doing isn’t working! Stop deferring after every coin toss we win! Stop saying “simple as that”. If it’s so damn simple, why isn’t it getting fixed? Stop making the same mistakes game after game after game (holding, illegal formation, false starts, etc.). Stop getting blown out by teams that have no business blowing you out – on your own field!! Make adjustments!!! How many slants are we going to give up? How many tight ends are we going to let destroy us? Create some pass rush. Our defensive line isn’t good enough to get pressure by themselves! Can we not see that yet? I can see it, and I’ve never coached football a day in my life. Stop trying to fit players within your system and create a system that fits your players!!!These guys you brought it that were supposedly perfect for your system suck! Sorry, but it’s true. This is pure garbage, and it better get better real quick.
September 13th, 2015 at 10:23 pm
Don’t show up. Don’t collect a paycheck. Give the fans who bought tickets their refunds. Apathy already setting in! I think I am going to put 31 team names in a hat and draw one and just be a fan of whichever team that happens to be for the season. The Bucs do not deserve fans!
September 13th, 2015 at 11:06 pm
Lovie said “we didn’t showed up”…. We all know Mr Smith your team hasn’t showed up in 15 of the 17 games you have coached.
September 13th, 2015 at 11:12 pm
Lovie said “we didn’t showed up”…. We all know Mr Smith your team hasn’t showed up in 15 of the 17 games you have coached. Keep on braking the fans hopes with your sorry ass coaching displays and your ass will be a free agent coaches ass pretty soon.
September 13th, 2015 at 11:34 pm
Wow Hawaiian Buc I just read your whole post and brother I think that’s the best post I’ve read in this site by far since I’ve been a part of JBF blogs. I agree 1000% with everything you said my dude. I wish Lovie, Mr Licht, and the Glazers could really read what you said dude. Awesome post my friend.
September 13th, 2015 at 11:56 pm
@vegabuc,
Thanks, I wish you were agreeing with me saying something great after a win. Unfortunate it has to be this way.
September 14th, 2015 at 12:08 am
Hawaiian summed it up very well as usual. I echo what he said. I’m so disgusted. My son and I had to endure this together. My poor son. He deserves better. I could have moved to Boston years ago and brought him up a Pats fan, but nooooo, I groomed him into a lifelong Bucs fan. I feel like I’ve failed him.
September 14th, 2015 at 2:57 am
Oh Man! I’m gonna be drinking a lot this season!
September 14th, 2015 at 8:44 am
I really hope the local media grows a pair and asks Lovie tough questions with follow up, and ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LET HIM OFF THE HOOK with answers like “We didn’t show up” and “simple as that”.
Having sat through that for three hours yesterday, the local media can make him uncomfortable for 20 minutes. Piss him off. Please do not ask him “Coach, what are the positives that you can pull from yesterday’s performance?” What are they going to do, pull your press credentials? Let them, and that will create a bigger PR nightmare. Yesterday was dreadful to sit through and he needs to be held accountable for the lack of preparation.