“What? It’s Not Happening?”
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If you have even the slightest interest in Buccaneers’ history, then you absolutely must grab a cold drink and listen to the ESPN Radio audio below.
It’s former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik telling the story of Bill Parcells nearly becoming head coach of the Bucs before the 2002 season. Dominik takes you inside One Buc Palace and the actions of Keyshawn Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum, (yes, Mike Tannenbaum) leading up to Parcells’ near arrival.
Dominik later explains Team Glazer’s final run at Al Davis, the Raiders’ late owner, “Nothing’s not for sale. Something’s always for sale. What’s your price?”
Dominik also flashes back to rumors flying before Tony Dungy’s hire in 1996. Dominik played a prank on then- general manager Rich McKay in order to figure out if Jimmy Johnson was truly in the hunt to be Bucs head coach. Based on the shenanigans, he sure was.
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Damn, Malcolm Glazer sure knew how to make stuff happen.
May 8th, 2016 at 11:21 am
That’s a cool story. I remember thinking it was going to be Mooch too so glad we made the trade for Gruden.
May 8th, 2016 at 11:33 am
Thanks Joe,that was awsome.Tampaaaaaa
May 8th, 2016 at 12:11 pm
Keep’em coming Joe. I enjoyed this one!
May 8th, 2016 at 12:20 pm
Cool story bro.
I mean literally, that’s a really cool story I’ve never heard before.
Speaking for Pablo: “Gracias, Hoes.”
Also,
Licht >>>> Rockstar GM Mark Dominick
May 8th, 2016 at 12:22 pm
That was great stuff
May 8th, 2016 at 12:28 pm
Cool @$$ Malcolm Glazer.
May 8th, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RIP Mr. Glazer, we miss your vision
May 8th, 2016 at 12:39 pm
BAY!!!!!!!
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You@! Mr. Glazer for buying the Buccanners. An enormous improvement over Mr. Culverhouse.
Excited for Training camp, Season to start.
Go Bucs!
May 8th, 2016 at 1:04 pm
Howard please don’t hijack a tread like that. Wins in two seasons: Dominik 13, licht: 8. Pro bowlers draft after two years. 1 to 1. Picking top 10 every draft. Licht.
May 8th, 2016 at 1:20 pm
Cool insight… Normally i would say something snarky about Mark Doninik being the worst GM in history but i wont do it this time…
May 8th, 2016 at 1:51 pm
Couldn’t get that high technology stuff with this cave man phone. I thought this battery on this phone was burnt out, unable to charge it. So I tried the other so called smartphone. I finally got JBF to come up but I couldn’t get the read more or comments to come up. I hate that smartphone, does not compute for me. I’m back to winging it old style since I finally got the charger to work again. Technology, who needs it!
May 8th, 2016 at 4:28 pm
Can’t believe its been 15 years…a very exciting time in Buc Nation. Ironic that Marvin Lewis is still employed by the same team after Malcolm overruled McKay on that hiring…
May 8th, 2016 at 10:19 pm
That was the most incompetent coaching search in NFL history. The Glazers kneecapped Rich McKay and then put on a carnival show of a search of their own. Sure, the end result was a Superbowl, but it was a disgrace at the time. And after the Superbowl, the organization went rapidly down the tubes because Gruden and Allen couldn’t draft worth a crap, and player development was a novel concept, not often practiced.
May 8th, 2016 at 11:28 pm
LOL Love the “kneecapped” reference (McKay wanted to hire Marvin Lewis and was promptly stripped of his coaching search responsibilities).
May 8th, 2016 at 11:53 pm
Again proof that reality is always stranger than fiction.
May 9th, 2016 at 12:56 am
Salish
I disagree. It wasn’t incompetent, they had their man and Parcells screwed them over. Then they were in a bind and needed something to get done. They overpaid for Gruden but did get a SB.
May 9th, 2016 at 12:56 am
Joe Says:
May 8th, 2016 at 11:28 pm
Yeah, I remember it well. Lewis would’ve made a fine coach for the Bucs. Who knows, maybe he could’ve won a SB too… And he’s had longevity with Cincy. The Glazers kneecapped McKay by rejecting the recommendation. That’s when the circus started.
May 9th, 2016 at 9:42 am
Good stuff. The last time I spoke w coach Spurrier, he had decided to go to the bucs before the Gruden offer and after Parcells walked away. Daniel Snyder sweetened the deal and made tons of promises… promised him bobby bethard as gm ect and more but never delivered. He said his biggest mistake was backing away from tampa for the skins. Always facinating to see how these things play out. Mr Glazer was the BEST. Always shooting for the moon. I’m sure his sons are fine people, but they have made a few mistakes, Mr Glazer is missed greatly! “Nothings not for sale”…. awesome.
May 9th, 2016 at 4:55 pm
Dungy was great for the franchise, he really turned the team around but it was Gruden’s offense and knowledge of Oakland that undoubtedly put the team over the top.
First round picks come and go but Tampa will always have a super bowl victory from that trade.