JoeBucsFan Hires Ira Kaufman, Tampa Bay’s Only Hall Of Fame Voter. Full-Time Status Starts Now.
July 22nd, 2016
There’s a new locker at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters.
The name plate across the top reads, “Custodian.” But this guy won’t be cleaning up Joe’s empty Papa John’s boxes and beer bottles.
It’s for the Custodian of Canton, Ira Kaufman, the Tampa Bay area’s only voter for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. eye-RAH! is now a very proud member of the JoeBucsFan.com family.
Bucs and NFL fans know Ira best for his 25 years at The Tampa Tribune, and they’ve been entertained by him for years on local and national sports radio. Those with SiriusXM know Ira is a weekly, football-season guest of Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, and he’s a popular interview of PFT Live host Mike Florio on NBC Sports Radio. Ira also does plenty of TV analysis in the Tampa Bay area, where his distinct style sets him apart.
Unleashed. Finally!
What’s so special about Ira’s arrival at JoeBucsFan.com? Joe has removed Ira’s corporate shackles. No longer will a newspaper editor stuck in the 20th century stifle Ira’s powerful opinions.
No longer will Ira lose mind-numbing battles to get real news to Bucs fans.
Ira’s sources from 40 years in the business are top shelf. Joe will even dare say they’re the very best in town when it comes to the Bucs.
Joe has no leash or limits on Ira. There will be no editorial meetings or orders. Ira will get to speak his mind freely, even if that means throwing sharp daggers at Joe. And yes, Joe will blast Ira when it’s deserved.
Powered By Cadillac
The standout leadership teams at Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon and Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa have made this all possible on JoeBucsFan.com.
All of Ira’s work will be presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon. True Hall of Fame customer care and service — standing behind Tampa Bay’s Hall of Fame voice. It was a natural.
Family owned and operated Ed Morse is celebrating its 70th year, and Joe has been proud to call them partners. Joe’s family has purchased three Ed Morse vehicles since 2011.
The Workload
JoeBucsFan.com readers will get three columns weekly from Ira at a minimum. Ira will be roaming the halls and fields of One Buc Palace digging up all kinds of goodies.
Also, The Ira Kaufman Podcast will be heard at least twice weekly right here, fully downloadable for your listening convenience.
Some surprises are in store, too. And, of course, Ira will be live in Canton next month at the 2016 Hall of Fame ceremonies, also working the room at private parties for Eddie DeBartolo and Father Dungy. There will be plenty to share.
Ira also will make personal appearances around town and mingle with Bucs fans.
Lastly, for those worried Joe is going to relax a bit with Ira on board, stop being ridiculous. Joe plans to hammer away on all things Bucs as much or more than ever.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:14 pm
Love it!!! Looking forward to all the insight
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:14 pm
This was a Huuuge Coup for Joebucsfan!!! They just turned a prominent member and mouthpiece for Tampa2 Mafia!!! Welcome aboard Ira!!! But you have to earn your strips and I for one will be keeping an eye on you so you fly straight!!!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:14 pm
Congrats Ira
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:16 pm
That’s huge!!! Great job Joe and I look forward to all the articles
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:16 pm
This is great news! Let’s go Ira!! Let’s go Bucs!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:16 pm
Well, at least we might have someone with a clue writing articles now.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:18 pm
Great news …. welcome, Ira
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:18 pm
I believe Ira is a hot commodity in sports talk. Congrats JBF and Ira!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:18 pm
This is amazing news! JoeBucsFan just got even better than it already was. Can’t wait to read Ira’s columns. Congrats to Ira and Joe!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Nice!!!!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:20 pm
Awesome!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:20 pm
OUTSTANDING!!! Welcome aboard!!!
Hey Joe! How about doing something with fantasy football @ Hooters?
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:20 pm
That’s fantastic! Welcome, Ira!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:21 pm
Welcome aboard Ira! Can’t wait to hear your opinions in and about Bucs and football industry!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:22 pm
Great news!!
I hope he gets to keep that Hall of Fame voting status. If anyone has earned it, it’s him!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:25 pm
Ira is in trouble already. First article is to lay-off McCoy. Lol, I hope you have enough ammo son. Don’t blame your best players? Only if they have k-y hands I guess or if they don’t have a beautiful smile.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:30 pm
And get Miko to have her column too and we will be on our way to corner sports column market!! Go Tampa!!
This is Huuugggggeeee…
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:31 pm
@DB55 uhh no its not, he just said on DAE it’s an article about laying off McCoy, because yeah, he is actually good.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:31 pm
awesome great news. Go joebucs
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:32 pm
I am delighted.
Great addition!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:32 pm
I guess that’s ambiguous, lay off as in stop criticizing him so damn much. Not lay off like NASA layoff
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:33 pm
Ira keeps his Hall of Fame vote.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:33 pm
Outstanding!!!! Although you gotta make Ira an honorary Joe… Maybe Joira?
Welcome aboard the crazy train Ira, where the Tampa 2 is shat upon and the facts don’t matter! 😜
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:39 pm
Rename to IraBucsFan.com and release the Joes.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:50 pm
Typical hire for the Bucs, Bucs blog, and Bucs fans loves it…Hiring another RETREAD.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:52 pm
I have 1 request…. Can he please write articles in the third person?! either under the “Joe” name or “Ira”. Makes not difference to me. I just need that great third person perspective.
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Finally…..someone to class this joint up!
July 22nd, 2016 at 4:54 pm
Wow, some of you commenters were spot on earlier about Ira. This is great news to the site. Congratulations to the Joe’s and Ira. This is great news and I’m happy for all involved.
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:00 pm
well congratulations to Joe for pulling off this move and congratulations to Ira.
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Congrats to JBF for landing this level of talent, experience and connections.
Congrats to Ira for finding employment related to covering the Buccaneers and maintaining his HOF vote.
Thanks to Ed Morse Cadillac for paying for this arrangement.
I look forward to reading Ira’s posts. Yet one more reason to be excited about the 2016 season.
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:01 pm
As a diehard for 40 years now this is awesome .Congrats to both .
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:07 pm
Impressive…
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:11 pm
So, Ira won’t be creating Mobs ? Smart.
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Ira, you are no Tom Jones. You are no Rick Stroud. You are not even close to Greg Auman. You lack their writing style; your sports knowledge isn’t the same as theirs. And to that I say THANK GOD FOR IRA! There are few in the Tampa Bay area who do the Bucs and Bucs fans any justice. The others above are awful. GOOD JOB BY JOE BUCS FAN, the ONLY REAL reporter of Bucs news.
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:21 pm
Oh, did I say Tom Jones sucks? Just checking.
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:26 pm
Ira AND a podcast! Perfect! JBF just went BIG time! Thanks, Joes. Good luck Ira!
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:26 pm
Great news! Have always enjoyed your perspectives about the Bucs Ira. As Jason said … “Welcome aboard the crazy train.”
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:27 pm
“I wanted to be drafted by the Tampa Bay Bucs and play in front of Ira Kaufman and poster Kobe Faker” Sterling Shepard
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:58 pm
The Bucs Mafia starts now…
July 22nd, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Welcome Ira!
July 22nd, 2016 at 6:27 pm
Tampabaybucfan Says:
July 21st, 2016 at 8:47 pm
Joe has hired Ira Kaufman or Miko Grimes….
Called it….glad it wasn’t Miko
Congrats Joe…..great move!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 6:45 pm
Super Duper Congrats to Ira and the Joes!!!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 6:46 pm
Sweeeet! Welcome Ira!
July 22nd, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Had a feeling when he,was let go and again when the Joes had a special announcement. Already the bezt source for Bucs news. This just brings more great articles and more class and prestige to joebucsfan.com
Well done!
July 22nd, 2016 at 7:11 pm
This is awesome! Can’t wait to peruse the site Monday mornins site glorious BUCS wins on Sunday afternoons!
July 22nd, 2016 at 7:24 pm
Actually this is pretty refreshing. Thanks for admitting you are at times a little ridiculous with some of your postings Joe. Sometimes I thought you were on Drugs! I’m looking forward to IRA’s columns. Nice addition to the staff.
Um, Joe doesn’t recall referring to postings as ridiculous. C’mon.–Joe
July 22nd, 2016 at 7:26 pm
Well. we all think you are on drugs Mike. Either that or need to be on some.
July 22nd, 2016 at 7:56 pm
Yeah Mike, lay off the pipe.. I kid, I kid.
I was expecting to be let down by the “big news”…but this is cool Joe’s.
July 22nd, 2016 at 8:20 pm
mike johnson, on his own planet again!!!! LOL!!!!!
@Joe, Now that Ira is on the team, and does not have to represent the big newspaper’s anymore, What are the chances we can get him to wear the Coach John McKay Bucket hat all training camp long?????? and yes the one with the cream orange on it!!!!!!
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July 22nd, 2016 at 8:36 pm
Nice addition to the staff.
July 22nd, 2016 at 9:23 pm
I agree with trubucfan. Let him write about the collective joe and himself in the third person.
July 22nd, 2016 at 9:31 pm
Way to go, Joe!! Congratulations to us Hardcore BUCS Fans!!! Thanks for coming aboard, Ira!! Let’s get ready for some Buc’n Football!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 9:40 pm
Goo news this is. Much stronger his voice makes us.
July 22nd, 2016 at 9:54 pm
Great news, will he be acting like Joe, or will they be authored columns
July 22nd, 2016 at 10:09 pm
I’ve never been a fan of Ira. Maybe without the shackles he can be a good addition to JBF. Let’s wait and see.
July 22nd, 2016 at 11:11 pm
This is truly a YUUUGGGEEEE signing. free agent signing of the year foes to Joebucsfan.com
Very excited to get the extra content, insight, and info from sources. Welcome aboard Ira, you and the Joe’s will be the premier source for big news during the best years in Buccaneer history that are just around the corner!
July 22nd, 2016 at 11:11 pm
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July 22nd, 2016 at 11:28 pm
Big get, Joes. Congrats!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 11:32 pm
Welcome eye-RAH ! Always enjoyed your pieces.
And to Steve,rrrrr I mean Joe congrats on your expanding business! Only in MERICCA!!!
July 22nd, 2016 at 11:35 pm
Joebucsfan is on pace to surpass That other site that used to be cool but not so much anymore
July 23rd, 2016 at 12:21 am
Let’s see how it goes …
July 23rd, 2016 at 12:52 am
may be one of JoeBucs fans smartest moves ever.It is fitting that a major
newspaper that did not extend any olive branches to t many Tribune sports writers will lose out on this honor.This paper no longer has the vision that the
founders originally had when I grew up.
July 23rd, 2016 at 1:02 am
Ira will be Ira.
That is, eye-RAH!
July 23rd, 2016 at 1:03 am
Thanks for all the kind words guys. Much appreciated.
Joe’s pretty geeked about all of this. Ira’s really fired up.
July 23rd, 2016 at 1:57 am
Congrats guys!!! I need all the Bucs articles and insight I can get since I’m here in Saints Land aka the Poo Dat Nation 🙁
July 23rd, 2016 at 2:30 am
Wow, amazing news. Big time. You made the best Bucs site immensely better. Great job.
July 23rd, 2016 at 5:05 am
Great news! This will really be a great addition to the site!
July 23rd, 2016 at 7:34 am
Welcome aboard Ira.
July 23rd, 2016 at 9:21 am
Bob in Valrico… I agree about the St. Pete..uh Tampa Bay Times being less than what it was in the past. It too has morphed into the uniparty that is headed for The United States Times.
July 23rd, 2016 at 9:25 am
Welcome to the madhouse Ira.
July 23rd, 2016 at 9:30 am
Fred E. Buc Says:
July 22nd, 2016 at 5:21 pm
“Oh, did I say Tom Jones sucks? Just checking.”
LOL priceless!
July 23rd, 2016 at 9:51 am
awesome as long suffering bucs fan i have enjoyed reading your stuff in the dark 90s and the bright superbowl times
July 23rd, 2016 at 11:06 am
Great news coming out of Tampa, eye-RAH’s been unleashed!
July 23rd, 2016 at 12:13 pm
Perhaps now with a REAl journalist/writer. Joe will stop his daily lynchings and biat feedings to the Lovie Zombie haters. One thing I was liked about IRA..He was both objective and informative. Joe just..slings feces out there and lets it land wherever it lands. This is your best move in adding IRA. You’ve added class to the website. A bit of..believabiity if you will. Rather than that..salami you throw out here daily!
July 24th, 2016 at 7:20 am
I wass hoping Ira would end up at the Tampa Bay Times but I guess this is even better. Congrrat!s!
July 24th, 2016 at 1:52 pm
Great news! You are very lucky Joe to have someone of Ira’s caliber working with your. I think Joebucsfan just went to a whole new level!
July 25th, 2016 at 12:16 pm
This is amazing news – congrats JBF, you have a great addition to the team!
I don’t get to check this site as often anymore … I’ll be making a much bigger effort now Mr K is involved.