Start Practicing, Sleeping At The Stadium
October 31st, 2016
Team Glazer knows how the Bucs responded to home losing 20 years ago
Dirk Koetter used the powerful adjective “demoralizing” on SiriusXM NFL Radio last week.
The head coach was talking about the Bucs’ home field disadvantage. Specifically, he was describing the feeling of seeing many jerseys of opposing teams in the lower bowl of the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway.
Sadly, Joe must conclude the head coach was/is echoing the sentiments of his players, along with his own.
Once upon a time 20 years ago, the Bucs saw that kind of fan support and responded with anger and rage, and physical lunch-pail football good enough to win over fans. Mighty Malcolm Glazer also responded with demanding a new look, a new stadium, a new coach and a new attitude.
Winless at home this year, and losers of 16 of the last 19 home games, Joe wants to see Koetter get serious about changing the culture at the stadium.
Start practicing there. Start holding meetings in the end zone. Make Roberto Aguayo hit 10 field goals in a row before he’s allowed to go home.
Have the players sit in the stands this afternoon with warm beer and watch yesterday’s debacle on the massive new big screens — just like the fans had to.
The Buccaneers sleep in a team hotel the night before home games. Joe thinks Koetter should move that to the stadium turf, with tents and flashlights and a lights-out speech delivered by Derrick Brooks, who can explain what it means to fight for every blade of grass. Bring in Jeff Garcia and let him lecture about playing with every ounce of your body.
The Buccaneers’ struggles at home are historic. The team now plays with no passion for the home turf.
It’s time for significant action.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:09 am
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Pro players are less concerned with winning than fans are. Their checks still cash every Tuesday, even after a loss. Of course they’d rather win, but it ain’t that important.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:10 am
I like those ideas Joe. The team as a whole had no fight in the last quarter and OT. It seemed they didn’t have the guts to put the game to bed. Maybe some extreme coaching tactics like these will get the best out of them.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:13 am
The sme way Koetter called out the fans for not being at games, He needs he’s A$$ torched llfor the heartbreaking unacceptable beer launching puke worthy game that his team displayed yesterday. He also should have his A$$ handed to him for hiring gis buddy Mike Smith. Mike Smith should be fire for that record braking piece of $#!t display his defense allowed yesterday.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:14 am
There is something very wrong with this franchise when Bucs leader was Jacquez who was picked off the streets after week 2. There has been a leadership vacuum for years and Jameis is all talk but doesnt back it up. These players are lazy and really don’t have any will to win. Yesterday was yet another glaring example of folding at crunchtime. Glazers need to bring in a “consultant” to clean house of all the dead weight (including GM) and draft/trade much better. Tired of all these humiliating losses.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:15 am
ligtnignbuc
that is a total cop out and BS statement…. Just because bucs are led by a bunch of heartless losers on defense like McCoy does not mean that is the norm. Tom Brady gives up money every year so the patriots can put players around him unlike brees and luck who take up such huge portions of the cap the roster is top heavy… Players with heart and passion want to win and know winning will bring the money… not just while playing but winning consistently increases the players earning potential later in life. Yes, I realize a bunch of these guys don’t think long term like that but you are dead wrong if you don’t think the majority of players don’t want to win. i’ll agree the majority of the bucs could careless about winning but that is not a league wide problem just a bad organizational problem that most likely will not get resolved until the old guard mccoy and several others are long gone.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:21 am
Lightning Buc, your post has no relevancy to this topic. Its only the BUCS that are winless at home. If players dont care about winning, tell that to the Raiders who are 5-0…on the road! mostly east coast teams!
Besides, you’ve got it all wrong. Do the players love money and big paydays? Yes…and they know if they want those, they have to produce. There are very few players who play the game only for the money. If there were, they would get weeded out in a hurry, coaches always go after the “football junkie”. Your statement is unfortunately a lazy one typed without taking the time or energy to actually think out its deeper meaning. Greedy football players are out of the NFL in 5 years tops, and thats AFTER they bust ass at least 2 years to earn that second contract. Otherwise they’re gone in 2 or 3
October 31st, 2016 at 11:24 am
The players, and I do mean all of them..should sit in the stadium, all lights off and watch on the mega screens our winning Super Bowl DVD..I have a few extra copies, if they need one..
then have Sapp, Lynch (he’s being honoured Thursday, right?), Brooks, Martin G..and anyone else on the SB team..give them a piece of their minds..
October 31st, 2016 at 11:33 am
i just dont see the Licht at the end of the tunnel…..
October 31st, 2016 at 11:36 am
I dont even have it in me to argue with Tmax over GMC. Just trade him. Fck it, just blow the whole thing up ala 2009. Just hire a gm that can build a team and let him hire a coach. I dnt care! Most losses hurt alot at the time but get better as time goes by, but yesterday was total opposite. It hurts more with each passing hour.
October 31st, 2016 at 11:39 am
Tmaxcon I really think that GMC attitude has gone on too long where it seems that the rest of the team doesn;t care, hawley cares, jameis cares, eveans and shepard care…but gmac has been the lone survivor and never a leader, ship him out, the team overall is young, i saw some real bad things from VH3 yesterday in terms of giving up on plays and had a little quit in him, was never a fan of that pick and diehard gator fan but, just drustrating being a bucs fan
October 31st, 2016 at 11:41 am
Is it to late to trade Winston for Mariota?
October 31st, 2016 at 11:44 am
Everybody on this team from lichts trash ass down to the kicker need to be fired, traded, or both only person I keep on this roster from both sides of the ball is Mike Evans and Ali marpet. The rest of the trash can go. Blow it up start over and bring in someone credible that knows what they are doing and have a history of doing it
October 31st, 2016 at 11:44 am
Pelbuc ftw
Only 1 person/position is responsible and can fix this horrendous team
Get a new experienced winning GM and throw jason gump and all the unsold beer down the gulf
1 year trial for koetter/smitty and force koetter to giveup the playcalling or get a real true offensive coordinator because we all know monkens duty is just reveivers coach.
It is very obvious compared to last year, loetter has too many clowm hats. Hc, off coor,playcaller and jameis qb coach
Barkan gives photos to jameis on the sideline and monken relays koetters plays on the headset
We have no checks and balances and a correct/efficient distributed powers and responsibilites
There was more structure and assigned control last year than this year
FACT- if koetter was only offensive coordonator this year, his playcalling
, performance, our offense and jameis and his development would be 10x better
October 31st, 2016 at 11:51 am
Yea, Capt Dirk must be held accountable for this nonsense. Coach how can you ask us fans to come out to watch in person and do what you did… End of both halfs with T.O.s and DO NOTHING!!! This is what they get when they go? Ridiculous
Yea I’ll stay at the house
C’mon BUCS!!!
October 31st, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Fans are a direct result of the team and their performance. If they are sick of opposing fans in the stands then they need to win at home. Those fans don’t wanna pay money to see their team lose.
This team is a joke, nothing changes but the names on the backs of the jerseys
October 31st, 2016 at 12:05 pm
The good ole wood shed days. Where the grind happened. All this new $$hit has them spoiled.
October 31st, 2016 at 12:20 pm
This is a good idea … Old School and exactly what this team needs … As of now i feel 3-4 is about where they should be talent wise, But losing games like the Rams game and Raiders game must be fixed.
October 31st, 2016 at 12:39 pm
This is starting to get demoralizing. An entire article … and comments … and not a single mention of it all being Lovie’s fault. Have we already turned Dirk Koetter and Mike Smith into replacement scapegoats? Come on guys, we can more mileage out of Lovie. Admittedly that hose has been dead for almost a year now, but it’s still fun to kick him to see if he moves. Realist, where are you hiding? Lovie needs another beatdown and DK & Smitty need support.
October 31st, 2016 at 12:39 pm
Great ideas Joe and they would work! Unfortunately, they are pampered and are paid way more $$ then they are worth. NFL players union wouldn’t let your ideas fly.
October 31st, 2016 at 12:40 pm
OK, forget ‘hose’ … was supposed to be ‘horse’. Love swellcheckers.
October 31st, 2016 at 12:57 pm
You people are pathetic. Smh
Jameis got the lead 24-17 with 3 mins left in the game. This is nothing new, how many leads has the def given up since last year? You keep blaming everyone under the sun when you should know EXACTLY what the problem is.
This is what we mean when we say “meaningful play” in 3 mins we got zero push, pressure or help from our Dline. I see Gholston out there making TFL with the game on the line but everyone else siting on blocks getting pushed around.
Jameis can’t do it all and I went back and watched all the incompletions. Cecil shorts doesn’t belong on the field. A couple of bad passes were actually tipped at the line. Others were dropped and of course Mikey just needed to dive for that pass same way he just needed to jump against Peterson.
If you really want to have a fire sale get rid of all these fools in the media who are so clueless it costs us games by propping up softees and running hard nose players and coaches out of town.
The team is soft bc the leader YOU choose is a straight B I A T C H who is only concerned with his well being and life after football I guess. He and Revis figured out about 4 years ago that they don’t need to kill themselves for this loot. They figured they can rest on their laurels. Worse than welfare receiptants if you ask me. He playing youz and the glaziers. Congrats, once again you’ve played yourself. !!!!
October 31st, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Yeah…when’s the last time you slept in a tent, Joe?
Do you not remember how you wake up stiff and sore? That’ll help bunches!
October 31st, 2016 at 1:10 pm
DB55, I agree completely.
October 31st, 2016 at 1:28 pm
@DB55….the hc and dc are the ones to blame….going the entire game without getting pressure on one of the most dangerous qb’s in the league….dirk tucking his tail and playing for OT instead of playing to win the game in regulation….GO BUCS!!!!
October 31st, 2016 at 1:34 pm
813
You do realize we won the game but hey Jude had a holding penalty called right? In OT we had our 4th and 5th string RBs playing, right.
Mike Evans get a helmet to the head w 1min in regulation but no call. Would have been the OAK safeties second of the game and an ejection.
Def lost a 7 point lead with 3 mins left right. Ultimately stopped them but Hey Jude is somehow better than Banks right. Chit don’t make no sense but whatever you guys out there are the “Experts”.
October 31st, 2016 at 2:15 pm
@DB55
I’m with ya bro. The defensive line needs some REAL leadership. My Va Jay Jay hurts 93 is not the answer, and sure as hell aint worth the 100 million he stole from the organization. He needs to be traded before the deadline. Been soft since he got here. We already know our corners aren’t the best so we need pressure up front. They can’t cover forever. Somewhere in Chicago, Lovie is laughing his A$$ off.
October 31st, 2016 at 2:56 pm
VH3 got tested yesterday. It was bound to happen.
October 31st, 2016 at 4:23 pm
@db55…banks isn’t getting playing time with this staff and he didn’t getting playing time with the previous staff….so according to you 2 different staffs have banks all wrong….right…
jude made a bad play but we lost the game before that…I knew it, the fans at rayjay knew it…dirk mismanaged the clock again and got conservative with his play calling….when we got the ball back with 1:45 he should’ve tried to at least get us into fg range…he could’ve did the same when we got it back with 55seconds….he should’ve went for it after a.smith dropped the ball…smitty?..please…he was canned in atl for his lack of defense and we are witnessing why….why let carr sit back and carve us up…both sides of the ball weren’t put in position to win….GO BUCS!!!!
October 31st, 2016 at 4:27 pm
813
Yes banks is better than Jude and it’s pretty obvious.
October 31st, 2016 at 4:45 pm
Was there a lot of Raiders fans yesterday? On TV I saw some but it seemed like there were a good amount of bucs fans. Bucs fans were even getting pretty loud at some points. But every time Amari Cooper caught a ball I thought I was hearing a deep “COOOOP.” It could have been “BOOOO.” Can someone that was at the game clear that up for me.
October 31st, 2016 at 4:49 pm
DB55
Banks is not better than Jude and he sure as hell would not be playing nickel.
October 31st, 2016 at 4:49 pm
It was Coooooooop. Sad state of affairs.
October 31st, 2016 at 4:52 pm
This team is garbage joe is right no passion for home fans at all!
October 31st, 2016 at 5:21 pm
Papa Smurf would be devastated if he could see what his Minions have done with his beloved franchise!
October 31st, 2016 at 6:20 pm
I wouldn’t be caught dead at a Buc game, a person has to be insane to pay good money to watch a garbage football team.
October 31st, 2016 at 6:38 pm
Aunt Geraldine still eating ice cream today. What a guy!!!!
November 1st, 2016 at 11:49 am
Clever ideas, but we all know they are hyperbole. If the Bucs want hometown fans to fill the stadium, they need to massively overhaul the gameday experience, starting with the product on the field.
This fan base has been beaten to a pulp for at least 30 out of 40 seasons. The current crop of players is not endearing to the fans the way they used to be in the Dungy era. It’s just not a fun to go watch GMC get pancaked, Jameis overthrow wide open receivers, Evans cry about pass interference on every dropped pass, the secondary whiff on tackle after tackle, and Aguayo miss every other kick.
There is no fight in these Bucs, they’re a bunch of quitters, and they have been since the legendary defense checked out with 4 games to go in Gruden’s last season. For some reason, losing is okay with these players. Maybe it’s the way salaries have skyrocketed in the last decade? These guys are all getting filthy rich win, lose, or draw.