Not Expected To Be Comfortable
August 3rd, 2019
Likes it hot.
Training Camp Takeover is scheduled for tonight’s practice. But be warned: Wear deodorant and maybe extra cologne. Despite the practice being held inside the Glazer Shed, it will be hot and sticky.
That’s the way Bucco Bruce Arians wants it. Of course he welcomes fans at practice. But Arians said his priority is to prepare his team for the rigors of an NFL game.
And preparing for the regular season does not include an air-conditioned practice in the summer.
“We’ve got all the elements we need as far as body temperatures being 101 for practice,” Arians said of practicing indoors with the air conditioning shut off. “That’s what this [atmosphere] is set up temperature-wise and humidity-wise to acclimate us to the first game.
“It’s not going to be any hotter Sept. 8 than it is today. This is sports science.”
On fans who may prefer sitting indoors in air conditioning and watching practice, Arians politely said, in so many words, politely, tough toenails.
“If you’re going to come, come. I’m worried about the team getting in shape.”
Pretty interesting reference to sports science by Arians. Joe heard that previous Bucs’ training braintrust were non-believers in sports science and were close-minded to any related tips or techniques. Coincidence that the Bucs may have had the most injuries on defense of any NFL team suffered this century?
So be prepared Bucs fans. Be prepared to sweat tonight. It will be stuffy and muggy and hot and little to no air circulating (just think of sitting in a giant backyard metal shed at night sealed tight.
One interesting element that likely means nothing, on Thursday evening when the Bucs and co-owner Darcie Glazer Kassewitz hosted the “Women of Red” event at practice, which was closed to the general public, the air conditioning was turned on.
August 3rd, 2019 at 2:22 pm
fans who may prefer sitting indoors in air conditioning
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I guess there’s always twitter.
Joe the Bucs used to have 1 night practice at the stadium for the general public. Is that over?
August 3rd, 2019 at 2:37 pm
Been over for years. Where ya been?
August 3rd, 2019 at 2:43 pm
This have to be a bluff. If it’s true, Bruce Arians is an idiot. What indoor game condtions on artificial turf have no climate control? Then why have practice inside? Just do it outside in rain, mud, wet, heat, humidity. You know…right across the street is where you’ll be playing SF anyway. You can similate the game conditions by….drumroll….practicing in game conditions. I’m not buying this one.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:01 pm
BA hates the fans!!!!!!! The “sheep” will sweat as they never would have under Dirk the God!!!!!!! The REAL FANS know….. that I don’t know SPIT about football… but my use of exclamation marks is second to NONE!!!!!!
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:05 pm
A study I saw a few weeks ago says more than 40% of millennials don’t wear deodorant.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:05 pm
I didn’t interpret the reference to Sports Science as a literal one. I don’t think he is basing this on any metrics that he saw on Sports Science, the tv program. Simply put, I think he meant that since it is going to be hot on September 8 then, it needs to be hot now. That is scientific and this is a sport. Old School…ya know, the way Rocky trained for the Russian in Rocky #(who cares)?
I attended one of the those night practices back in 2011 (I believe it was). My two fondest memories were:
1) that Josh Johnson won the quarterback accuracy contest over Josh Freeman and
2) Dominic telling me personally after I said to him; “please, get us some D-lineman help”, he replied; “we’ll get it done”.
That was almost ten years ago and we’re still waiting for a competent GM to “get it done”!
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:07 pm
Last nght was invite only/family/friends. I thought last night’s deal was just a one time deal. Didn’t think much of it. First I heard of it being off today…and confirmed it to be true. They could have had this outside and had more fans show….only 15% chance of rain. Will be interesting to have that many people in there. This definitely tops anything Schiano ever did!
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:08 pm
Outstanding, break the body down in camp. Build it back up during the season. The way it was in the olden days.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:09 pm
Who am I?
The Glazers can turn off the AC because Cancer McSoftee is gone and I have to find something else to be angry at! You go sit in your sweat barn with your low expectations while I sit in my basement, hate everything besides Warren Sapp and Lee Roy Selmon and never ever go on a date!
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:10 pm
It was at night. The Glazer Shed has lights. The practice fields do not.
Arians noted the players’ body temperatures. They wear sensors.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:12 pm
No, the Bucs are basing this on sports science (as in physics), not “Sports Science” the TV show. Don’t think they give a damn about the TV show.
Again, the players wear sensors to monitor their bodies. This is actually commonplace in football with big colleges and most NFL teams.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:13 pm
Nope. The practice fields do not have lights.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Of course Darcie Kassewitz had the AC on–she is looking for sponsors etc not worrying over players conditioning. People like her don’t go w/o ac, LOL! Go Bucs! wish I could go–in Arizona and it is 110 degrees out, nice and sunny 🙁
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:46 pm
BA must be looking at my posts on JBF.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:49 pm
Well that’s a sure fire way to have the cream puff millennials not go.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:50 pm
I’m sure her input is a huge reason why the Bucs have sucked abysmally for years and years. It’s like having Kim Kardashian in charge of the Navy
glazers are shameless, insulated capret-baggers period….every insincere word out of their silver spoon mouths is and insult to pro football
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:51 pm
I like air conditioning but even more than that, I like not breathing thousands of people’s germs in a sealed up environment with no air flow. I will sit this one out. The stadium is hot but at least ita not sealed shut.
August 3rd, 2019 at 3:56 pm
Have fun tonight boys. Drink a cold one for me please.
And please no crying or whining about the heat. That’s not good for anybody. We want a tough football team and that happens just a teeny bit easier when the fanbase is not a pile of wimps.
August 3rd, 2019 at 4:03 pm
Good point on no lights. Now, it they want to simulate game time conditions, go across the street to the RayJay, and practice at 4pm to an empty stadium, and pipe crown noise in from other teams fans. Even better, if BA wants realism, get his big petute out of the golf cart and coach standing up.
They sent out reminders for this practice yesterday…two reminders actually. The first one had the times off by HOURs. They botch gameday info quite frequently.
Anyway, so they sent out a corrrected version later yesterday. Probably woul a good time to tell folks…bring your hand towels, hydrate, be ready, etc.
August 3rd, 2019 at 5:31 pm
Howard Cosell – with that username you must remember the Culverhouse, to attack the Glazers like it can’t get any worse… come on.
Although the carpetbagger insult is way underused, so I appreciate seeing it there.
August 3rd, 2019 at 5:34 pm
Uh oh…..the players are going to turn on ol stalr bisquit now..They will tune him out and loaf all season until they can get another crap coach that lets them do whatever they want.
August 3rd, 2019 at 5:41 pm
What is with the epicidemit of d-bag posters here? Joe – are all these hate posts just coming from the same IP, or are they actually different people? I don’t get why they’re posting on a Bucs site other than to troll since they clearly don’t like the team, add nothing to any conversation, and just overall are miserable c-words.
August 3rd, 2019 at 5:48 pm
Joe has sensed the anger in Bucs fans have risen. All the years of losing and dumbarse moves are catching up on people.
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:42 pm
Magadude you are being really whiny today. Did your lawnmower break or something today. It’s a practice indoors with no ac. Oh no how will they ever survive and how dare they have fans come sit in 85 degree weather to watch a team practice to get better. I will never understand how a fan of a football team can not be optimistic in the offseason. Yeah we have been bad but every year I get 4 months of believing this will be the year. Every year a team goes from worst to first why not us. Save all you guys negative talk until something negative happens. As of right now are defense is looking great. Everyone says give Jamie’s a defense and now a week in it looks like he does. But he throws some picks in practice and now he is same old jameis. Even though the head coach says he is right on track and he is doing something is fans have never seen and throwing the whole array of blitzes and defensive schemes at the offense early. Of course he would throw picks. You guys all complained about the vanilla defense we had. Now what you want us to run a vanilla offense so the offense wins every play and then when they face a real defense you wonder why the defense sucks
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:51 pm
I miss the night practice in the stadium
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:52 pm
OK Rod so there may have been one or two owners in the history of the NFL worse than the glazer kids. Since we’re all low-standard bucs fans lets revel in the fact that our owners are better than culverhouse or haslam.
yay!
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:55 pm
On 2nd thought I’m not sure they are better.
Take away 1997-2002 (the brief period when Buc fans got treated to agood owner in Malcolm) and I believe the glazer kids can hang with the haslams and snyders of the world
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:57 pm
…simply based on W-L records
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:57 pm
“Wear deodorant and maybe extra cologne.”
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Please no extra cologne. One of the biggest problems in the universe is a lack of understanding the dynamics of perfume. More isn’t better. Mein Gott. That stuff is meant for short-range work. Like a sawed-off shotgun. It’s not meant for announcing your presence from 10 feet away.
Just because you don’t smell yourself is no reason to believe you are not aromatic. That is true of cologne and body odor.
August 3rd, 2019 at 7:51 pm
@Rod Munch.
I am with you on the trolls on this site. I post and come to JoeBucsFan a lot less than I used to because of their nonsense.
August 3rd, 2019 at 9:03 pm
The only thing worse than the people who are angry about the incessant losing are the glazer shills on this site. Howard cannot for a minute believe that any self-respecting NFL fan would stick up for the glazers unless they were getting a check
August 3rd, 2019 at 9:04 pm
At least the angry fans are real people. Howard suspects we have 1 glazer shill with 100 ip addresses Lol
August 3rd, 2019 at 10:12 pm
wausa – I wouldn’t say I come to the site less, I just interact less since it’s all the same act all the time, there’s rarely any discussion about football or any thought given to anything, it’s just some d-bag ranting.
Howard – My comments above don’t have anything to do with you, while I am bored of the Glazers are the worst owners nonsense, I really didn’t have a problem with your presentation. It’s more about the regulars who can’t even name another owner yet insist the Glazers are the worst owners in any sport, ever. I really don’t have an issue with people I disagree with so long as they put some actual thought into what they’re saying – or at the very least are slightly amusing with their comment.
August 4th, 2019 at 8:56 am
@JeffBuc…the rationale for why turning off the AC is stupid. It looked like another knee-jerk reaction, and from the HC who gets out of his golf cart all of three or four times all practice. A novel thought if you want your team to get better: get off your azz and at least act like you not still retired.
August 5th, 2019 at 6:46 am
BA is a tough guy I guess. Sounds dumb to me. But truthfully, no one really knows if it’s helpful or hurtful or neither. But it dam sure is a stick in the eye to the fans.