Sabby The Goat “Has It”
June 3rd, 2010
An ethnic-titled local sports radio show seemed to get a little more content with ethnicity yesterday when the Tampa Tribune’s Anwar Richardson appeared to talk Bucs football on the too-Jewish named “King David Show” on WQYK-AM 1010, with co-hosts Toby David and Shaun King.
(Joe wonders what the reaction might be if two women hosted a sports show locally called “Sister Marie?”)
But rather than discuss, say matzo ball soup, Richardson immediately took umbrage to being invited to appear on “White Boy Wednesday.” As his appearance ended, Richardson demanded to be a guest on “Black Man Friday.”
In between discussing the colors of the day, (and mocking David for being a baseball-only guy), Richardson was loaded with all sorts of information about the Bucs.
On Earnest Graham:
“He is the No. 1 fullback to start the season and that is his role. Earnest is a guy that needs to be on the field. He contributes to your team with his unselfish play and he is a leader. This team needs leaders.”
On Derrick Ward’s mouth problem, preventing him from attending this week’s OTAs:
“They are giving Derrick the benefit of the doubt. They are optimistic [players] know what to do in OTAs. Winslow is an example of that. He will show up in shape and give 100 percent.
The Bucs “want to see Derrick Ward out there. He didn’t have a season where you could say, ‘He’s solid.’ There are a lot of questions about Derrick Ward. He said he wanted to be more of a leader. As long as he is here for mandatory minicamp, I think he will be OK.”
Toby David: What’s the deal with Ward, he can’t play with a cavity?
Richardson: This is the time of year some players will try to get out [of workouts]. Most guys are good at finding a way not to participate. That doesn’t mean they are not in the building. There are others that are not out here so I don’t want to pick on [Ward]. There are others.
Shaun King: Freeman, what do you see from him?
Richardson: J osh Freeman will be good. No need to worry about him. If they put [wide receivers Mike] Williams and [Arrelious] Benn out there, that’s two questions. Do they have enough ball control ability that if they don’t complete the pass the defenders don’t get the ball? Most receivers know if they do not get the ball they make sure the defenders don’t get it. They know how to slide off and not let the defender get the pass.
Josh Freeman has the arm strength and the heart and the desire to be a leader. You don’t need to worry about Josh Freeman. He’s not a liability. You saw that last year. He wasn’t killing you. He had one bad game against Carolina, that is it. If the [rookie] receivers have ball control, Josh Freeman will be fine.
King: What’s going on with Donald Penn?
Richardson: The Bucs have drawn a line in the sand. Penn feels like he has proved enough. Both sides have valid arguments. But at some point, Penn is a starting left tackle in the NFL, you will have to find a way to reward him. You don’t have anyone who can replace him. He’s been loyal. He’s been here. Show him the money. He is definitely a guy that deserves it.
David: Tell us about the defense.
Richardson: When Jim Bates came in, the situation he had in Miami were big guys, over 300, 320. A lot of guys here were built on speed, 270ish. Bates was asking guys to add on 30 pounds. You add on that weight, you will be sluggish. That’s what happens when you don’t add it on the healthy way.
Now, those guys are starting to shed those pounds and get back to being quick.
Aqib Talib has looked great. Tanard Jackson has looked great. The DBs look tremendous. The switch back seems to be good. The last four games you could kind of see them being competitive, being able to ball. Granted, OTAs are glorified workouts, flag football but you can sort of see potential.
The confidence level is the key. They love Raheem Morris. They believe in this guy. They want to go to war for him. I don’t know what it is but they gravitate towards him. Everybody believes in him. They have all rallied behind him because they want to see him succeed.
King: What about Sabby, is it going to be [Sean] Jones or Sabby.
Richardson: Sabby has it based on tenure here. Raheem Morris believes in Sabby Piscitelli. Is he in position, was he out of position? The Bucs believe it wasn’t Sabby but the problems were up front, which is what will make Sabby successful. This line up front was not consistent. Stylez [White] is talented but you can’t do it by yourself. You can’t let quarterbacks go to third and fourth reads. You let anyone hang out there long enough, bad things will happen.
Sean Jones makes the team but the team believes in Sabby, and I think because off that he eventually wins.
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:09 pm
SABBY WINS………NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Where’s Jermaine Philips?? I’d kind of like to know. We always had top defenses with him as our starting safety. I miss his big plays and hard hits. After that thumb injury last year I never heard about him again.
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
SABBY WINS???? ARE YOU HIGH….YOURE TELLING ME HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS VERY OWN HORRIBLE COVERAGE? THAT IT WAS THE LINES FAULT? I AGREE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT FOR HIM TO WIN IS LUDICROUS. CHEERIO!!!
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Patrick:
Too old and too brittle.
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I’m not ready to give up on Sabby.
I think he will be much improved this season.
June 3rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
A lot of other DBs had missed tackles last year too… Barber, TJax….
And Sabby did have some big plays, interceptions…
Let’s get off the white boy’s case… I do not appreciate the racist fanbase this team has been accumulating since the movement to fire Gruden, while apologizing for everything Raheem has done wrong.
This goes for Barret Ruud too.
2010 scapegoats:
-Greg Olson (white)
-Todd Wash (white)
-Pete Mangurian (white)
-Alex Van Pelt (white)
-Mark Dominick (white)
See a trend here?
June 3rd, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Rahdomdabest,
You my friend are an idiot….you left off of your list of scapegoats…
Michael Clayton
Byron Leftwich
Jeremy Stevens
Gaines Adams
All black players who get their fair share of criticism.
I never hear anyone scapegoat Alex van Pelt, Pet Mangurian and Todd Wash.
And if you think Greg Olsen doesnt deserve criticism then you are clueless.
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Everyone seems to buy the lame excuse that our players only sucked because of Jim Bates last season. The only player they expect to own his suckiness , is Sabby….probably simply because he is not and never will be John Lynch
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:27 pm
The only racism Mr. Lucky detects is from Joe – seems Joe has Jewishphobia; knowing the King David Show? I think it’s pretty clever. 😉
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:29 pm
d-money – chill out dude
It’s really sad when you can’t tell that another poster (in this case RahDomdabest) is being SARCASTIC.
Maybe you and JimBuc need to attend a weekend class on “How to recognize funny”
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Mr. Lucky,
There was nothing sarcastic about his post.
June 4th, 2010 at 9:12 am
I don’t think Anwar knows as much as he thinks he does. All the TBO guys are truly in love with themselves, and they are wrong on about 50% of what they report/speculate. Sabby/Sean will have their fates decided when the games begin. The Bucs have always rotated Safetys and the guy that plays best will obviously play the most. TBO sucks and they really need to clean house and get some new blood in there to cover the Bucs. They are all stale at best, Martin Fennelly is a complete moron, and that’s all I have to say about that.
June 4th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Joe blows TBO away. TBO just blows.
June 4th, 2010 at 10:40 am
BigMacAttack:
Thanks for the compliment but that’s not even close to being accurate. Joe’s a two-man band. TBO has seven solid guys at their disposal.
June 4th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Need a third man Joe ??
I hear Jim Flynn is available , bwahahahaha!
June 4th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Joe, you forget that we are all here, and there is a bunch of us. There is very good Buc Football discussion here too. Much disagreement, and much consensus. TBO blogs are a joke. It’s a bunch of idiots who know zilch about football and even less about the Bucs. Most of your Fan/Writers here know their team pretty darn well. It’s a better class of fan/blogger, by far. Times website is good too, but again a few domineering @-holes that chase others off, but it is still a good site. TBO is the worst by far when it comes to blogs. Neither of the other 2 sites has anything like Steve White and his willingness to engage in discussion with the readers. QB Jeff is good too, and both he and Steve bring far more to the table than TBO or the Times. Don’t get me wrong, I like Stephen Holder a lot and he works hard, Stroud ain’t bad either, but that’s it. What I’m trying to say is that the perception of Buc website reporters matters most to the loyal readers and hardcore fans. I respect your opinion Joe, because you are a REAL journalist, but in this case your opinion as an insider really doesn’t count. BTW, Brooks and Dunn was a pretty good 2 man band, don’t you think?
June 5th, 2010 at 12:08 am
BigMacAttack:
First my friend, you are too kind to Joe. You are one of the original commenters here and you share a special, um, taste for Rachel Watson as well. Joe is beyond appreciative of your support.
Joe has to stick up for the TBO gang. Those guys bust their tails and have impeccable sources. The off the record stuff many of those guys have told Joe would blow your mind.
As a result, Joe has kept that information confidential.
And this here Joe cannot say enough good things about Joe Henderson. The man truly made a significant impact upon Joe’s life, both personally and professionally that this Joe could never begin to repay and will be eternally grateful. Henderson, since the Great Gob died, is the voice of reason in the Tampa Bay sports community.
There are others that Joe looks up to and admires as well. Gary Shelton of course. That’s a no-brainer. His colleague Tom Jones too (Joe has much respect for other reporters at the Times, who never cover the Bucs). Joe also believes there are two Bucs reporters who are highly underrated, only because they do not work for Mother Tribune or the Times, Tom Balog and Rick Brown.
Joe has never met Stephen Holder but from what Joe has read, he seems to be a solid reporter and an overall good guy.
Joe truly appreciates your kind words BigMacAttack. But Joe cannot let the TBO negative words go by unchecked.
Joe understands where you are coming from, and it’s why this site was launched: Give everyone a little bit: Fun stuff, lots of commentary, some Xs and Os, cheerleaders/babes, interaction with fans — which is critical — and voila! A Bucs site is born!
Sadly, it seems those with zero sense of humor or those with paper-thin skin are the ones who loathe Joe. Sad. Eh, their loss.