Poor judgement by the Tampa Tribune and TBO.com caused friction in the Garcia family. It seems Carmella Garcia was not involved.

It’s just like the mainstream media to ruin a good thing.

All season long, Joe was pleased present you with hand-picked blog excerpts from Bob Garcia, Jeff Garcia’s dad and a legendary retired college and high school football coach in Gilroy, Calif.

His writings, via the Gilroy Dispatch, provided excellent insight into Jeff Garcia’s mindset. And even Jeff himself, back in October, told Joe he was cool with how Joe was reporting his father’s commentary to Bucs fans.

But don’t expect anymore Bucs talk from Bob Garcia.

After the Tampa Tribune and TBO.com foolishly and needlessly chose to quote a blog excerpt that included Bob Garcia taking a shot at Derrick Brooks, it seems Jeff Garcia told his dad to stop talking Bucs.

((Note: TBO.com didn’t have the decency to link to Bob Garcia’s blog.))

In his latest blog entry, Gilroy Dispatch sports editor Josh Koehn tells Bob Garcia he won’t ask him Bucs questions.

Garcia: I’m doing all right, just got a little chewed out by my son a little bit.
Koehn: Really?
G: Well, that last article we put out, Tampa Bay, I don’t know which paper it was, ran it in its full content. I feel bad that I mentioned, like, Derrick Brooks, a pulled hamstring, that he looked like he was in a wheelchair. He was really trying — it kind of hurt him.
K: Well, you mentioned he had an injury and everything.
G: I know it. Anyhow, whatever. I feel bad about that. I really did.
K: Well, we’re not trying to —
G: We’re not trying to rip anybody. Whatever. … I except full responsibility for what came out of my mouth. What the hell? What more can I say?

So thank you Tampa Tribune and TBO.com Bucs beat writers for ruining a good thing with your poor judgement. You did not serve Bucs fans well. You silenced a great source of information. Sometimes knowing what not to print is just as important as knowing what to publish.