Its been 2 games and yea it prob. get worst since our scedule don’t favor us at all but it is just 2 games. There is a lot of work to do though I just hope we don’t fire him after this season though because that will be the worst thing to do. Lets give him a couple years before we start judging.

You asked for it – you got it! Everyone who was screaming for Gruden’s head last year has now gotten their just desserts. I wrote off this year a while ago and I support the new regime 100%. This is a rebuilding year, like it or not. No coach should be judged on 2 GAMES. You judge a coach on an entire year at the very least.

the lackadaisical attitude of this franchise never ceases to amaze me. i felt
for lee roy selmon, so good with no help. tom landry could not win with this
team. a few decent guys, rest of the squad is junk. not like i have not seen it
before after 30 years or so living and dying with this team. the 38-0 playoff
collapse against dallas in 1981 still makes me mad! raheem has no clue,
reminds me of leeman bennett.

seems like being a buc fan takes a high tolerance for pain

tampa has won some with this level of talent. what bothers me is that it seems
that the team has no direction. again leeman bennett revisited

as far as the talent that isn’t performing, specifically who are you referring to? We have some very young talent that takes some time to develop (ex: Freeman, Stroughter) And how can one possibly say that this team has no direction? For once, I actually think we DO seem to have direction. It’s called, “bring in young talent so we can build a winning team in the future.” Just because we really really want to win now, doesn’t mean it’s that easy

sam wyche tried some things. could not do it. give tony dungy credit. at least he
got the team attitude turned around, if only temporarily. gruden gave them the
final push. i am scratching my head about how he lost control, but he did. i do
not think that morris is up to the task of rebuilding the winning attitude. i do not
blame him for all the problems. he inherited quite a bit of it. i simply know when
a buccaneer squad needs some inspiration. this coaching staff is squandering
some decent talent. some guys just can’t play, feel sorry for the ones that can.

have seen it all many times before. wish i had not. however, like all true buc
fans, i hold out hope that things will be better. someday.

i let go of my anger years ago. an angry fan would have deserted years ago.
i love this team so much that it just causes me pain sometimes. so many
could haves and should haves. i want us to rebuild too, but just for once could
we find something solid to build on, ala jimmy johnson/troy aikman? they were
horrible once too. look what they did. i loved our super bowl, but it could have
gone on much longer.

can we stop the bleeding now? i mean miami did it. atlanta did it. those teams
were absolute train wrecks recently. is there anything to build on. someone
please tell me.

i think morris is a decent guy, it is just that he had no idea what he was letting
himself in for. this franchise sometimes has rebuilding decades, not years.
i hope that it is not true this time. i am skeptical.

i propose we find a top tier coach, then find a franchise quarterback. it has been
done several times before. aikman, montana, brady, warner, bradshaw, and
many others were once nobodies, along with their teams. no reason exists that
we cannot do that in tampa. the hard knocks are easier to take if you know that
the mission is clear.

in a true rebuilding situation, the first year record of a coach does not mean
anything. the what have you done for me lately type of fan does not understand
that. we may all be wrong about morris. it would be nice. maybe he becomes
a legend, with josh freeman leading us to a dynasty. we can always dream.
the odds are against it, but it can be done. i simply do not see it with the poor
front office of this team.

when you lose your leaders, the team has no direction. an inspiring guy
like brooks was worth a lot more than the tackles he made. young guys in
the nfl look to the veterans to lead the way. you have to establish a winning
attitude . i think our defense is essentially leaderless. barrett tries, but he
cannot do it alone. our guys look confused out there, with no direction. as
far as leftwich, he has proven in his previous stops he is not the answer.

morris made a boo-boo to let those guys go so quick. i chalk that up to his youth
and inexperience. no one was there to tell him differently. i agree that from what
i saw of freeman in college, he is not the answer either. too many important
decisions made too hastily.

i have not totally written off freeman yet, too early. he seems to have the tools,
but how much coaching and encouragement is it going to take. i hope we have
another warner on our hands. a champion qb everyone missed. that would be a
real nannananna to the nfl. we shall see. remember jeff george? terry bradshaw
was too dumb? george was a can’t miss. the league does not know everything.
freeman may develop, he just has to have the right teaching. right now the
coaching ineptness and confusion is not helping. bad habits are just as easily
learned as good ones.

i agree with the fact that freeman looks absolutely terrified. at some point a guy
has to have that inner fire that drives him to be better, learn from his mistakes,
believe in himself. i don’t see that in freeman. a great coach and mentor can
get the most out of an athlete. that arrogant attitude of his is going to wear thin
very quickly, unless he can back it up. freeman needs to shut his mouth, pay
attention, and hopefully something good will come of it. if not, can you say
ryan leaf?

the playoffs are a memory this year. i agree let freeman play some late games,
see what he can do. the franchise needs to know, can this kid play?

the guy just doesn’t have the swagger. sanchez does, don’t know about stafford
yet. the lions are so bad it is hard to tell. a guy like freeman better man up quick
out there, or he is going to be missing some body parts when he gets out there.

teams with a clear plan for success keep the leaders in the locker room. that
is why brooks had little interest. he can play just as well as some of the old
guys i see every week. guess what, they are still on their teams because of the
intangibles, not the play on the field. leaders pass the torch, then they leave.
brooks was given a raw deal, he at least had a year or two left. i guess loyalty
to a team doesn’t mean much anymore.

did anyone see tebow saturday? the guy is nuts. he won’t last a season in the
nfl trying to run like that all the time. i hope the bucs are not thinking about him
in the future. bravery is one thing, but the way that guy plays borders on suicide.

i agree that the guy has the winning attitude. don’t know if that would translate
into wins with his playing style. would take a strong personality type of coach
to change him. morris is not up to the task of taming tebow. bill cowher or
brian billick could do it.

the glazers are too tight fisted to bring in too much already developed talent. the
team will have to develop its own. get a good coach, give him control, let him
build his type of football team. brian billick would be my choice. the guy has a
smart approach to the game. he won a super bowl with trent dilfer!

bill cowher is a hard-nosed take no prisoners type of coach. it did not win him
many friends, but i like a coach that commands respect. the cowhers and
billicks of the world are a throwback to an earlier era.

nice talking with all of you. no one where i live understands my devotion to this
team, nice to talk with people who care.