Official Buccaneers Discussion Thread

[Maxie the Taxi]

Maxie, it's like the NCAA where the 3 seed plays the 14th seed. You need the win to keep going, it's supposed to be a cake walk, but you can always lose... The Stubby strategy of treating it like a playoff game is appropriate. The key is getting your guys to play at a high level without getting them tight.

I think it's kind of transparently phony. It's not like 2010 where you either win or go home. That said, I really don't know what I would do to get the players at a "high level" and at the same time keep them from getting "tight."

I might just approach it matter-of-factly: "You guys are pros. You know the situation as well as I do. If you phone this one in, you'll get whipped and possibly hurt. Now dig deep, earn your damn paychecks and remember why you're here. Now let's go strap it on and show these bums what a superior team looks like. Let's have fun beating the crap out of them."

But that's just me.

[mraynrand]

I think it's kind of transparently phony. It's not like 2010 where you either win or go home. That said, I really don't know what I would do to get the players at a "high level" and at the same time keep them from getting "tight."

I might just approach it matter-of-factly: "You guys are pros. You know the situation as well as I do. If you phone this one in, you'll get whipped and possibly hurt. Now dig deep, earn your damn paychecks and remember why you're here. Now let's go strap it on and show these bums what a superior team looks like. Let's have fun beating the crap out of them."

But that's just me.

If i could get you in the locker room, I'd fly you down there.

[Maxie the Taxi]

If i could get you in the locker room, I'd fly you down there.

I'd have to drive. I don't fly much anymore because of the damn airport nazi's.

[mraynrand]

I'd have to drive. I don't fly much anymore because of the damn airport nazi's.

well you are close enough....

[Zool]

I'd have to drive. I don't fly much anymore because of the damn airport nazi's.

Getting your balls rubbed is getting your balls rubbed. The rubbist doesn't matter.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Getting your balls rubbed is getting your balls rubbed. The rubbist doesn't matter.

I keep wondering what John Wayne's character in Stagecoach, The Ringo Kid, would do to a TSA agent who tried to rub him down. Hey. Hey.

[woodbuck27]

I'd have to drive. I don't fly much anymore because of the damn airport nazi's.

Excuse me ... an airport Nazi?

Is that the same as 'a Travel Nazi'?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=Travel+Nazi

[Maxie the Taxi]

Excuse me ... an airport Nazi?

Is that the same as 'a Travel Nazi'?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=Travel+Nazi

Airport nazi = TSA

[woodbuck27]

Airport nazi = TSA

You learn something new every day. Thanks.

[pbmax]

"You guys are pros. You know the situation as well as I do. If you phone this one in, you'll get whipped and possibly hurt. Now dig deep, earn your damn paychecks and remember why you're here. Now let's go strap it on and show these bums what a superior team looks like. Let's have fun beating the crap out of them."

If it never worked for Singletary, why would it work for you?

However, this might be appropriate for the first actual playoff game.

[Maxie the Taxi]

If it never worked for Singletary, why would it work for you?

However, this might be appropriate for the first actual playoff game.

Assuming we're not the 6th seed. LOL

[Fritz]

I think it's kind of transparently phony. It's not like 2010 where you either win or go home. That said, I really don't know what I would do to get the players at a "high level" and at the same time keep them from getting "tight."

I might just approach it matter-of-factly: "You guys are pros. You know the situation as well as I do. If you phone this one in, you'll get whipped and possibly hurt. Now dig deep, earn your damn paychecks and remember why you're here. Now let's go strap it on and show these bums what a superior team looks like. Let's have fun beating the crap out of them."

But that's just me.

It's not that difficult, really:

[woodbuck27]

It's not that difficult, really:

Fritz:


Your FIRED !

[vince]

I think it's kind of transparently phony.

I don't see anything phony in what McCarthy is doing. I see it as a genuine statement as the head coach that this is a big fucking game if they want to get to where they need to be as a team. The last thing this team needs is to go stumbling into the final game of the year against a pretty tough Detroit underperforming two games in a row. It's not an elimination game per se, but the time is now to start working up to that intense focus and heighten the level of play.

I think he's creatively saying through action that is more powerful than just saying it, "It's real boys, and that shitstorm you laid in Buffalo ain't gonna get it done starting now." Not sure how they wouldn't be buying into that.

[woodbuck27]

I don't see anything phony in what McCarthy is doing. I see it as a genuine statement as the head coach that this is a big fucking game if they want to get to where they need to be as a team. The last thing this team needs is to go stumbling into the final game of the year against a pretty tough Detroit underperforming two games in a row. It's not an elimination game per se, but the time is now to start working up to that intense focus and heighten the level of play.

I think he's creatively saying through action that is more powerful than just saying it, "It's real boys, and that shitstorm you laid in Buffalo ain't gonna get it done starting now." Not sure how they wouldn't be buying into that.

Yea...Yes... Certainly ... right on. It's time to piss or get off the pot.

There is no way a Super Bowl caliber NFL team should have played the way the Green Bay Packers did in Buffalo.

That was clearly ' just awful '. How in HELL could that have happened? Is anyone really surprized?

The cumulative score in Packer road games:

Opposition 182 - Green Bay Packers 148.

Think about that fact.


Do you imagine that the Green Bay Packers have any chance 'really' if they don't win the NO. 2 Seed and gain some momentum with a 'W' in their next game.

Packerrats...The Playoffs begin this Sunday in Tampa Bay.


GO PACK GO !

[woodbuck27]

We don't have to face this guy:

http://www.nfl.com/player/geraldmccoy/496816/profile

[ThunderDan]

Yea...Yes... Certainly ... right on. It's time to piss or get off the pot.

There is no way a Super Bowl caliber NFL team should have played the way the Green Bay Packers did in Buffalo.

That was clearly ' just awful '. How in HELL could that have happened? Is anyone really surprized?

The cumulative score in Packer road games:

Opposition 182 - Green Bay Packers 148.

Think about that fact.


Do you imagine that the Green Bay Packers have any chance 'really' if they don't win the NO. 2 Seed and gain some momentum with a 'W' in their next game.

Packerrats...The Playoffs begin this Sunday in Tampa Bay.


GO PACK GO !

Home teams are 128-96-1 this year. So no surprise for good teams to go 5-3 or 4-4 on the road this year.

Dallas is 7-0 on the road.
Cin and Pitt both have 5 road wins.
Everyone else in the NFL has won 4 games or less on the road.

The mighty Seahags are 4-3 same as the Pats and Broncos.

[Pugger]

I don't see anything phony in what McCarthy is doing. I see it as a genuine statement as the head coach that this is a big fucking game if they want to get to where they need to be as a team. The last thing this team needs is to go stumbling into the final game of the year against a pretty tough Detroit underperforming two games in a row. It's not an elimination game per se, but the time is now to start working up to that intense focus and heighten the level of play.

I think he's creatively saying through action that is more powerful than just saying it, "It's real boys, and that shitstorm you laid in Buffalo ain't gonna get it done starting now." Not sure how they wouldn't be buying into that.

+1000