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God help us if we lose to this sad sack of poo tonight


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Some choice quotes:

"How bad is it there? It's worse than you can imagine," says one NFL player who spent 2012 with the Bucs. "It's like being in Cuba."
 
Several current Bucs players describe a similarly bleak environment in which the all-powerful, unyielding Schiano spews tone-deaf platitudes while demonstrating the personal charm of "Homeland" character Nicholas Brody.
 
None of this is a surprise to people in NFL scouting circles, who came to dread their visits to Rutgers when Schiano was coaching there from 2001 to 2011. As I wrote last September, such encounters were, in the words of one NFC personnel executive, "pure misery."
 
One veteran NFL coach told me then: "It's his way or (expletive) you. He needs to back up a little bit, or he's going to have a very hard time in this league over the long haul."
 
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As it turned out, opposing coaches like Coughlin were hardly the only ones upset by Schiano's approach. When he ordered the Bucs to pull a similar maneuver against Eli's big brother, Peyton, in the final stages of a 31-23 defeat to the Denver Broncos last December, the future Hall of Fame quarterback was not pleased.
 
"Peyton cussed him out," recalls former Bucs defensive end Michael Bennett, who signed with the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent last March. "And I ain't never heard Peyton cuss."
 
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"I think he just wants to flex his power," Bennett says. "He has small (man's) syndrome. I still talk to guys who are there, and trust me, there's not much respect for him in that locker room."
 
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Schiano lost some respect during the summer of 2012 when, during joint workouts with the New England Patriots, he demonstrated a reverence for his friend and apparent idol, Pats coach Bill Belichick, that Bucs players found alarming.
 
"He gathered us before we practiced and told us that if Belichick said something to us on the field, we should listen," one current Bucs player recalls. "He said, 'Treat their coaches like they're your coaches.' We were like, 'Huh?' When we practiced together, whatever Belichick wanted, he did. It was hilarious -- here (Schiano) is, acting like Mr. Tough Guy all the time, and when Belichick wanted something he was like, 'Yes, Bill.' "
 
Bennett, who laughs at the recollection, put it this way: "He's trying to be Belichick. Yeah, some people think Belichick's an (expletive), but he's a legend. When this guy acts that way, it's a whole different deal."

 

 

 

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Game actually is a tough one.

 

Division game, on road, against the 2nd toughest D we have faced.....and Tampa has lost by an average of 4.5 pts to NFCS teams.

 

Yeah but we're supposed to win.

 

FWIW I think it will be much closer than most people (analysts) think.

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Yeah but we're supposed to win.

 

FWIW I think it will be much closer than most people (analysts) think.

I expect a close game....which is always a worry.  I agree we should win.   Close games means one mistake can be all it takes though

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This team has given up. People are actually scared of this game? Hell I would be more scared of the Jags because atleast they are hungry. Franky, I would be suprised as hell if we only won by 10 pts.

watch Lavonte David play vs. Atl last week.....and say he has given up

 

there is a lot of poo in Tampa, but they are still playing

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This team has given up. People are actually scared of this game? Hell I would be more scared of the Jags because atleast they are hungry. Franky, I would be suprised as hell if we only won by 10 pts.

Franky, we are the Panthers.  Until given reason, we should never expect an easy win week-to-week.

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