“We were a 1-9 team, and now we’re a 1-10 team. It’s never a step forward when you lose.”
From fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com
Taking responsibility for the defense
"The only person who's going to suffer the consequences is me. So you might as well put yourself in the fire, take it right between the eyes and do the best you can."
From tampabay.com
From tampabay.com
Freeman's Fantasy World
From tam.scout.com
On the loss to the Saints
"The best part about it though, the silver lining, is you have another opportunity to go down there and show them what we really look like and who we really can be."
From Pewter Report
From Pewter Report
Allowing Saints to score near the end of the half
"At the end there we let the rope go, gave them the ball back,"
From theledger.com
From theledger.com
On Special Teams coach Rich Bisaccia
"What he's done around here is the same thing he's done since '02 - coach with enthusiasm, coach with passion and get his guys to play like that," Morris said. "You think I tell the truth too much? Wait until Bisaccia's a head coach and he starts telling people what he thinks. It will be a doozy."
From tbo.com
From tbo.com
Being critical of the personnel
"I know you think I tore them down," Morris said, "but I really didn't. We just like to speak frank. It was an opportunity for me to let those guys know (that) outside influences are going to try to tear us down. But we have to stay together and try to talk to each other frankly. That's what we've done. We criticize ourselves. We criticize each other. We have no problem."
From .tampabay.com
From .tampabay.com
Defensive lineman stopping the run
"We are just not made right now to knock people back. That's just not how we are cut"
From Pewter Report
From Pewter Report
On the unsportsmanlike penalty
"This loss is solely on me," Morris said. "End of the half to get a personal foul as a head coach is unacceptable. I'm taking those points. It's on me. That's how much we lost by. I should be getting all the blame for that.
"That was a discipline issue on my part. I didn't do the right thing. That's a great lesson for me as a young coach and a great lesson to my team."
From tbo.com
"That was a discipline issue on my part. I didn't do the right thing. That's a great lesson for me as a young coach and a great lesson to my team."
From tbo.com
On Josh Freeman
"The mistakes he made you don't want to see him make again. At least you want to see him make new mistakes."
From Pewter Report
From Pewter Report
On the dress code
"You make them come to the game looking the right way," Morris said. "Make them look like winners. … There was a presence. You look good, you feel good, you play good. The old Deion (Sanders) deal."
From tampabay.com
That's not a photoshop. Deion really owns a creamsicle suit.
From tampabay.com
That's not a photoshop. Deion really owns a creamsicle suit.
Giving credit for the win
"Obviously, it's not about me. It's about us. It's about everyone that's a part of this. It's about the organization from the top to the bottom, everybody's included. Everyone worked hard for this. I got just as hard of a hand slap from Danny the ground guy to general manager Mark Dominik to ownership. It doesn't matter where you are in the building."
From Pewter Report
From Pewter Report
On the Win
"Obviously a much better day today. We went out there and won. A great start to how we want to be, how we want to look, how we want to play. These guys played passionate. I don't have the official stats. Stats are for losers and this week we're winners."
From Pewter Report
From Pewter Report
On Kyle Moore returning from injury
"It's been really hard for me to keep a helmet off of him,"
"He's pushing my buttons every week, and he'll push it again this week."
From tampabay.com
Here we see a rare glimpse of him with his helmet off.
"He's pushing my buttons every week, and he'll push it again this week."
From tampabay.com
Here we see a rare glimpse of him with his helmet off.
It's all part of the plan
"The plan, bringing [Freeman] in here was to let him sit behind the veteran," said Morris last weekend. "Hopefully the veteran gets you a bunch of wins, but that didn't happen."
From kmtr.com
From kmtr.com
Lifeline
"I also talked to my offense today, challenged those guys about their demeanor in practice and how they're doing and how they finish,'' Morris said. "They've got to be the lifeline a little bit and I'm asking them to be."
From blogs.tampabay.com
From blogs.tampabay.com
The Haunting of One Buc Place
“You start looking at your longest losing streak, it will continue to be a streak,’’ Morris said. “It will continue to be something that haunts your football team..."
From nationalfootballpost.com
From nationalfootballpost.com
Misery loves company
“Embarrassment would be your word,’’ Morris said. “There's never a sense of embarrassment. The only thing we do … I'm not interested in sharing misery with anybody else in the league. I'm not interested in who else doesn't have a win, I'm interested in getting our own win. That's our job, that's what we have to do. We're responsible to go out and win every day. I'm not interested in sharing anything with the Rams, with the Titans, whoever else is. That's not my job. Our job is to go out and get our first victory. That's the only thing you can look at.’’
From nationalfootballpost.com
From nationalfootballpost.com
On the turnover at the kicking position
"We have to keep flipping that thing over until you get who you like and who you want,"
From heraldtribune.com
From heraldtribune.com
On his relationshiop with Aqib Talib
"We swear to each other every day," said Morris. "I wouldn't call it a disrespect. The swear words that's talk on the football field. We do that all the time. We swear to them on the field talking about a play, and how we can do it better. It is just a form of communication of some sort."
From Pewter Report
From Pewter Report
On Freeman and his practice reps
From scout.com
Okay, got all that? Clear as mud you say? Okay, good.
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