Raheemisms

On Kareem Huggins

"He's a classic example of an angry worker," Morris said. "He went to Hofstra, he's from Irvington (N.J.), they shut down his football program. He (thinks he) should have gone to Rutgers, he should have gotten drafted. None of that stuff happened. He had to come to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by video YouTube."
From The Ledger (Lakeland)

On Donald Penn

"It's awesome," Coach Raheem Morris said. "The best thing you can say about a left tackle is nothing, and that's what's really been said."
From http://www2.tbo.com/
Keep 'em coming, coach. Thank you for reminding why I started this blog.

Youth is Wasted on the Young

"You will never hear me use youth as an excuse," said Morris. "I don't like to talk about youth. I don't like to do that. I won't do that."
From pewterreport.com

All Kinds of Heart

"When you talk about Cadillac, you're talking right between the rib cage," Bucs coach Raheem Morris says. "You're talking about a guy who has all kinds of heart. He's just a different animal. On game day, he's going to give you every single thing he's got."
http://www.tampabay.com

Optimist prime

"Nothing but optimism ahead."
From tbo.com
...and wins too, maybe.

For the love of ...

"The support is not going to come from the average fan. The support is going to come from the Buccaneer lover," Morris said. "The 3-13 will help us thrive. The 3-13 is what's going to make us. The 3-13 is what we're going to look at, set examples for, and go out and really punish people for it."
From tbo.com
This is as good a quote as any to start the season with. By the sound of it, we're in for another great season of awesome quotes.

Today, a quote from Josh Freeman

"The thing that all great quarterbacks have is their work ethic. You only have a short life span in the NFL. I don't want to be the guy who is sitting back in 30 years saying, 'Man, if I had only worked a little harder, studied a little more film, done a few more offseason workouts, I would have been better prepared.' I want to be the guy who says, 'I laid it all on the line. I gave it all I had.' Then I'll be able to sleep at night."
From tampabay.com
Great article by The St Pete Times' Gary Shelton.
I have to thank Joebucsfan.com for pointing it out.

In Business for Small Business

"It's not Sam's Club. The mistake people make is that they see unrestricted free agents and then they see the restricted free agents, and they think it's the pick of the litter"
From tbo.com

Light Years

"We really have the ability this year ... to tell you with straight faces, that we're light-years ahead of where we were last year, just based on knowledge, based on what we've been able to partake, our own film study, our own tape, our own reports — all those things that are critical,"
From tampabay.com

Antonio Bryant is just too old

"Antonio missed a lot of time last year and I'm not trying to blame Antonio but really, right now, we're going in a young direction. We're going to choose to move on."
From tbo.com

Gaines Adams Passes Away

"Gaines will be missed by all of us, especially by his teammates in our locker room. He was a true team player and a positive influence to everyone he met. My prayers go out to his family."
From buccaneers.com/

On his future with the team

"I stand here and coach until I go. My mom and my pops were both laid off when I was 13 years old and nobody told them that they weren't going to get fired. That's just the reality of the world we live in. You deal with it. You do your job. This game is not for everybody. If I'm sitting around worried about getting fired then I've got my own issues. I'm not. I'm very confident in what I do."
From Pewter Report

Geno Hayes missed the bus

"He missed the bus," Bucs head coach Raheem Morris said. "We went back and got him. The time zone got him."
From Pewter Report

On Bill Cowher

"I have a great relationship with my owners," Morris said in his post-game press conference. "The thing I know about those guys is they didn't hire me last year in a meeting. The thing I know about these guys is I've had a seven-year relationship with them. They interviewed me for seven years, and I've been around these guys. So, I'm pretty sure if I was getting popped, fired or whatever you want to call it, my owners would come tell me like men because that's who they are and that's what they want to be. I'm sure Bill Cowher [wants this job]. Everybody wants this job - it's the best in football. I want it, too."
From Pewter Report

On the Saints

"If you want to define yourself, see how well you're playing on defense, then go play the Saints. They'll let you know pretty quickly where you are and what you are.''
From tbo.com

On dominating the third quarter

"I just told those guys there's no reason for us to wait around until the end of the football game to try to win it,'' "There's no rule that says we can't go out there and dominate – and that's what they did. The defense really responded, as well. I told them it's on us … if they don't score anymore, we win. That's the end of the story.''
From tbo.com

It's about us

"There are always guys that are on the bubble," Morris said. "There's always coaches on the bubble. How you respond to being on the bubble is what defines you as a man, as a coach or as a player. You always hear the theme on television right now - the teams that are not playing for anything. We are playing for us. It's about us."
From tbo.com

Job Security

"Job security is not an issue for coaches," Morris said Monday. "We don't have any. You just go out there and present your best self every day. That's all I can do. We make decisions based on how do we beat our next opponent. There will be no decisions made based on saving Raheem Morris, Mark Dominik or any player."
From tbo.com

Confidence in the defense

"You got to have confidence in those guys and they will bring it home for you. If they cant, then we'll get our butts kicked, but we'll get our butts kicked together doing it our way."
From Pewter Report

Dream a little dream

"You don't just go to sleep and have a dream and wake up and install a defense in the morning."
From tampabay.com

On the loss to the Jets

"They flat out beat our butts.''
From tbo.com

When asked about the speculation on his job security

"If I wanted to worry about that, I wouldn't be coaching. I'd go be a reporter."
From tampabay.com

On recovering the onside kick

“It was one of the few times this year that I enjoyed being a head coach.”
From joebucsfan.com
Nice catch, Joe.

Talkin' bout practice

"we came out a little flat in practice on Friday and those are the results you get when you don't practice hard every day."
From Pewter Report

Nothing going

"Offensively we were not ready to play, and that is on us as coaches," Morris said. "We had no explosive plays, no third down conversions, we didn't get anything going."
From Pewter Report
And that's the good news.

A long December

"That was kind of my cry yesterday to these guys, December football. Good teams play great football in December," Morris said. "Yesterday, we went out there and played OK football in December. You have to find a way to play great football in December, not only this year but for the future."
From scout.com
♫ And it's been a long December
and there's reason to believe,
Maybe this year will be better than the last.
Na na na na, naaa, na, naaa, na, naaa, na naaa, na, na,
Na na naaa na, yeah ♫