Raheemisms

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 ♫

All your cover 2 base defense are belong to us

"I don't know, I kind of like the joystick right now," Morris said when asked if he was thinking of keeping the coordinator's job. "I've got the joystick in my hand, I'm playing, and I like what I got."
From tbo.com

Feelings

"Just like (Sunday). You say, 'You played better; do you feel like you should've won the game?' No. We didn't win the game. We had an opportunity to win it, and we didn't take it. That's where we are."
From tampabay.com

A cautious approach to brain injuries

"That's a no-brainer," Morris said. "I'm sure there will be (a more cautious approach) with what's going on with concussions and what's going on in society with concussions in the NFL."
From tbo.com

Handshakes and Heartbreaks

“Handshakes across the field are getting easier,” Raheem The Dream said, referring to his team being more competitive.
From JoeBucsFan
Another great quote brought to us from the folks at JoeBucsFan.

Clayton

“I think Michael Clayton’s a better player when he plays less snaps,”
From JoeBucsFan
This is a great quote. "Joe" has been finding some great quotes lately. It's one of my favorite blogs.

Toughness

"The physical toughness we talked about is starting to develop. Our team had pads on today. I don't know what other teams had pads on today, but we're going to take pride in that."
From tbo.com
Coach apparently told the team "Men, you can leave your flag belts in your locker! Today we wear PADS!"

(yeah, i know it was supposed to be a walk-through day, but it's still funny)

Delivering

"You can't worry about how tough a stretch is or how tough the road ahead of you is. Nobody wants to hear you cry; just deliver the baby."
From Pewter Report
I somehow missed this one last week. Credit goes to GenocideD at the Buccaneers official message board, for pointing it out.

Aggressive play against the Falcons

"I don't know if a long field-goal attempt is outside the box. I don't know if a faked punt attempt is outside the box," Morris said. "I think it's aggressive play. We were a 1-9 football team. I think you have to teach this team how to insert a dagger in somebody and win the game. That's part of the learning, part of the curve and part of what we're going through. For me, too."
From tampabay.com