New Dress Code Was Punishment
November 09, 2009 at 02:40pm by Scott • 4 Comments »
Raheem Morris admitted during his press conference today that the new dress code where players have to show up to the game in a suit and tie was a punishment for losing and not because he was a lost little boy in a man’s world grasping at whatever straws he could, like some blogger somewhere may have implied.
“There’s little things you can take way from these guys,” Morris said. “Make them come to the game looking the right way, make them look like winners. Maybe yesterday the dress code changed everything.”
Yes, yes, yes. You won. I said the new dress code was stupid because it didn’t affect the outcome of the game, and you won. I still think it’s a coincidence, but since you won I have to keep my mouth shut about it, so fuck me. Maybe you can make them all walk single file onto the field and you’ll win by 50.
“It’s more of my little punishment deals. The music can come back. You can go to work in jeans and nice shirt and you’re still the same person, but for me, it was more of a punishment deal. People might want their jeans back. People might want their music back. So in able to do that, we’ve got to do some winning.
God, I want to make so many jokes about this. Winning feels great, but it’s going to kill me as a writer if he can go on doing shit like this with impunity.
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4 Comments to “New Dress Code Was Punishment”
JScott (November 09, 2009 at 07:54pm) :
Raheem took back that little bit of respect I lost for him earlier in the week…
Was anybody pissed with the way Olsen called the game at times? I know we won, but the Bucs are backed up inside the 10 yard line in the 1st quarter and he has Freeman throw twice in a row.
The most asinine call occurred when it was 3rd and 1 and the bastard calls a passing play, which anyone would guess, went for an incompletion. How in the hell does he NOT use that 6’5 monster to sneak the ball up the middle? Coaches get so cute these days it’s maddening. Why is Earnest Graham even on the field? I don’t get it.
I’ll give him credit for trusting Josh with the deep pass and not abandoning him with the early jitters. But he makes questionable calls at times…
Can’t wait to watch Freeman this weekend. Nice to see a QB progress from the first quarter to the fourth rather than over a course of games. He’s got Leftwich’s poise and Johnson’s ability to pick up yards with his feet. Luckily he doesnt have sluggos wind up or Johnson’s happy feet. Hopefully he can make crisper deep passes.
Slow Joe (November 09, 2009 at 09:50pm) :
JScott: The pass on 3rd and 1 is one of those calls that make you look like a genius if it works and like an idiot if it doesn’t. Personally, I liked the call, not the execution. I also liked that he trusted Freeman to make that play, which he did; it was just dropped. I’ll give Olsen a pass on it.
JScott (November 10, 2009 at 07:43pm) :
I don’t care if he looks like a genius, a genius calls the easier play to execute. Run one yard with a 6’5 QB or attempt accuracy, a receiver getting open, and then having to catch the ball. We all know which play gets converted the majority of the time. No biggie it’s just maddening that coaches miss the obvious play call for the sake of potentially catching a defense off guard or looking like a genius.
Slow Joe (November 11, 2009 at 12:36am) :
Well, the QB sneak was taken away by the three man line jammed up between the two offensive guards. The Pack knew that we’d consider it and wasn’t going to allow it. So the best bet would probably have been an off-tackle play, but since they take slightly longer to develop, we risked GB getting penetration and stuffing us. I think that was why Olsen tried the play-action.
No biggie here either, but I think it was a little more of a chess game than you’re thinking. The QB sneak would have most likely been stuffed.
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