Raheem Morris Sings the Same Old Losing Song for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Raheem Morris' Monday press conference was carried live on WDAE 620.

Raheem Morris strolled into his Monday press conference and declared what everyone already knew:

"I just got through watching the film and it's exactly what you thought it was—a bad day for Buccaneers football."

Leave it to Raheem.

Bad? That nonsense on Sunday at Raymond James needed to be better in order to be considered "bad". Try one of these:

Awful, horrible, despicable, unwatchable, embarrassing or perhaps all of these.

Then Morris had these gems:

"At the wide receiver position, we gotta compete."

"We had some issues with effort on two big plays," Morris said. Really? He referred to "uncharacteristic loafs" as the culprit. Loafing?

But wait, there are more.

"It was a not-physical day," he said. What, another one? Seems he said something about his team getting "outphysicaled" last week.

"We gotta prepare better."

Ever heard that before?

Morris also had the gall to make reference to "our physical brand." What physical brand is he talking about? This team gets pushed around like a bumper car with no driver.

Then came Raheem's catchphrase: "All hands on deck."

So where have all hands been the last two weeks?

Morris went on to say that they'll practice in pads as often as the league allows this week.

Wow, now that's real punishment. Next thing you know, Morris will threaten to take away their ice cream after practice.

It is no secret that Morris is what's referred to in today's jargon as a "players' coach" and that means he's buddy-buddy with his guys; he acts like they're all equals and he believes they are all his friends.

Too bad Morris' "buddies" are all dumping on him. That's certainly what they did on Sunday.

This one will get quite simple as the rest of this season plays out.

If these players on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers want their "buddy" to stay as their head coach, then they better start showing up for their "buddy."

Otherwise their "buddy" will find out what Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden found out in previous seasons.

No one is safe when they lose.