Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Raheem Morris Calling out His Players Is Weak

Welcome to another episode of "Tampa Bay Roulette," where every game ends with the Buccaneers shooting themselves.

And now the coach of the team, Raheem Morris, is taking shots at his own players.

A day after another embarrassing loss—this time to Dallas—Morris called out his squad: "They've gotta play harder than (Saturday) night."

In all truth, Morris is in some sense correct. The Bucs looked uninterested for most of the night against the Cowboys.

But, Morris throwing his team under the bus seems in part to do with the frustration of his job status; frustration that should have been settled privately with the team.

The blame can't all be put on the players here, though. The imaginary contract Morris makes his players commit to has indeed been violated. But the preparation a coach and team must do before every Sunday has not been there.

And under Morris, I feel like it never will. Not because of his own effort, but because he never should have been in this spot. He should never have come out of the tunnel as the Bucs' head coach.

And now blaming losses solely on team effort, is weak. Publicly doing so is even worse. You think the players weren't playing for you last game, just imagine now. You light a fire under them in practice, not in a media room.

Morris also said to the press that the outing, "as far as the coaching goes," was not disappointing. Are you serious? I've never seen a front-man get out-coached so often and so badly.

If he's calling out his team, the least he can do is put some of the blame on himself. I watched that game. Man-to-man, Tampa Bay played horrible, with a lack of desire. But the whole season, Morris has been out-schemed.

He's supposed to be the head coach, but he looks like he could only handle one position. And that's exactly what he should be doing. He was good with our defensive backs; he was not ready to take on a full roster.

He even called out his defensive back's for not being physically fit. Not physical, but physically fit. Well, they are at his practices every day. This is another reason why Morris is not head coach material. He doesn't run this team. His players on the other hand, do.

Morris went from the DB coach to head honcho in a snap of the Glazer's fingers; fingers that constantly touch money, but rarely give it away when it comes to this team.

We won't get into deep detail when it comes to the pockets of the ownership group—and then again, they won't go deep in their pockets either—but the hire they made with Morris was quick and easy, scrimping and saving.

And that cheap hire they made has and still is running (according to NFL scouts and other insiders) horrible and unorganized practices.

Morris wasn't ready for this, and I'm not sure if he ever will be. After these past two games it's clear to me the Bucs have to move on. Ownership can only keep their blinders they bought at the Dollar General for so long.

With young players roaming every inch of the turf for Tampa Bay next season, a new start can start-up right off the bat with a new coach, and new offensive coordinator (not buying Greg Olsen, sorry).

They need a guy with Morris' energy, but along with that, they need a leader that will set them straight in a way Morris couldn't.

They also need a coach that won't do what Morris just did. He should expect as much work out of his players as he does himself, but he shouldn't blast that lack of work to the press. It's not what a head coach is supposed to do.

Then again, is he really even the "head" of this team.