Por (Ray) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Damn it!  I can’t even spell right.  I meant to say “squandering”.

Por (steve) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

he got us to the playoffs-pay him its not a lot more.  Griese and mccown are backups not starters.  maybe mccown may be alble to work his way up.  EG was third string for years and due to injuries he became a starter.  i dont think he should be paid like a starter yet.  let see if its more than a 1 year wonder.  pay him more but dont shower him with money because hes still unproven.  Turner over faine?  Faine=starter Turner=backup turner has proven nothing other than he can come in a few carries a game and keep the chains moving.  id rather spend 37 on a proven starter instead of 40 on someone who has been a backup.  It was behind LT, but that does not make him an instant starter. lets be realistic.  ps. haye will be a beast this year.

Por (Dan) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Eric Anderson, Thats because we didn’t give anybody else a chance to beat down his door.We snatched him up real quick like.“EVERYBODY” The man proved he can still play.He may be 39 but he is alot tougher than more the 3/4 of the QBs in the league. He might not be able to deliver passes 60+ yards down field. Why do we really need somebody like that? As long as we get a QB that can throw 15-20 yrds at a time accuritly the recievers can do the rest.Thats what we pay them “the WRs” for.

Por (Richard Burke) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

When you make “promises” to players that they will be “taken care of” and those promises are seldom if ever fulfilled you have to wonder what a persons “word” means. Apparently with Gruden it means ZIPPO. Garcia more than earned what he’s asking for now. It won’t break the bank so what’s the problem? Unless your ready to turn over the reigns to Luke PAY THE MAN and while your at it pay Ernest his due as well. The problem is all of these rookies getting big bucks who have yet to play professional football. Pay your core players or be ready and shut up already!

Por (jason jesse) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

I swear some of you only read these columns and post to spread your hate for Roy. We are paying Garcia half the league average for starting QBs….is he not our starter? Can’t get everything we want for free people. Pay him, pay greg White, pay earnest Graham. For petes sake when people rise above expectataions and give us 110%.....REWARD them!

Por (Dex fields) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Why should the bucs pay Graham and White.White was not a consistent starter and his play was not consistent.Graham,like steve said was the third string back and due to injuries had to start.NOW,GRAHAM DID NOT WIN THE JOB-IF NOT FOR INJURIES HE WOULD STILL BE A THIRD STRING RB.GRAHAM HAS TO PROVE HIMSELF THIS SEASON-SHOW THAT HE IS NOT A ONE YEAR WONDER.You don’t see Colston(WR for the saints)asking for more money.He’s getting paid 7th round pick money but started 2 years.
I’m sorry but i think the bucs should not give Garcia more money-he played one season for us and is 39yrs old.Why after one season we should pay everybody-honestly,are anyone of these guys top tier player?

Por (Steven Christopher) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Never negotiate through the media…cardinal sin.  For the longest time we criticized guys for doing this tatic.  O.K., he hasn’t been offered a contract extension…yet.  Right now, its not even June 1st.  The Bucs still have a lot of power to go after any player that is released from another team.

Its May for Christs sake!  Garcia needs to get ahold of who exactly he is.  He is the villian here, not Gruden, Allen, or anyone else’s fault that Jeff agreed to a contract to come here.

Am I a Garcia fan, hell yes. But, to blame anyone but Garcia for Garcia’s contract problem…..is ridiculous….how do we know about his contract status???

Peace

Por (HFXBUCS) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

And I quote, “There might come a time when I might have to stand up,’’

Yes Jeff Garcia, you are right its just that the time for you to stand up has passed. Last year in the Playoffs, it didn’t occur to you to stand up? a loaded Philly team in 06, Detroit, Cleveland, San Fran…never occurred to you to stand up, eh?  Even though you weren’t a 38 year old who started with limited skills?  now your going to stand up, now?  What’s your rush? Why not wait until you have no leverage and no long term value, oh wait, you have?  Sit down, shut up give Roger Clemons his advisor’s back and play for the contract you signed and unfortunately earned.

Por (mike j) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

I like Jeff, but he needs to take a look at his birth certificate.
If he holds out, make do w/out him.

Por (BigBucFan) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

I’m sure the Bucs will deal with these disgruntled players in their own time frame. Carmella Garcia is the keeper. Mr Wilkerson, you obviously could not see from your portable Black & White TV with Rabbit Ears, that a couple thousand Giant Fans were louder and stronger supporters than the fifty thousand Buc Fans at the Playoff Game. I was embarassed at how lethargic our YA…So called fans were when it comes to Cheering on our team. All of our Home Games are plagued by weak quiet fans. The other 25% of us will keep on Yelling & Maybe Santa will bring Wilkie a new TV or Trailer.

Por (chris devine) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Yes none of us appreciate the Garcia tirade except maybe big dog…Allen is 40 mil under the cap…show the man who turned crap into playoff gold some love…he is definitely worth more than Keenan McCardell…who else do you have ...do you really believe Griese is the man now? geez! and Jeff calm down will ya…Allen, Garcia saved both your butts…remember that!

Por (James R. Kinzer) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

It appears to me that a lot of you guys need to take a course in elementry school english!!!!!!

Por (Erik) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!!!!! Someone help us. Hey Garcia. Shut up and just workout. Usually, teams try to make a couple more moves in free agency part deux, then sign the key people. Usually but, Bruce Allen is the G.M. This is a year that the players can do something rare in NFL history that may over shadow our teams’ ridiculed beginning. Host AND win a Super Bowl. Come on Jeff go lead this team to that goal! GO BUCS!!!

Por (Erik) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Hey, Bruce. Take care of Garcia! He took us to the playoffs and he can win the super bowl,NOW!!! Come on mMr. Allen. You owe the fans something substantial! Mr. Gruden, find Chuckie damn it!! This is OUR year! GO BUCS!!

Por (Fernando) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Jeff you didn’t get the bonus cause you got hurt!!!!
Plus I don’t really feel sorry for somebody who is a millionare. Get us to the playoffs and then you will be rewarded.

Por (Jason Bihn) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Look, if Bruce Allen isn’t going to make the “big splash” he promised, he should take care of his own.  Jeff deserves to be paid like the rest of the starters in the league because I don’t care if he’s 50 yeas old, if he is putting up numbers, which he is, he needs to be paid as such.  Compensate him for the end of last year, don’t be a cheap@$$!  It’s weak and just plain tacky.
As for Graham, if he ends up like Thomas Jones I am going to be really upset.  The Bucs cannot afford to let it happen again.  While you are at it, Bruce, pay Greg White for God sake!  Take care of what we got!

Por (Dan) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

James Kinzer,  Is it a lot? Or is it
alot???

Por (Timmy Hall) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

I like jeff but listen guys. he need.s to just shut and play. they need to tell him if he holds out then he lost his starting job. then i would call plummer and promise him the starting job, that’s all he’s wanted this whole time. if he can’t cut it , we always have Brian. make jeff sit at home and fine him or make him sit the bench for the whole year. he will be 40 after this year and nobody will want him then.hope he see’s the light and just play football. this could be his last chance to win a superbowl. does he want to go out maybe as a champ or like a vinny testaverde a has been. pay EG. we have nobody else that can do what he did.

Por (Mark) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

A lot of people are commenting on Bruce Allen being cheap and not wanting to give our guys the money they deserve, let alone go after big name free agents. But here is some food for thought. Manchester United lost 120mil dollars last year and had to borrow money to make payroll. In the three years since they bought the club the glazers have borrowed a total of 750 million pounds against it (about 1.5 billion us dollars) and in 2007 were unable to pay even the interest on that debt. And now all of a sudden the bucs are getting stingy. Coincidence?

Por (Greg M) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

okay, the reason the Bucs should pay these guys is because 1) they are well under the cap and could pay these guys for this year and not have it hurt them next year and 2) it will help encourage other vets to come to Tampa at reduced rates if the team shows that it will reward their efforts if it is deserved.

Por (Dave) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

I wouldn’t be opposed to giving Garcia Bruce Allen’s paycheck…at least Garcia has earned his paycheck unlike Allen and all of the non-moves he has made to make this team better this off-season.

Por (barry o) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Hey Allen—-why don’t you screw over galloway too and take some of his money away from him so he can hold out also…then all three of our many (LOL) offensive weapons won’t be available—-oh wait, Garcia, galloway and Graham are our only offensive weapons i almost forgot….we are still waiting for that “tiger woods” type of impact player you promised us….

Por (Dan) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Maybe we can steal WR Joe Horn from Atlanta. He seems to be unhappy there.
And why don’t we find out if Brett Favre wants to play? I think he still wants to. It doen’t hurt to ask. He lives right around the corner.

Por (JR) on May 13, 2008 (Suggest removal)

what a crock. did anyone watch that video. he is complaining that the players put their bodies on the line and now he wants the team to put something on the line. How about the fact that the team gave you a 2 year 7 million dollar contract last year. you would have made every cent of that contract if you never saw the field anyway. that seems to me like the team putting something on the line.

Por (Tyler) on May 14, 2008 (Suggest removal)

Jeff Garcia needs to remind himself that two years ago he was a 3rd string QB playing for the Philadelphia Eagles.  He’s lucky he landed in Tampa and is getting paid 5 mil a year at his age.  How many other 39 year old QB’s are getting paid 5 mil a year??