Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen
drafts good last players situation
We do need some new players on this team. We're getting to the situation where if we can have two more good drafts as good as the last two, we'll be OK.
allowed clear interested players room sign
Derrick's interested in getting another (Super Bowl) ring, so he allowed us to clear up room so that we can sign some of our own players back.
affect almost asked attitude discussing helping league optimistic order player players situation specific spent talk time today unfair
Not because of who you asked about, I think it's unfair to talk about specific players at this time. All of our players come with the idea of helping in order to try and keep almost all of them back with this organization. I spent a lot of time with Anthony McFarland today (Thursday) because he's our player rep, discussing the situation and negotiations and how it will affect the league as a whole. I'm pretty optimistic about the attitude of the Buccaneer players.
camp credit discussed earned gone improve people players stayed themselves training trying whether worked
We're happy; I think it's a credit to those players who worked so hard, ... I discussed it before. They stayed here during the off-season when people were gone trying to improve themselves and in different ways, each of them showed up whether it was in training camp or the preseason games. And they've earned their right to be here right now.
cap challenge dozen extremely last paid players seasons similar six
We have a similar challenge to about a dozen teams, because the Buccaneers over the last six seasons have paid their players extremely well. That's why we have these cap issues.
cleared free interested players room sign
It cleared up room so that we can sign of our own players back and go out into free agency. Because Derrick is interested in getting another ring.
amount build champions coaches continue core goal guys learn nice players process sure team
Our goal has been to make sure we could have a team we could build around, to be around these coaches and learn Day 1 from them. That's been the objective. And I think we have the same amount of second-year players on this team as we do first-year players. The process will continue and the nice part of it is there's still the core of those champions here that these young guys can play with.
agreement cleared days few free players reach room sign
He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of conversations, we were able to reach an agreement with him, and it cleared up room so that we can sign some of our own players back and go out into free agency.
continue deadline hours last league moved players teams time work year
The league moved the deadline back 72 hours so it allows teams and players more time to work with the last capped year calculations and that is what we have been doing (Thursday) and will continue to do this weekend.
free situation testing
The situation is he's a free agent. He has had interest, he said, from other teams.....Warren is testing the market.
attraction bit gets high kid network picked sure team wireless
Qwest without a wireless network is a little bit like the kid who never gets picked for a team in high school. I'm not sure what the attraction is at this point.
bowl determined outcome super support
The team's support (for the Super Bowl bid) will be determined by the outcome of our lawsuit.
handle jerry jimmy somebody successful teams wants winning
You get some successful teams that don't handle winning well. Somebody wants more credit. Jerry and Jimmy couldn't get along, and they were winning.
cadillac goal good michael number problem win yards
There's never going to be a problem with having too many good players. Our goal isn't for Cadillac to have 'X' number of yards and Michael to have 'X' number of yards. Our goal is to win games.