Who’s Laughing Now?...:)
Jan. 27, 2003

Living in the Tampa Bay area of Florida......makes me a Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan.....
I’ve heard them referred to by so many names that it’s not funny.
The ‘Yuks’ as they were called are NOW the XXXVII Super Bowl Winners.... And are respectfully called the WINNING BUCS....
Nannee, nannee, boo, boo!
Victory is sweet and a long time coming....
But.....credit belongs to a long line of people not just the ones we now see on our screen. Remember, Jon Gruden has only been with the Bucs eleven months. This is not to minimize his obvious success.....but a lengthy foundation of discipline and long , hard steady work enabled the Bucs to be prepared for such a time as this.
Tony Dungy started the winning combinations.....bringing them from being a ’laughable team’ to a team who had character and stamina built into it day by day.
In addition.....Gruden, last years head coach at Oakland and a former Eagles offensive coordinator, isn’t the one responsible for the awesome defense of the Bucs.
Coordinator Monte Kiffin is.
Kiffin, many years with the Bucs, is one of the founding blocks to their success. Several years of his imput was monumental to yesterdays success.
Also, the team.....worked together as a team....
Yes it did take a lot of hard work and many dedicated people....for this ’overnight success’.
So, needless to say, we are celebrating...BIG....in Tampa Bay.
Victory is S W E E T...

By the way....the moral to the story...as my Mother used to say is.....
.....You can do a lot of good in this world....IF you don’t care
...WHO gets the credit!