Both Raheem and Mark Dominik have done great jobs in Tampa.
I read an article a couple of months ago about they type of player these guys went after. When they scouted the kids they didn't just look at them as players but as people foremostly. They sent scouts to the people that knew the young guys, people from the guys areas who knew of them. They looked into their background and into the discipline they had as kids.
Quite a few of the recruits came from military families so Raheem and Dom knew they would fit in OK. No matter how much potential or ability these players had, if Coach and the GM dint think they could handle pressure or may be disruptive, they wouldn't stand a chance of playing for the Bucs. He also said he looked into Mike Williams and LeGarrette Blount's histories more closely in the last off season because of the trouble they both got into in college. Came to the conclusion that the 2 incidents were isolated and that the 2 guys really showed a remorse for what happened and also a willingness to improve.
Anyway I think all the above showed with the amount of 4th quarter wins Freeman had last year. The whole team never knows when they are beat and the pressure never seems to get to them. Yes they have lost a few close ones too but only once I can think of was because of a blown coverage (Sabbi Piscatelli vs Ravens - blew his coverage on Heap and he went 60+ yards over the top) the rest were through the opposition making the big plays.
Oh and the best thing about Raheem is that he's not afraid to say or do anything. Sabbi Piscatelli was cut the day after that blown coverage. Derrick Ward was cut halfway through preseason. He fired his D Co-ordinater after having the head coach job for only a few months. He sacked his O Line coach yesterday too even though the protection Freeman received this year wasnt that bad at all. He lets you know that any mistake you make or anything you arent doing upto his standard and you're out and THAT imo is what will make him a winning coach in the NFL.
