Tampa Bay Bucs lose 10 in a row

The Atlanta Falcons beat the Bucs 45-14 today for the team's 10th loss in a row,

Why are the Bucs so bad? The owners are cheapskates. In 2009, the Bucs were tied with the Kansas City Chiefs, a team that beat them this year, with the lowest team payroll.

This year they were second to last with $84 million payroll. This was the lowest payroll in the NFC South. 


The team is also coached by a relatively unknown person, Raheem Morris from 2009–present, who has a 17–27–0 (.386) record.

The fans figured out early on that the Bucs were not going to be a winning team and attendance dropped. Most of the local games were accordingly blacked out on TV.

To add injury to insult, the Florida Gators also had a terrible 6-6 season after losing Coach Urban Meyer.  Most of the Rightardia staffers missed most of those games, too.

So 2011 was not a good year for Florida football. We doubt if 2012 will be much better.

Of course, we have never been big fans of American football. We prefer the sport of all time: soccer.

Update: Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris was fired today.

Rightardia thinks a lot of the Buc problems started when defensive coordinator Mont Kiffin left in 2010. Kiffin was considered to be perhaps the best defensive coordinator in professional football.

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Capital Soup: Rod Smith Elected Chairman Of The Florida Democratic Party

 Rod Smith's poster suggests he is looking for a few good Borgs.

Rod Smith of Alachua was selected Saturday to lead the Florida Democratic Party as state Chairman during an enthusiastic gathering in Orlando of party leaders, Democratic elected officials and activists from throughout Florida.

Smith, is a former state senator and North Florida prosecutor, as well as the 2010 running mate of Democratic gubernatorial contender Alex Sink. he succeeds Karen Thurman of Dunnellon as Party Chairman. Thurman retired after nearly six years at the party chair and a disastrous 2010 election cycle.

Republicans now control the governor's mansion and have super majorities in the House and Senate. Rightardia hopes Thurmann didn't hit her head on the way out.

After accepting nominations to lead the party, Smith pledged to focus on building the grassroots of the party and to step up efforts to raise funds and recruit Democratic candidates for public offices.

“I promise you that I’m going to do my dead-level best to ensure that two years from now we are celebrating the turnaround of the Democratic Party,” Smith said at meeting of state Democratic Executive Committee members and others, which was held near Orlando. Smith said:

I don’t want anybody dispirited or discouraged. We have an enormous opportunity to begin the turnaround. Today is the end of our period of mourning.

Smith identified three major priorities for the state party:

1. the reelections of President Barack Obama and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson in 2012
2. ensuring that the legislative task of redrawing new congressional and legislative districts yields fair districts that represent the people’s will
   
3. diversity of Florida