Showing posts with label Lovie Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lovie Smith. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Lovie Smith not happy with Austin Seferian-Jenkins posting photo of penalty pose: Report

Buccaneers rookie Austin Seferian-Jenkins scored Sunday in a loss to the Falcons. And posed like Captain Morgan in the end zone while using the ball as a barrel after his touchdown. 

Too bad the pirate pose was a 15-yard penalty, which, it turns out, led to Falcons go-ahead touchdown.



But the tight end wasn't done. Later he posted an image of the guilty touchdown celebration to Instagram with the caption, “Everybody has a little captain in them. #Itsabucslife.”



Seferian-Jenkins has deleted the photo from his Instagram feed but, suffice it to say, coach Lovie Smith wasn't too happy.

“When guys make mistakes, I confront them immediately, which happened this time,” Smith said, according to the Tampa Bay Times' Rick Stroud of (via PFT).

“The penalty of course, right away. And when I found out about the Instagram, I'm on Facebook a little bit so I can get pictures of my grandchild. Besides that, I'm not really into the rest of the stuff. Once it came to my attention, then I confronted him.”


"It is a teaching moment, though, for a rookie,”"Smith said of the 15-yard penalty. "You hate ... you know with rookies you want to have those teaching moments before something happens out there. We go over the rules, of course, you can't use a prop after a touchdown." 

Seferian-Jenkins has since apologized but maybe next time he should try being a little more subdued — more like The Most Interesting Man in the World guy.


Sunday, March 23, 2014

Buccaneers’ Mike Williams stabbed by brother: Report

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams went to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa after a spokeswoman with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says Williams was stabbed in the thigh at his home.

Cristal Bermudez Nunez says it happened Sunday afternoon and the football player's brother is suspected of stabbing him.

The Buccaneers released the following statement in response to his hospitalization:

We are aware of the situation that occurred at the residence of Mike Williams and are working with him and the authorities to get additional information. While we have limited knowledge at this time, our primary concern is for the safety and well-being of all involved. We will refrain from comment until we can get a better understanding of the situation.

This has not been a good past few months for Williams — who has made headlines for running a party house in the gated community of Avila and is already facing trespassing and criminal mischief charges for another incident in December. He has had multiple domestic problems, including damaging neighbor's property in the past.

Another incident might not sit well with the organization a year after he signed a $40 million contract.

The Buccaneers new coach Lovie Smith already expressed concern about Williams wild behavior.

"There's a pattern here and it's disturbing. No one is bigger than this football team," Smith said in February. "He has to understand that.”