Lost Treasures: Birth of the Bucs

[@williamdiemert9866]

Ed Sabol and Steve Sabol R.I.P.

[@ericradford2142]

RIP Jim McKay.

[@philiprubin6274]

I so enjoy NFL Films Ed /Steve always had the perfect shot and the best commentary RIP

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

To bring that team to the NFC championship in two years has to be the biggest accomplishment in NFL history it took my team 21 years to make it to the playoffs WHO DAT !!!

[@pts5217]

METAL HEAD True. The legacy of the McKay era is 0-26, when the fact that they went to 1 win away from a Super Bowl only one full season removed the longest losing streak/WORST ever team (long before free agency) is one of the most impressive accomplishments in league history.

[@areguapiri]

Thanks to "Doug Williams".

[@conlanding]

Big Sky Blue Of the 45 players on the 1979 Buccaneers roster that fell one game short of the Super Bowl, 23 of those players were part of those teams that went 0-26 in their first two year years of existence.

[@dionr1168]

@@pts5217 even more impressive when the owner of the team was *Hugh Culverhouse.*

[@michaelleroy9281]

3 years from 1976 -79 not 2

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

My fav mackey one liner is When asked about his teams execution, he answered "I'm in favour of it"

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

Mackey? John Mackey?

[@patrickthomas8890]

That is funny, but he likely never actually said it

[@robertsprouse9282]

Mackey is McKay's cousin, right? Or clone..

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@CowSaysMooMoo John Mackey was a tight end for the Colts

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

@@michaelleroy9281 Yes..well aware......The point of my comment was that the QUOTE was John McKAY'S,

[@gobeklipepe]

Now Bucs are the only NFC South team with 2 Super Bowl Championships.

[@daviderickson115]

The funniest thing watching this was the Circuit City commercial.

[@dfaircloth30]

Jim McKay best one liner was “Well we couldn’t block but we made up for it by not tackling.”

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

We're one plane crash away from winning a game.

[@pts5217]

Daniel Faircloth “How do you feel about the execution of your offensive line”? McKay: “After today, Id be in favor of it”

[@masonplessinger2009]

You mean John McKay

[@kimblandino]

"Can't stop a pass or a run.... Otherwise we're in great shape."

[@conlanding]

Another of John McKay’s one liners was when he was asked after the game what he said to the players in the locker room, he said “if you guys need to shower go ahead.”

[@dfaircloth30]

Joe Gibbs was also on McVay’s staff. He was the one who got him Doug Williams

[@jasonpaul5]

Or McKay's staff. And Williams sucked. But they called the Bucs a high school offense. So I doubt Gibbs brags about being an OC.

[@patrickthomas8890]

@@jasonpaul5 E Williams did not suck. He led the Bucs to the NFC Championship game in 1979, two years after the team was 0-26.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@jasonpaul5, GIBBS went to SAN DIEGO as part of AIR (DON)CORYELL before going to WDC....

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@patrickthomas8890, his numbers were down because MCKAY had him throwing mostly long, low percentage passes..when they were not heavily running RICKY BELL.. R. BELL, R.I.P.

[@michaelleroy9281]

They wore white for all 14 games in 1976 the actual Creamsicles didn't take the field until 1977

[@scotday]

thank you so much been looking for this for years!

[@blafiman]

i like the cream sickle look

[@whysosyria1]

After their first win, McKay was quoted "three or four plane crashes and were in the playoffs"

[@gturcott1]

Love that Circuit City commercial haha what a trip

[@dougmaclennan8654]

The expansion Bucs and Seahawks were 1-25 against the rest of the NFL in 1976.

[@daved1535]

The 2 teams were combined 2-26. Bucs were 0-14, Seahawks were 2-12

[@dougmaclennan8654]

Dave D because The Seahawks played and beat the Bucs in 1976 so my comment is right about their combined record of 1-25 against “the rest” of the NFL is correct.

[@daved1535]

Yes true. The 1976 football season was like the 1992-93 hockey season. That hockey season had 2 teams that had 70 or more loses, Sharks and Senators

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

@@daved1535 With one of the two wins over Tampa.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@daved1535, before high volume Eastern Bloc Hockey guys came over and, more Swedes and Fins. came, expansion hurt the NHL in the early to mid-1990's..that is until later in the decade when the Eastern Bloc players came over here in bunches.

[@timdub70]

There was a McCulloch Airlines, and it was owned by the chainsaw company. Went out of business in 1978.

[@greenbeagle13]

I loved the color scheme of the Bucs.

[@2taggs2]

@6:53 lol “A happy fellow” - in other words, it was a gay Pirate. While I disagree with the colors being ugly - I totally agree that the Buccaneer was a little too “happy.”

[@erics2739]

I think wyche yelling

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

We're one plane crash away from winning a game. Did ya get that x-ray ? Yes coach but it doesn't feel better lol

[@andrewmiller4573]

Circuit city adds in a documentary about the Tampa bay Buccaneers! One of these things is STILL around! Can you guess which one????

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Creamsicles didn't take the field until 1977 the white jerseys were worn for all 14 games in 1976

[@hunkerbunt5174]

Worst thing to happen to Tampa when they dropped Tampa U football to make room for these idiots. These people terrorized the city for years and nobody has the courage to talk about it.

[@targettoad691]

At least we got the Bulls in 97. (Born in 97 btw, totally no bias ;-)

[@planetruths]

UT dropped their football program for an NFL franchise? How did that situation unfold?

[@rootsmanuva82]

The original Buccaneers logo and uniform was so ugly it’s now cool. Like an AMC Gremlin.

[@jasonpaul5]

Why have everyone calling from the same table? Oh, it's the NFL so it was fake.

[@ericpackers1700]

Smashmouth era

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

do you think Wilder carrying the ball 35 times a game is to much coach ? No the ball is not that heavy

[@robertsprouse9282]

RICKY BELL not JAMES WILDER..

[@82dorrin]

The Bucs actually had a pretty good defense for the first 8 games or so. Then they got destroyed by injuries and fatigue. Their offense was probably the worst in Pro Football history. I'm talking all-time, and every professional league ever.

[@jessiehenry5405]

5:03

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

That logo would be alright if Errol Flynn wasn't winking at ya lol

[@kimblandino]

J.K. McKay was a starter because Isaac Hagins couldn't catch corona in Wuhan and when he did catch the ball, he usually fumbled it. End of controversy.

[@kimblandino]

He had better hands than Morris Owens as well.

[@shawnrobinson2213]

Well damn lol

[@kyndlehewett]

0:51

[@gregmorley-gr1dg]

They won a super bowl before the lions that's how you know shit is rigged

[@gregmazienias8043]

John jr& rich

[@areguapiri]

Americans have been conditioned throughout history to think anything colorful is ugly or tacky. The original Tampa Bay uniforms were really cool, fun, and unique. .....The Bucs had too many white guys thinking they were smart and could coach football in a league of mostly black players. Still pretty much the same today in the racist NFL..

[@Kyle-tt1lv]

They needed more black guys.

[@michaelleroy9281]

These uniforms meant seasons of losing

[@williamstocker584]

Only racist is you

[@jasongCLJ]

Truth be told that coach IS HORRIBLE. Ive been on bad teams ..so i know .... YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN TEAM. YOU CANNOT TALK ALL THAT GARBAGE BELLY ACHING ABOUT YOUR OWN TEAM . And that guy is supposed to be thier coach ?!?! NOPE.

[@gregmazienias8043]

Tampa Bay green Bay

[@gregmazienias8043]

South bay

[@gregmazienias8043]

Frisco bay

[@michaelleroy9281]

Bay of Pigs

[@Fireyninjadog]

I think john mckay was a D level coach. Not an F, or even a D-, because he had to work with an expansion roster, that lacked talent, and the incompetent hugh culverhouse as his owner. He made it to the playoffs 3 times in a 4 year span, but yeah, when the bucs were bad, they were disgusting. Still, i don't think he's the absolute worst. Leeman Bennett, ray perkins, richard williamson, sam wyche. They were all much worse in tampa than mckay. The bucs didn't get a real coach until tony dungy, who i still think is the best coach in team history