{"id":651259,"date":"2026-01-03T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/651259\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:59:11","slug":"will-fans-matter-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/651259\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Fans Matter? &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GlazerJoel.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196258\" class=\"wp-image-196258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GlazerJoel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"306\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-196258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team Glazer members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A majority of Bucs fans want Todd Bowles launched from his perch as Tampa Bay head coach. The groundswell has been stunning across local fandom over the past month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even calm, measured fans Joe has known for years are chirping for Bowles\u2019 head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cFans are smart. Fans know right. Fans know wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know who issued that intelligent quote? Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking at the 2015 NFL owners meetings, Glazer was asked, \u201cHow important is the pulse of the fans to you in every thing you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Glazer responded:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cUltimately, we want our fans to be happy because that means we\u2019re having success. That\u2019s the barometer,\u201d Glazer began.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cYou know, fans want a winning team. We want a winning team. They want a team they can be proud of. We want a team we can be proud of. Everyone\u2019s interests are aligned. So I wouldn\u2019t say you take the fan temperature on every single thing that\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI always say, \u2018Fans are smart. Fans know right. Fans know wrong.\u2019 Fans know when something is being done right. They know when something is wrong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt\u2019s always important to be in touch with your fans and know how they feel and see how they feel about things going on in the stadium, how they\u2019re going on with the team, and everything. So you can\u2019t disconnect yourself from the fans. At the same token, you\u2019ve got to take a measured approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Joe finds it hard to believe Team Glazer, any one of them, could look a serious Bucs fan in the face this week and detail exactly why Todd Bowles is the guy to lead the Bucs to the Super Bowl again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sure, Team Glazer could offer plenty of reasons why Bowles was handicapped this season via injuries, talent, etc., but those are\u00a0not\u00a0reasons affirming the positive: that the team is on the right track with the right leader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fans matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And fans, as a collective body, are very rarely unreasonable when it comes to the big picture of a team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We all want to win, as Glazer eloquently explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ira Kaufman Talks Todd Bowles\u2019 \u201cFlimsy\u201d Survival Option, Bucs-Panthers Predictions, State Of The Team, And More<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Glazer members. 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