Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Race to 6 Wins in 2012

June 9, 2012   ·   Alan Davis   ·   Jump to comments

Coaches and managers in all sports have used countless psychological techniques and strategies to persuade their teams and players that they are in fact destined for postseason success. Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon used the “Ray-Hawk” (Tampa’s version of the mohawk) to power his 2008 team’s improbable run to the World Series. That same year, Maddon used the unorthodox mathematical equation 9 = 8 to convince his players they belonged in the playoffs. 9 = 8 meant if nine players played a fundamental baseball for nine innings every game it would then equal to them being one of eight playoff teams. Remember, he’s a 56-year-old man who sported a Ray-Hawk. He’s a little crazy, but hey, it worked.
Fast forward to 2012 and Maddon’s crosstown counterpart, Bucs rookie head coach Greg Schiano, may need to enlist some of that Rays math. The Vegas oddsmakers have released their annual over-under total win numbers and that finds Schiano’...

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