Author: RickHughes

Bucs fan since 04/24/74. Professional photographer with sports experience ranging from work with Pro-football weekly, NBA Courtside Magazine and more. My work has been seen on the pages of national publications from Maxim, Marie Claire, Ocean Drive, ESPN Magazine, Teen Vogue and many others. I photographed the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders Swimsuit Calendar for a few years as well as the Cincinnati Bengals Cheerleaders Swimsuit Calendar. I have started a charity called Warriors Eye which is the passion of my life. www.warriorseye.org Warriors Eye is dedicated to helping our returning heroes that need help adjusting to life at home through the use of photography.

Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter Report

Culture Change Is Starting Even With The Fans

December 15, 2016 RickHughes View from the Cheap Seats

So Dirk wanted a culture change? Well, it looks like the team is in the midst of just such a change. Winning is not hoped for, it is starting to be expected by the players and coaches. Next up, the fans need a culture change. The fans need confidence to replace fearful hope. The fans …Read More

Jameis Actual Value vs Perceived Value

October 25, 2016 RickHughes Position Analysis, View from the Cheap Seats, What the Buc?

How valuable is Jameis Winston to the Buccaneers? Most Bucs fans understand that he is incredibly valuable, but few realize just how valuable Jameis is. When you think about young quarterbacks that start in the NFL the first two that come to mind might be Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott. They are rookies right out …Read More

Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter Report

Culture and Fan Fatigue

October 5, 2016 RickHughes View from the Cheap Seats

The Buccaneers perennial losing ways are starting to take a toll on many longtime fans. I am talking about die-hard fans, not run-of-the-mill bandwagon fans. I am not talking about the casual fans that follow the Bucs when winning. I am talking about the hard-core believers and fanatics that will follow the team no matter …Read More

Let the “Fire Dirk” Chatter Begin

September 21, 2016 RickHughes View from the Cheap Seats

Well, the Bucs found themselves on the bad end of a beat down in Phoenix. It didn’t take long for the “Fire Dirk” chatter to begin. On national and local sports radio it has already started. One week removed from a complete Buccaneer love-fest after a win on the road against division rival Atlanta, the …Read More

Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter Report

Right Here. Right Now. This Is The Sweet Spot.

September 8, 2016 RickHughes Features, View from the Cheap Seats

The Bucs had a great run for a while there. How fun would it be to have a great run like that again? Well, maybe….just maybe…here we go! It’s a lot of fun to win a Superbowl. Really not much can beat that, and winning a Lombardi Trophy just plain changes things. It just does. …Read More

Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter Report

Trade Glennon! Trade Glennon!

August 31, 2016 RickHughes Features, View from the Cheap Seats

Imagine an NFL team with a solid and unquestioned young starting quarterback. Imagine that team has a backup quarterback with statistically solid numbers, but nothing overly impressive. Not great. Not bad. What you just imagined was the Bucs. Now imagine an NFL team with a solid and unquestioned young starting quarterback. Imagine that team has …Read More

The Fan View from the Cheap Seats

August 26, 2016 RickHughes Features, View from the Cheap Seats

As I write this I am amazed at how old I sound. You could probably read this in the most extreme old man voice you can muster. Unfortunately I think what I am saying is a very accurate observation. I have been a Buccaneer fan since April 24, 1974. On that fateful Wednesday my mother …Read More

Recent Podcasts

Bungaled Up – A Painful Chat with @TampaBayTre

10/30/2018

Well folks, we are back. We spent the hour and change lamenting many things including the state of the franchise but we hope that we brought some calm to the world. I suspect we fell short but at least we tried 🙂 See ya after the Panthers game… Which we…

They Stole One But We Don’t Have to Grin and Bear It…

9/28/2018

Guys, this was a rough week. We had a fantastic tailgate with great fans then watched our beloved team get curb stomped for a half before finding their souls and taking us on an emotional roller coaster. Hopefully, the team learned from the mistakes of Week 3 as this week, the…

Lose Eagles Lose…Next Up: Steelers

9/20/2018

As predicted here: Our Bucs are kicking ass. I was happy to host Trevor Sikemma (@TampaBayTre) of Pewter Report and The Draft Network Fame this week and I think it was one of the…

This week we get the Eagles

9/14/2018

What a night! We have the last few sleeps before our new Tailgate season, we got a win in the Big Easy, the national media remembered there is a team in Tampa AND we had Chris Fischer formerly of Bucs Brief Podcast in the studio. What more could you ask for?…

2018 Game 1: Saints – Chalk it UP.

9/5/2018

Mark Cook of Pewter Report fame came over and we did our thing. Sadly, the new camera stuff sucked due to a new iPad that REALLY sucked but the audio is fine. We covered a bunch of topics like: OS thinks the players don’t care about the fans Mark doesn’t…

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