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Release is a disgrace


Published March 12, 2004

John Romano: A classy guy gets callous farewell
Ernest Hooper: Bucs great is free man; another has soccer plans
A tough one to swallow
Club has faith in Phillips
For Lynch, goodbye came way too soon
Lynch proved he was an impact player in charities, too
Letters: Release is a disgrace
What's next for Lynch and the Bucs?

To release John Lynch is a totally boneheaded, cold-blooded move by the Buccaneers. I fully expected the Bucs to be destroyed by Bruce Allen and Jon Gruden, as the recent nonsignings of Warren Sapp and Thomas Jones and other top players have now indicated. We'll miss John.


-- Danny Di Nicolantonio, St. Petersburg

Coach, GM should go

I think this is an absolute travesty. I'm absolutely disgusted at the thought of John Lynch and Warren Sapp playing elsewhere next season. Bruce Allen and Jon Gruden should be elsewhere. It's no wonder Al Davis hired Chucky and his puppet GM in Oakland. They had no loyalty for players then, and they've brought those same ethics here.

We would have won that Super Bowl with Tony Dungy at the helm. His sweat built the team. Gruden did nothing but bask in Dungy's glory and steal all the credit. In less than two years, Chucky and his hand puppet are going to destroy it.


-- Anand Vasudev, Atlanta

A simple farewell

You will always be a Buc in our hearts, John.


-- Eileen Sharkey, Seminole [Last modified March 12, 2004, 02:05:29]

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