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Are Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano's domineering ways good or bad? (St. Petersburg Times)

**By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer** Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Some would call new Bucs coach Greg Schiano a control freak. Others would suggest that he's merely detail-oriented. You might say he's a tyrant. He might say that he's just really focused. Perhaps he could be called a puppet master. Or, perhaps, he's just a master leader. At a recent offseason practice, Schiano scolded players for not sprinting fast enough to get water. That sounds intriguing. _Sports Illustrated's_ Peter King wrote that when Schiano was at Rutgers, team meetings had to be held in a room with an absolute specific temperature. That sounds weird. You can't help but wonder if the trade of tight end Kellen Winslow was, in part, Schiano's desire to set a tone that demands hard work, dedication and participation in order to wear the pewter and red. If so, that's admirable. But we don't know for sure because Schiano dodged questions about it. That seems neurotic. So are Schiano's domineering ways a good thing or a bad thing? Let's consider: **A good thing: The Bucs need a change** The Bucs went 4-12 last season and they did it under nice-guy coach Raheem Morris. Think of it ...

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