Sadly, no end in sight to already long flight Martin Fennelly, The Tampa Tribune, published 19 October 2009 Paper or plastic? It's time the Bucs left the country. They're off to London to be the Washington Generals to the New England Patriots' Harlem Globetrotters. The real flight is well underway, six games in. And don't bother with the seat cushions. They can't be used as flotation devices. Raheem Morris, bless his heart, has pushed all kinds of buttons and nothing has worked. He cleaned house and the house is still a mess. He has preached physical play, so the Carolina Panthers simply rammed the ball right down the Bucs' throats to win 28-21 before 42,847 fans and more than 20,000 empty seats. "Got overpowered there at the end," Morris said. Scary, but you could look through the binoculars before the game and see Richard Williamson, now a Panthers receivers coach, down on the field. Williamson lives in Bucs annals as head coach of the 3-13 1991 campaign, also for once asking if he had spelled "MRI" correctly. There's only one way to spell 0-6. Morris says the talent needs to get better or else there needs to be new talent. See Adams, Gaines. But what about Morris and his coaching staff? Clearly, they need to get better, too. By the way, the Patriots scored 59 points on Sunday - in the snow. Morris wanted his players to avoid the "emotional roller coaster" that comes with winning, or, um, losing. But how do you prepare players to avoid the roller coaster when you keep putting them on roller coasters? Friday night, Stylez G. White, the man, the name, was sitting at home. The TV was on. That's how White found out Gaines Adams had been traded. "I was reading a book, but I just so happened to look up," White said. "I just said, 'Wow. Really?' "We're looking for answers. It's hard not to point fingers when you're 0-6. Even if we win next week, I still don't think it's going to be calm. I think we're in for a ride this year. We got to ride the wave." How Morris rides it could make or break this franchise. This team will take its cue from him, and he has been anything but a metronome. Tony Dungy began his Bucs career 0-5 but never wavered. You don't get that sense with Morris, not yet. He has a winless team that needs hope. That's why Sunday had to be crushing for the head coach. The Bucs seemed oh, so close to hopping the big bird for Europe with a victory. Think that wouldn't have made things easier for Morris after all the commotion before and during this season? Think the way it ended helped? The Bucs made some plays that should help you win games. Sammie Stroughter, seventh-round wonder, instilled life with a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Tanard Jackson took an interception back to tie it at 21. And there was beyond motivation to beat the Panthers after Carolina punk Dante Wesley flattened Bucs return man Clifton Smith just before halftime. Smith left with a concussion. Wesley was thrown from the game. Let's beat 'em for Peanut! Let's not. The Bucs' defense was a mere bag of shells when it mattered. Carolina got the ball with 8:33 left and the game tied. The Bucs got it back down seven with 29 seconds left. Run after run, yard after yard. The Panthers simply shoved the Bucs aside. That shattering reality was on Morris' face. "We either need to get better up front or we've got to get better people," he said. He needs to stop saying that or why can't we say that about him? Patriots-Bucs in London is shaping up like Patriots-Hessians at Trenton. "You can't be tired of tests," Morris said. "When you get tired of tests, it's time for you to leave." They leave for London on Friday. The longer flight has no end in sight.