Stick Carriers are invigorating the Bucs fanbase

For the past eight months, a group of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans has been building a Stick Carrier movement. Informally started by JoeBucsFan’s Justin Pawlowski, the name refers to a locker-room speech head coach Dirk Koetter gave toward the end of last season, when he shouted “speak softly and carry a big motherf***ing stick!”

That movement’s been building slowly but surely, and today, those fans were out in force. And I mean a lot of force. Take a look.

Now that’s impressive. I’m also sure this’ll look great for the Hard Knocks cameras.

You could already tell that there’s more excitement the last few years, and the stadium’s gotten a lot louder already. If the Stick Carriers can push the Bucs…