Stop the Super Bowl hype! The Bucs have a wide receivers coach. Joe is giddy with excitement.

Actually, Joe isn’t that excited, but it’s at least a morsel of coaching news to gulp down as Greg Schiano continues to work alone at One Buc Palace.

Per BSPN, former 49ers wide receiver and Rutgers receivers coach P.J. Fleck will be the new mentor for Mike Williams, Arrelious Benn and friends.

Just 31 years old, is Fleck a good hire? Geez, Joe has no clue — and neither do you.

Here’s what Raheem Morris said about the last receivers coach, Eric Yarber, who joined the team before the 2010 season. It’s a classic Raheem quote, including a take on Chucky’s old receivers coach, Richard Mann, so Joe wanted to share.

“He’s got a nice bounce about him on the practice field. He’s got a nice bounce about him in the meeting rooms. His meeting rooms are very entertaining,” Raheem said of Yarber. “He brings back, for me being a head coach, when you walk in that room it kind of gets you back into that feel when you’re a [defensive backs] coach. You get to that room and the guys are there and they’re joking around and they’re working. You’re able to talk to the guys and they’re able to communicate back with you. You’re able to communicate with those guys. You’re able to learn from some of the older guys in that room. He’s able to comment. He’s talking about his experience from his playing days. It’s real nice. It’s a breath fresh air, you know, from what we had. Richard Mann was kind of the opposite. He was a set old back, laid back teacher, a fundamentalist core. You know, and he had a lot of great attributes, as well. But it’s a nice vibe when you go into that room and you see the guys really vibing, and really having that kind of energy chasing them down.”

All that “vibing” and “entertaining” was just great in 2010, and then 2011 was, well, a different story.

Joe suspects Fleck wasn’t hired by Schiano to vibe and entertain, though maybe he will. Joe can only hope the new guy is a great teacher who can command respect instantly.

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