OT: Arians steps down as Tampa HC

"Brady to Miami" is definitely not the accurate reaction to tonight's news, folks.

ctpatsfan77 said:

"Brady to Miami" is definitely not the accurate reaction to tonight's news, folks.

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This is “Brady commits to Bucs for another 3 years” news.

This move is apparently about Bowles having a shot at being a HC with a quality team

MAC10 said:

This move is apparently about Bowles having a shot at being a HC with a quality team

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Arians did not walk away. Too funny.

One-If-By-Sea said:

Arians did not walk away. Too funny.

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Riiiigggttt. This is about as transparent as my living room window. This was coming from the day Brady walked out. It's not as though Ariens actually DID anything other than throw keggers.

FreeTedWilliams said:

Bruce Arians steps down as Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach; Todd Bowles picked as successor - Peter King, NBC Sports

Bruce Arians steps down as Bucs coach; defensive coordinator Todd Bowles picked as successor. Tom Brady, Arians said, “was very in favor of what I’m doing.”

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

I wonder if Brady forced him out

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You -wonder-???

VectorPrime said:

Arians was the coach of the Bucs for all of THREE YEARS. Two of which were with Brady. The one other year was a pathetic 7-9 campaign. Glazer made the right choice picking the GOAT over someone who the organization should have zero loyalty to.

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Arians is a good head coach. Not great, but are you going to claim he was bad because he inherited a team that was 5-11 in 2018 and he got them to 7-9 in 2019 in his first year as head coach? He inherited a disaster. 7-9 wasn’t a bad record for his first year.

Arians did bring the Cards to an NFC championship game and win AP coach of the year in 2015. Let’s not make him out to be a complete disaster.

MAC10 said:

LMAO, Bowles gonna turn Tampa into Jete

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Not with Brady.

Will be interesting to see how Bowles does. He wasn't good on the Jets, but that franchise has been dysfunctional for over a decade at this point so it might just be an organizational thing. Brady went 20 years with the same guy and had the longest HC/QB tenure in league history and now in 3 years has two new HC's.

Kdo5 said:

Not with Brady.

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A few months ago every Bucs follower here was blaming Bowles for the loss to the Rams. Now he’s HC and all of a sudden things are looking up? The Bucs did NOT name Bowles to be interim HC. He signed a 5 year contract and is not going to be some figurehead for Brady to push around.

MAC10 said:

This move is apparently about Bowles having a shot at being a HC with a quality team

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Such BS. Yeah arians is just on worried about helping his friend get a job.

Just a coincidence that word comes out Brady and Arians had issues. Brady retired, then unretired and bam Arians steps down.

Supposedly Brady was told this the day he unretired I read.

Well Arians is getting kicked up to the front office so it's not exactly a firing. It's like how Brads Stevens got moved up to GM when DA stepped down. Arians will still be with the team, and sounds like Bowles was hand-picked by Arians to be the successor.

Rob0729 said:

Arians is a good head coach. Not great, but are you going to claim he was bad because he inherited a team that was 5-11 in 2018 and he got them to 7-9 in 2019 in his first year as head coach? He inherited a disaster. 7-9 wasn’t a bad record for his first year.

Arians did bring the Cards to an NFC championship game and win AP coach of the year in 2015. Let’s not make him out to be a complete disaster.

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And if you look at that 7-9 year they had like a bunch of very close losses despite a qb that turned it over 40 times.

Rob0729 said:

Arians is a good head coach. Not great, but are you going to claim he was bad because he inherited a team that was 5-11 in 2018 and he got them to 7-9 in 2019 in his first year as head coach? He inherited a disaster. 7-9 wasn’t a bad record for his first year.

Arians did bring the Cards to an NFC championship game and win AP coach of the year in 2015. Let’s not make him out to be a complete disaster.

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BA is the polar opposite of BB so ppl view him as a fool. His career win % .624 (ARI - .619; TB - .633) is pretty good. Two time COY & SB winner. He's got a great reputation amongst the players and is well regarded in the league. He always promoted diversity and was loyal to his coaches. He's definately a character and God knows we need those around. Retiring from coaching at 69 is not unusual.

VJCPatriot said:

Well Arians is getting kicked up to the front office so it's not exactly a firing. It's like how Brads Stevens got moved up to GM when DA stepped down. Arians will still be with the team, and sounds like Bowles was hand-picked by Arians to be the successor.

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Arians says he is retiring next February. Between now and then he has a no salary front office job . This is how it works. Brady is pulling the strings, Arians is not hand-picking anything. The new Bucs head coach is the old defensive coordinator.

Q: Who will be the new Bucs offensive coordinator?
A: Who Arians hand picks? NO
A: Who Bowles, the new head coach, appoints? NO
A: The guy Brady tells Bucs' ownership to hire? YES

VJCPatriot said:

Well Arians is getting kicked up to the front office so it's not exactly a firing. It's like how Brads Stevens got moved up to GM when DA stepped down. Arians will still be with the team, and sounds like Bowles was hand-picked by Arians to be the successor.

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You can bet your life that Blowes will have NOTHING to do with the offense whereas Easy Chair Arians would've been messing with it just to appear relevant. Brady and Leftwich will be co-OCs.

One-If-By-Sea said:

Arians says he is retiring next February. Between now and then he has a no salary front office job . This is how it works. Brady is pulling the strings, Arians is not hand-picking anything. The new Bucs head coach is the old defensive coordinator.

Q: Who will be the new Bucs offensive coordinator?
A: Who Arians hand picks? NO
A: Who Bowles, the new head coach, appoints? NO
A: The guy Brady tells Bucs' ownership to hire? YES

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Are you saying they're firing Leftwich? That's not happening.