Bruce Arians steps down - moves to Front Office

[eball]

Bowles still looks like a kid who just made a poopie in his pants. 

[billsbackto81]

4 hours ago, Mark Vader said:

I still can't believe this guy won a Super Bowl.

Car was already built. He just had to drive it home without wrecking it.

[BruceVilanch]

4 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

[machine gun kelly]

6 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

All I know is Bowles sucks as a HC.  Something tells me Brady will retire again after this season. 

LA, I normally agree with you, but not here.  I know his first go around was rough at the Jets, but that team is a dumpster fire.  He’s been a heck of a D Coordinator at AZ and the Bucs.  
 

 I follow both those teams as to where I live and my middle son fell in love with the Cards.  He’ll inherit a very talented team, and Brady is still Brady.

 

Whats more likely is Arians health issues and advanced age for a HC takes a

toll on him.  I think the Brady angle was overblown. At least that’s what is being discussed down here.  Maybe Brady and him had a couple of tiffs, but that was more so in Year 1 in Tampa, not Year 2.  
 

Whats more likely is Brady and him made an agreement in the beginning of the year he would step into th front office.  From Arians perspective,

he gets to work more business hours and he comes across so genuine in his love for his wife.

 

Its not like Bowles won’t be consulting him weekly, but just more in the background.

 

IMO, Arians has been a good coach.  He has decades of experience both in the college and pro level.  He turned around Big Ben in Pitt, Indy with Luck and AZ, as well as Tampa.

 

Im happy we had him down here.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

7 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

 

 

Brady to the fins

 

 

[machine gun kelly]

BB, I don’t see that happening.  Tampa owns his rights for another year.  Bowles doesn’t want to go through with the 2nd yr QB they drafted mid round, and Brady lobbied pretty hard for players to recruit.  He wouldn’t do a 180 and push for a trade.

 

Now I do think what is more likely is he takes the $10 mil. He gets this year, and goes to Miami next year for a swan song.  He hasn’t declined in his play not at least year.  43 TD’s!

[thenorthremembers]

8 hours ago, Arkady Renko said:

 

Wasn't he the last Jets coach to even get them to sniff the playoffs?

He benefited from one year of good Ryan Fitzpatrick.   He is 26-41 as a head coach, and thats with one year of 10-6.    He will probably win games because of Brady, but lets get it straight, he isnt a good head coach.  He stands on the sidelines looking stunned most of the time.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

9 hours ago, bmur66 said:

I can see the Coach right now sitting in his lanai with a glass of good bourbon admiring his ring. Well done.

Or taking over the Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical pitchman accounts, what with the extra time on his hands. 🤔

[Chandler#81]

9 hours ago, Malazan said:

I hope he goes full crazy old man now. 

I know that guy!

 

[Bill from NYC]

12 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

All I know is Bowles sucks as a HC.  Something tells me Brady will retire again after this season. 

He seems to. He must be a really nice guy because as the Jets coach he stood on the sideline with a weird smile for the entire game. 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Bill from NYC

[Saint Doug]

Brady would unretire to play on a team head coached by Todd Bowles??? Doesn’t he remember his NE days?

[H2o]

I don't think this means a trade to Miami by any means. I think it's more that Brady was tired of Bruce meddling in the offense so ownership made this move to appease him. I am surprised in a way that it was Bowles and not Leftwich who gets the nod though. 

[HOUSE]

To me this means Tom Brady and Gronk will be playing elsewhere..

 

 

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Edited March 31, 2022 by HOUSE

[Arkady Renko]

1 hour ago, Bill from NYC said:

He seems to. He must be a really nice guy because he as the Jets coach he stood on the sideline with a weird smile for the entire game. 

 

I always thought it was an angry smirk. 

[jlgarsh]

Arians probably had another heart attack. It's why he retired from AZ the first time, and isn't it why he wore the contraption on his chest? He's a great HC. Yeah, he's had QBs, but he took the same roster Pagano couldn't do anything with to the playoffs.

[newcam2012]

11 hours ago, Southern_Bills said:

Something tells me TB will be a dumpster fire. 

Disagree. Their division is terrible. They have an easy path to the playoffs. Brady the Goat still is effective and makes everyone that much better. Still have solid pieces on defense and weapons galore on offense. No way is TB a dumpster fire. In fact, they have to be one of the top 3 nfc favorites to go to the Super Bowl. 

[galept]

14 minutes ago, jlgarsh said:

Arians probably had another heart attack. It's why he retired from AZ the first time, and isn't it why he wore the contraption on his chest? He's a great HC. Yeah, he's had QBs, but he took the same roster Pagano couldn't do anything with to the playoffs.

 

Unless he's lying, I think he said it wasn't due to health?

[MJS]

People talking up Bowles, but to me, he doesn't have the temperament you want as a coach. He is too reserved, soft spoken, and he seems lacking as a motivational leader.

 

I actually think that is a great temperament for a coordinator, because he can stay calm, cool, and focus on getting the right plays called without getting too hyped up or emotional by what transpires in a game. But as a head coach, you want more, I think.

[DrDawkinstein]

5 minutes ago, MJS said:

People talking up Bowles, but to me, he doesn't have the temperament you want as a coach. He is too reserved, soft spoken, and he seems lacking as a motivational leader.

 

I actually think that is a great temperament for a coordinator, because he can stay calm, cool, and focus on getting the right plays called without getting too hyped up or emotional by what transpires in a game. But as a head coach, you want more, I think.

 

For as much as I hate to say it, he has a QB who will be the firey leader who everyone already follows as the real head of the team anyways.

[MJS]

1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said:

For as much as I hate to say it, he has a QB who will be the firey leader who everyone already follows as the real head of the team anyways.

There's some truth to that, I suppose.