Tiki Barber Talks Weekend Conversation With Bruce Arians
January 8th, 2019
Bruce Arians
For those unaware, the famous Barber twins of NFL fame have a long history with heir apparent Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians.
Ronde and Tiki Barber together have talked about that relationship various times on Tiki’s CBS national radio shows and podcasts. Arians was a college teammate and close friend of their father. They’ve also discussed how their dad walked out out on their lives but Arians stayed in it. (Joe will leave the sensitive family matters there.)
So yesterday, it was no surprise that Tiki Barber was talking Arians-to-the-Bucs on CBS Sports Radio.
He said Ronde Barber talked to Arians over the weekend and shared that Arians is very interested in the Bucs job. And the strong implication was their conversation was after Arians stripped down to his underwear at a local Tampa hospital as part of his Team Glazer interview.
Tiki went on to talk about how Arians is the ideal coach to help Jameis Winston understand the subtle nuances of when to take risks on the football field. He stressed that Arians is a master at that fine line of having a take-big-shots offense that is under control but doesn’t stifle a QB.
Tiki added that under Arians completion percentage likely would drop for Jameis but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Aside from Arians knowing how to coach a team, whereas Dirk Koetter only knew how to successfully manage an offense, Team Glazer and fans will be able to rest easily knowing that Jameis is in perfectly skilled hands. Arians will get the most out of 25-year-old Jameis — whatever that is — in a hurry, which is exactly what the Bucs need now.
January 8th, 2019 at 10:14 am
Mannn, did you all hear Peter King’s extended piece this morning on PFT Live with Florio on JOHN HARBAUGH?? Peter’s elaboration on JOHN and why he is worth every pursuit and EVERY toward an organization was well articulated and SPOT ON!!
Hopefully the Glazers heard it, and are still working behind the scenes!
JOHN. HARBAUGH.
January 8th, 2019 at 10:15 am
*EVERY penny
January 8th, 2019 at 10:15 am
Arians new head coach and Bowles coming with him. I’m sure Buckner is stoked to be able to stay
The joes called it. Sounds like announced shortly
January 8th, 2019 at 10:26 am
Feels like Christmas again here in Texas
January 8th, 2019 at 10:26 am
Arians, Bowles and TREVOR LAWRENCE!!!!
January 8th, 2019 at 10:27 am
StoutGospel, there comes a time when you have to let it go. You want John Harbaugh. I want Mike McCarthy. Neither of us are going to get what we want.
It is going to be Bruce Arians…for better or worse.
The Lovie Smith experience didn’t work out…I hope this retread does.
January 8th, 2019 at 10:36 am
StoutGospel:
Jesus man—stop beating that horse, it’s dead.
ARIANS ALL THE WAY!
January 8th, 2019 at 10:46 am
whoever it is I hope they dont allow those cancer players.
January 8th, 2019 at 10:46 am
so ronde talked to bruce not tiki…lol…sounds like a bunch of he say she say….lol…
joe says, that tiki said what ronde thinks….lol…
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!!…#KRISISTHEPICK!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
January 8th, 2019 at 10:58 am
No really guys.
It’s arians. They will announce shortly. Confirmed
January 8th, 2019 at 10:59 am
And Bowles coming too it sounds like
January 8th, 2019 at 11:02 am
bird
confirmed by what source?…..
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!!…#KRISISTHEPICK!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
January 8th, 2019 at 11:05 am
Mike McCarthy wouldn’t be a retread but Arians would be? 3rd round picks are “late round”? Petey…you off your meds again?
January 8th, 2019 at 11:10 am
I don’t believe nothing Pete King says. Yes I also like Harbaugh but are you going to mortgage your franchise for a coach. Remember no coach can win without decent players and you need draft picks to get players.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:12 am
Yeah Arians AND Bowles seems like a foregone conclusion.
Can’t wait for Free Agency and the draft.
I’m wanting to see if the picks are more consistent with what the fans want or what.
Hoping we see an obvious change in evaluation of talent that confirms Koetter just wasn’t on board with some players Licht wanted.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:18 am
Yea, I can’t find anything confirmed either.
NBC reported it as “Bucs closing in on Arians” 21 minutes ago, but I don’t see anything confirmed.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:20 am
Getting a little giddish Bucs Fans?? Looks like if the higher ups were all Bruce they would have already named him this morning!! Think they may be thinking about Harbaugh??? Probably need to bring Dabo in!!!!
January 8th, 2019 at 11:21 am
Jenna Laine is saying we’re interested in Jim Caldwell. I might bite the bullet and finally end my life if that happens.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:22 am
You simple stooges….we shall see.
And btw, even if the Glazers do sign off on the lazy way out with Arians, it doesn’t mean, they made the right choice of true head coach and the future of the organization. JOHN is a much more sound stalwart of future success for the Buccaneers.
Reflect back on Licht in last year’s draft for example, as fact. Picking at #7, Licht decided NOT to trade up for SAQUON, thinking he knew better. Let’s look at that…
Which would you pursue????…
SAQUON….OR….Vea, Stewart, Davis, Jones, Cappa, Whitehead, plus 2019 2nd round pick.
Follow the consensus, and it leads to mediocrity. Geee, SAQUON may have made a difference in allll those close games in 2018. WHERE’S LICHT’S “VALUE” NOW, huh ???
Point being….as always….you go get what the EFF you want and should have.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:23 am
Stout, John Harbaugh is a good coach and I like him. But I don’t feel like Bruce Arians is “settling”. I definitely prefer him and feel he is the perfect fit here.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:24 am
To clarify, I meant to say that I don’t feel like WE are settling.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:25 am
Look at the last 3 years of the Eagles and Rams. You GO GET what the EFF you want, as GM, and as an organizational philosophy. Period.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:29 am
I agree completely with you about getting what the EFF you want. But that for me is Arians, not Harbaugh.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:33 am
How do we define “retread”? The game has changed. There are new rules and interpretations of rules. Offensive schemes have evolved. Players are coming out of college with different skill sets. An older coach who is willing and able to adapt to the modern game is not a retread. An older coach who insists on doing what worked in the 90’s and tries to prove himself to be the smartest guy in the room, is a retread. I remember. We had one of those a few years back.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:37 am
BucsAce,
Trevor Lawrence is a freshman. He’s like 18.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:39 am
Hopefully Arians knows what a Jet Sweep is!!
Koetter obviously thinks it’s an Airplane Cleaning Service.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:40 am
^^^ LMAO Sunday_44 !!
January 8th, 2019 at 11:47 am
Bucsace Says:
January 8th, 2019 at 10:26 am
Arians, Bowles and TREVOR LAWRENCE!!!!
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Lawrence can’t enter draft until 2021. If we have the first pick then, it won’t be with Arians. I’ll be drafting Jameis in 2019 as my fantasy QB.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:47 am
Keeping that Clemson kid on the radar. If he plays the next two years like this year. #1 overall easily.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:47 am
Reflect back on Licht in last year’s draft for example, as fact. Picking at #7, Licht decided NOT to trade up for SAQUON, thinking he knew better. Let’s look at that…
lol.
Wtf are you talking about? Were you the draft room?
Do you not remember this draft? The Giants needed a QB and still passed at #2 for Barkley. They weren’t moving off of that pick for anyone. If a big trade occurred it likely would have been a team paying a kings random of like 3 1st rounders to get their QB.
So basically you have no idea what hte asking price was; but by all accounts it was insane. Probably at least the 7th pick and 1st in 2019 and 1st in 2020.
So instead of Vea + all the players mentioned. We’d have Saquon barkley + one 2nd round pick from 2018 and no 1st rounder this year or next. Our team would be f*cked in terms of depth and the ability to rebuild the defense.
In general no one here knows exactly who was the final mastermind behind every personnel move. Even the Joes don’t know who had final say on why we took Aguayo or why we targetted short zone corners that fit Mike Smith’s system (was that Smitty or completely Licht).
Maybe Licht is terrible. Maybe he’s average. Maybe he’s better than average but has been held back by coaches with terrible team building visions and philosphy. I personally don’t know.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:49 am
If the Bucs have the first pick in the draft in 2021, barring a blockbuster trade, the only person still left in the organization from the current pool of employees will be named “Glazer.”
January 8th, 2019 at 11:49 am
Guys….retreds are coaches who.previously failed and being given another shot.
Arains has never been a failure or.fired.in the profesional level.
Am I the only one hoping this hospital trip wasnt awkward and the cause for Bruce to bail at the last minute
January 8th, 2019 at 11:51 am
It pays to read JoeBucsFan.com.
January 8th, 2019 at 11:56 am
If they are going to hire Arians today do you think it will be before he eats dinner at 4 or before he goes to bed at 6?. Sure would hate to see them have to wait another day.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:01 pm
Yahoo as well
January 8th, 2019 at 12:07 pm
I hope Arians has been paying attention the modern NFL. My fear would be that he has a similar offense to Dirk.
However – if you look at ALL of Dirk’s offenses – they historically are almost always top 10 in yardage, but very rarely ever top 10 in scoring. I think maybe once in 8+ years of what I looked at did the scoring ranking actually match or better the yards. On average he produces a top 8 yardage offense but a top 16-20 scoring offense.
Bruce:
2012 Colts – 14th in PPG / 15th in Yards
2013 Cardinals – 16th in PPG / 12th in Yards
2014 Cardinals – 24th / 24th
2015 Cardinals – 2nd / 1st
2016 Cardinals – 6th / 9th
2017 Cardinals – 25th / 22nd
In general his scoring lines up with how his teams move the ball; which has not been the story of Koetter’s career. So that’s some hope.
He also had good defense on a lot of these teams. The 2014 team went 10-6 despite Palmer being lost for the season by week 10. The 2017 team also lost Palmer for the season – and those are the only 2 years his teams weren’t in the top 1/2 of scoring in the league.
Then again none of this matters vs what he can do here in 2019.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Sorry joes
Is that a competitor? They not nothing on you guys.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:09 pm
We could always trade up for Lawrence if need be. Regardless, I don’t think everyone would be gone in the organization. But to not keeping him on your radar would be foolish.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:21 pm
If we chose Jim Caldwell over Bruce Arians we’d be even dumber than we already are. That’s pretty hard to do given our track record.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:24 pm
think about how screwed up a system it is that a kid like Trevor Lawrence is denied the possibility of being a #1 pick in the draft now and earning a huge pay day setting him up for life due to a stupid rule. He now faces the possibility of getting injured and ruining his career with very little compensation.
Some free market eh?
January 8th, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Jaboo.. Put Justyn Ross on that list as well. He looks every bit like he is a top 10 pick.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:52 pm
OK I thought they were going to announce Arians as coach today. Is that still going to happen?
January 8th, 2019 at 12:53 pm
VegasBuc I had Jameis as my starting QB the majority of last year and I won my league. He was a big reason for it. The JW haters are just blinded by their hate.
January 8th, 2019 at 12:53 pm
Time will tell if coach Arians is overjoyed and excited about a 5th year QB who consistently turns the ball over. Like he did in college and that trait has followed him into the NFL. If the “QB” whisperer has a few games of 2-3-4 turnovers in a game missed opportunities with overthrows, underthrown, totally missing wide open recivers then my money says he will sit the franchise down again. Because coaches get paid to win and turning the ball over is not conducive to Winning. I hope coach Arians can teach better accuracy, but you either have that or you do not. Fingers crossed.
Go! Bucs!
January 8th, 2019 at 12:54 pm
Maybe after Arians nap Phil!
January 8th, 2019 at 1:04 pm
LOL….@VFL98 on the first one. So true..well done sir.
January 8th, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Yeah VFL that one made me laugh! We need a like button on these posts
January 8th, 2019 at 1:18 pm
Truth be told I’d rather have Rex Ryan as DC cuz what has Bowles really accomplished?
January 8th, 2019 at 1:25 pm
I mean, they gave him a physical, are they gonna make Arians do a mini combine now? Hire him already!
January 8th, 2019 at 1:40 pm
All we need Schiano screaming “toes on the line Bruce” on his wind sprints
January 8th, 2019 at 2:07 pm
Reuter’s News announced today the Bucs will announce Bruce Arians as their HC within 24 to 48 hours. Hope they are right!
January 8th, 2019 at 2:24 pm
@Joe … “Team Glazer and fans will be able to rest easily knowing that Jameis is in perfectly skilled hands.” Uhhh, does that mean there’d me no more excuses Joe? No more ‘Our OLine didn’t protect him.” No more ‘No running game.” No more ‘Our OC’s play-calling sucks’ or ‘Our WRs weren’t on the same page as Jameis’. But I’m with you … Here’s hoping that BA can ‘fix Jameis’ because in all reality Bucs don’t have a Plan B.
Lord C … Progressions like BA’s in Arizona intrigue me. Arian’s team went 11-5 in 2014 but had a very mediocre offense (#24 in Pts Scored … a measly 310 pts) but their defense kicked ass (#5 in Pts Allowed … a very nice 299 pts). No question that losing Palmer hurt (he was 6-0 that season).
But then in 2015 the Cardinals won the division with a 13-3 record. Their offense was awesome like you noted (#2 in Pts Scored … an incredible improvement to 489 pts) and their defense stayed solid (#7 in Pts Allowed … a very good 313 pts). Palmer was able to start all 16 games and did great. Even their kicker … Chandler Catanzaro … went 28-of-31 on FGs.
Then in 2016 (7-8-1) & 2017 (8-8) the wheels came off. Palmer’s QBR dropped a bunch in 2016, sacks given up skyrocketed, but the running game stayed reasonably strong (fewer yds but more TDs). The offense regressed somewhat (still were #6 in Pts Scored with 418 pts) as did the defense (fell to #14 in Pts Allowed … 362 pts). Still pretty decent numbers for a 7-8-1 record (tough schedule it looks like). But in 2017 the wheels REALLY came off … offensively (Cardinals defense stayed at 362 pts allowed). But the Cards offense only scored 295 pts in 2017 (#25). Palmer only played 7 games (going 3-4), but it looks like their running game really petered out, and sacks allowed rose even higher. Hmmm, strange how some of those things tie together.
January 8th, 2019 at 2:49 pm
@DR
For sure. The optimistic person in me would say the BA seemed like a coach who found different ways to win with different team make ups. A coach who when everything went to sh1t – coming off Cancer, mentally shaken, with a declining over the hill hurt QB- he still almost had a winning record.
The Cards O-line was an issue in those later years if I recall because they’re still trying to fix it now. Much worse situation than here, where we are 2 just decent starting O-lineman away from a top 10 unit IMO.
January 8th, 2019 at 4:29 pm
Lord Corn you’re a fool. Hack opinion. Noisy.
January 8th, 2019 at 5:58 pm
Looking forward in raising my Bucs flag over here in Cumming, Ga.