Bruce Arians Says Byron Leftwich Should Have Been Assistant Coach Of The Year
March 31st, 2021
It’s become obvious to Joe who Bucco Bruce Arians would choose to succeed the throne as Tampa Bay head coach when he retires.
More evidence flowed yesterday, when Arians visited with The Collinsworth Podcast.
Arians was talking about how he sold Tom Brady on learning the Tampa Bay offense versus the Bucs adjusting to him a year ago. And of course, that put a lot of stress on his offensive coordinator to get Brady playing great in his new world.
“I’m going to stop right here and say Byron Leftwich, he should have been Assistant Coach of the Year, because what he did with Tom was just amazing with no preseason,” Arians said. “I stepped back and let it just happen. Great job.”
Host Cris Collinsworth told Arians that he didn’t believe he just watched it all evolve, and Arians cut off Collinsworth and blurted out, “Oh, I did.”
Combine that with Arians saying yesterday in a news conference that it was a “farce” that Leftwich didn’t get head coaching interviews in January; and throw in what Arians confidant Tom Moore told SiriusXM NFL Radio about Leftwich, and it sure seems like 41-year-old Leftwich is the shiniest apple in the coaching tree.
March 31st, 2021 at 11:25 am
Seems Byron will is being positioned as the first of the Arians coaching tree. Similiar to Arian’s being from the Bear Bryant tree and Todd Bowles from the Pettiglew tree at Temple.
March 31st, 2021 at 11:27 am
Tom Brady should be assistant coach of the year. Serious. He is the best coach we have.
March 31st, 2021 at 11:28 am
Nah Brady was b/c that offense wasn’t changing until Tom put his foot down. That’s why they won the Chip
March 31st, 2021 at 11:35 am
Leftwich does have some great concepts in the playbook but needs more situational awareness and will be better in a few years but Brady is the Asst coach of the year; but I do think that being around Arians, Moore, Clyde(ish) and of course Brady is going to do wonders for Byron in his career moving forward.
March 31st, 2021 at 11:38 am
i really hope Arians is grooming replacements for Leftwich and Bowles. we need to keep the same systems on both sides of the ball for long term success. When we win the ship again both coordinators will be gone…Arians already said he wants to coach if brady is still here and they can win it all.
March 31st, 2021 at 12:16 pm
been saying that all year!!!!!…lol…
BL IS WORKING MAGIC!!!!
glad i share the same views as BA, Moore and Brady….lol…
BL will be our next HC….
GO BUCS!!!!
March 31st, 2021 at 12:17 pm
Rayjay1122 Says:
March 31st, 2021 at 11:27 am
Tom Brady should be assistant coach of the year. Serious. He is the best coach we have.
You beat me to it….
March 31st, 2021 at 12:56 pm
BL is a good listener apparently.
I’ll give him that much.
He listened to Tommy.
See me
Feel me
Touch me
Listening to you, I have the power!
March 31st, 2021 at 2:53 pm
With Coach Arians, Tom Moore, Tod Bowless and Tom Brady as mentors; the sky is the limit for this young coach.
March 31st, 2021 at 3:49 pm
Tom yelling To the sideline “no!!! Stick with the play!!!” Comes to mind for some reason.
March 31st, 2021 at 9:39 pm
I woukd take bowles over byron, hell I would even take that female dline coach over byron.Have you watched his press conference’s? The guy struggles explaining the offense like biden struggles to explain his economic plan.
Sorry but byron has never been the reason this offense humms and every team.in the league sees it.
March 31st, 2021 at 11:53 pm
It’s amazing how many posters think that the Buc’s could have won the Super bowl without good coaching.
Pro football needs good coaching more than any other sport.