Welcome Minicamp Quarterbacks Coach Bruce Arians
June 7th, 2022
“Kyle, listen to him. You have my blessing. No matter what the national media says.”
The ol’ ball coach was on the practice fields of One Buc Palace today.
Those who listened to Bucco Bruce Arians talk last month on an out-of-town radio station learned he was watching Bucs spring practices, but it was unclear whether he was just soaking in the film. Arians hadn’t been seen on the field during the few sessions open to media.
But today’s opener of mandatory minicamp was another story.
Joe saw Arians standing right behind the quarterbacks during position-specific work, and at one point Arians was back in his red golf cart and called backups Blaine Gabbert and Kyle Trask over for tutoring (or bourbon recommendations.)
Sporting a huge straw hat, Arians seemed comfortable and at ease, though he was a good distance away from media.
Joe is very pleased to see that Todd Bowles had Arians working with his inexperienced quarterbacks. It’s the wise move.
Joe didn’t see Arians coaching up Tom Brady, which probably will become a hollering point on a BSPN show later today.
June 7th, 2022 at 11:50 am
One of the Joe’s said it on a podcast and I agree 100%, Arians number one job should be developing Kyle Trask. BA catches a lot of garbage from uniformed trolls but if you know anything at all about pro football you know what an elite coach he is. He knows what it looks like. It will only help having coach BA around.
June 7th, 2022 at 11:52 am
BA’s first HC job came in 2012 … 11 years after TB12 became the starting QB for NE. TB12 has forgotten more about the QB position that BA knows.
June 7th, 2022 at 11:52 am
Go away, BA! This is Bowles’ team now
June 7th, 2022 at 12:03 pm
SlyPirate, couldn’t have said it better myself. BA has probably forgotten more football than he knows now.
June 7th, 2022 at 12:14 pm
SlyPirate Says:
June 7th, 2022 at 11:52 am
“BA’s first HC job came in 2012 … 11 years after TB12 became the starting QB for NE. TB12 has forgotten more about the QB position that BA knows.”
That’s just about the dumbest take I’ve ever heard!
To wit:
Career history
As a coach:
Virginia Tech (1975–1977)
Graduate assistant
Mississippi State (1978–1980)
Wide receivers coach & running backs coach
Alabama (1981–1982)
Running backs coach
Temple (1983–1988)
Head coach
Kansas City Chiefs (1989–1992)
Running backs coach
Mississippi State (1993–1995)
Offensive coordinator
New Orleans Saints (1996)
Tight ends coach
Alabama (1997)
Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
Indianapolis Colts (1998–2000)
Quarterbacks coach
Cleveland Browns (2001–2003)
Offensive coordinator
Pittsburgh Steelers (2004–2006)
Wide receivers coach
Pittsburgh Steelers (2007–2011)
Offensive coordinator
Indianapolis Colts (2012)
Offensive coordinator & interim head coach
Arizona Cardinals (2013–2017)
Head coach
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2019–2021)
Head coach
June 7th, 2022 at 12:31 pm
@SlyPirate Yea, because coaches usually don’t start learning about QB play until they get a HC job…🤡
June 7th, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Clyde Christensen said Brady and Manning loved to be coached hard. I just don’t think BA should be out there. Christensen is the QBs coach. It sends a conflicting message to the players. Let Todd run the show. I also hope BA doesn’t show up to the press conference. I’m sick of that loud mouth.
June 7th, 2022 at 12:48 pm
@SLY
BA coached football from 1975 to 2021, first HC gig was 1983. Brady was born in 1977 & 6 years old when BA started running his own team LMAO your statement is ridiculously false lol
June 7th, 2022 at 12:52 pm
FT tutor for the kid, Watch Brady and learn from Arians – Trask is going to be a very good QB for us for a decade
June 7th, 2022 at 12:52 pm
I said it the day BA got his new position title and handed the reigns over to Bowles….whatever else BA’s new positional duties or jobs are, his number ONE goal is to help find, groom or draft our QB for the future post the inevitable Brady retirement.
That’s the QB Whisperers number one objective/mission as far as the future of our Franchise.
Whether it’s Gabbert, Trask, another Draft pick or another possible QB Veteran to take the reigns….who really knows at this point!
June 7th, 2022 at 12:55 pm
Glad to see him involved, gives me some hope for the Bowles regime
June 7th, 2022 at 12:57 pm
BA didn’t become a head coach until the ripe old age of 61. That was only an interim position because Chuck pagano had cancer. So let’s call it 62. Name another coach with BAs lengthy resume, that had to wait that long. If BA were this great coach, he would’ve broken through much much earlier.
June 7th, 2022 at 12:59 pm
Dooley, Sly was talking about NFL HC, not college. So his statement is quite accurate
June 7th, 2022 at 1:01 pm
If Pagano never had cancer, it’s very possible BA never even becomes a head coach
June 7th, 2022 at 1:09 pm
If Pagano never had cancer, it’s very possible BA never even becomes a head coach…plus go onto winning 2 Coach of the Year awards and a Super Bowl.
There I fixed it for ya!
June 7th, 2022 at 1:10 pm
Go away Pats fans!
June 7th, 2022 at 1:11 pm
GOB- You’ve gone on record with your bias BA, so you can do the intellectual gymnastics to make what your saying sound good, but it makes no sense. Fact is BAs been coaching as long as Tom Brady has been alive, and you’re try to defend the inference that Brady knows more than BA cause BA wasn’t an “head coach” until 2012 is ridiculous. Tom Brady wouldnt have been a starter if Drew Bledsoe got hurt, does that mean my 15 year old cousin knows more about QBing because he’s been a starter since mitey-mite football? LMAO
June 7th, 2022 at 1:14 pm
I just don’t get the beef in this here pages, with the man that brought the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back to relevance after so many years of sucking. You all should thank the man, and offer him a drink if you ever see him around town. SMFDH. 🤦♂️
June 7th, 2022 at 1:23 pm
Bucs1987, name me the last 10 coach of the year award winners. You can’t, without looking it up because it’s meaningless.
Dooley, I could give two poops about college coaches. We’re talking about the NFL here. No intellectual gymnastics needed. It’s clear that’s what Dooley meant. Twisting yourself into a pretzel to make a point is disingenuous
June 7th, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Iamabuc, Tom Brady brought your franchise back to relevance, not Bruce arians. Do you honestly think BA wins a title here with anyone else?
June 7th, 2022 at 1:32 pm
GOB that’s the thing what you care about is the basis of your perception of reality not reality itself. Nice one though, I’m still laughing at your erroneous claim and the fact your trying to defend it lol I’m pretty sure the college & pro players BA has coached in his +40 year career have benefited from things BA learned along the way regardless of his official job title or the variety of hats his worn in that time.
June 7th, 2022 at 1:52 pm
Dooley, wrong. The Bledsoe injury only accelerated the process. Bill was dying get Brady in. He would’ve been the starter at some point that year, regardless of the injury to Drew. It’s been documented. Bill was all but done with Drew because of his fat contract. Remember, Bill was DC in New England before Brady was drafted, so he had an up close look
June 7th, 2022 at 2:02 pm
Love it!!!
He has been fantastic with quarterbacks for decades. Glad to see him working with Trask
June 7th, 2022 at 8:50 pm
BA’s reputation as a “QB whisperer” is overstated. He’s inflexible. It’s a my way or highway type of attitude. There’s a reason that when he actually had to develop a young QB instead of been gifting a great QB he failed miserably. Winston said he had to do Google search to learn how offenses worked. Was BA ever in the film room with him? There’s a reason why Winston became a more efficient QB when he played with NO. That reason is Sean Payton. Payton is by far a better offensive coach than Arians. You want BA working with Trask? Be careful what you wish for