Another Article Touting Liam Coen As A Head Coach Next Year
November 21st, 2024
On a team’s shopping list?
It’s that time of the year — the second half of the season — when NFL stenographers try to guess who will be head coach of what team after the smoke clears from Black Monday (Jan. 6).
Over at NFL.com, Tom Pelissero, who is as plugged in to NFL teams as nearly any other national NFL reporter, has Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen high on the list of very attractive assistants to NFL owners.
Pelissero has Coen as No. 4 on his list of top coaching candidates.
Buccaneers OC Liam Coen, 39: A former UMass quarterback who still holds school passing records, Coen spent a season in the arena league before going into coaching, where his résumé in recent years has been unique. He had two stints each with the Rams (2018-20, 2022) and the University of Kentucky (2021, 2023) before replacing Panthers head coach Dave Canales as Tampa Bay’s OC this past offseason. The Buccaneers’ offense has improved statistically, ranking fifth in scoring (27.9 points per game) despite Tampa’s ongoing four-game losing streak amidst injuries to its top receivers. Coen has the demeanor and personality for a head job. He may get a look.
Joe believes two things will get owners’ attention with Coen. The first, of course, is quarterback.
Always remember and never forget, the NFL is a quarterback league. You can holler “defense” and “team” all you want, but no quarterback, no shot. It’s that simple.
And while Coen’s predecessor and current Stinking Panthers coach Dave Canales did a fine job with Baker Mayfield, Coen has taken Mayfield to even higher levels through 10 games.
Do strong work with quarterbacks and you can damn near pick your head coaching job.
The other is that in the three games following the injuries to Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, the Bucs offense barely missed a beat. Only in the last game against the 49ers did it feel like the Bucs were missing Evans and Godwin.
Coen found a way to bridge the gap until Evans got back, and Bucs coach Todd Bowles said yesterday that Evans is “trending” to play Sunday at the Giants.
That’s a good coach very valuable to NFL owners. A guy who finds a way to keep his head above water in a roster crisis until the life raft arrives.
November 21st, 2024 at 12:05 am
And why Jason will tell The Current Guy he is retiring — but hopefully also tell Liam that you don’t want to go to a stank organization, stick around and learn from Belichick for a couple years, then take over a team that is in shape to be strong for many.
November 21st, 2024 at 12:16 am
Belichick will never come to Tampa. He is not going to follow Brady and not being able to win a championship will tarnish his legacy.
November 21st, 2024 at 1:31 am
They said Brady wouldn’t come to Tampa. And many Tamponians didn’t want him.
Jason knows how to operate. Bill likes Arians and his players.
It’s a lot more likely that Bill is HC in 2025 than The Current Guy. If he has a 7-10 season in 2024, that’s the ceiling. 4-13 very possible.
November 21st, 2024 at 4:28 am
Coen is staying in Tampa as the next HC. Bowles is gone. Glazers are done with his stupidity if he doesn’t win out and go far into the playoffs.
November 21st, 2024 at 5:47 am
Bill will be 74 next season. If you give him even a 3 year deal he’ll be 77, and that’s to old. I think the Glazers want someone for the next ten years, that’s not Bill. I don’t think the Glazers want to lose a 39 year old offensive coach for an aging defensive coach.
November 21st, 2024 at 7:16 am
Godard, the Glazers have never had a 10 year coach, but I agree that Coen could be the one.
November 21st, 2024 at 7:19 am
Coen is a fool.if he’s offered a head coaching gig and doesn’t take it. HC jobs don’t come around that often, strike while you’re hot or wind up like our Super Bowl winning OC sitting on a couch kicking himself for not going to Jacksonville.
November 21st, 2024 at 8:48 am
Most likely to be the HC of the Yucs.
November 21st, 2024 at 9:07 am
is there much of a market for a first year 4-6 coordinator with no head coaching experience?
Didn’t Dave Canales burn that market?
I wouldn’t want to hire a HC with no winning experience.
We know our next HC is out there, just needs a few seasons to break a record and he is out to spend time with his 20 something girlfriend, guarantee Coen that job once the winner steps aside.
November 21st, 2024 at 9:11 am
I wonder if Dave Pear ever gets tired of looking like a complete idiot. He’d be a good case study. Does he even know he’s an idiot?
November 21st, 2024 at 9:11 am
Coen is currently becoming a proven modern day OC success story…
Extremely valuable and rare in todays NFL!…
Bowels is proven quite the opposite in value being one of the leagues worst on his side of the ball and basically pointless to keep around!…
Only poor investors will keep paying to go to RJS and watch Bowels losing product constantly making our team a joke, struggling in a poor division!
November 21st, 2024 at 10:29 am
Dude was a genius with Evans and Godwin and looks perfectly mediocre the last month. Why is everyone so excited to hype this dude? Prove it Coen.
November 21st, 2024 at 10:51 am
Can the Bucs kindly have some stability in the coaching ranks for at least 2 more years??? We’ve got players who are aging and getting set to retire. That is what this fan is looking at.
November 21st, 2024 at 12:08 pm
Belichick will go wherever he CAN to whomever will take HIM. His ONLY reason (and #1 top priority) is getting that ‘All-Time’ Wins Record. PERIOD. I don’t care if it’s JACKSONVILLE at this point, HE will take-it, IF that’s his only option. 💯
November 21st, 2024 at 12:46 pm
I would not hire Bellacheat. Look at his record after Brady left. And I don’t think Cohen is ready just yet. Why not Chucky?
November 21st, 2024 at 1:59 pm
Belichick wants to go to a team with a stable QB situation. He wants wants to win at least 10 games per year. He won’t go to a team that needs an offense rebuild.
He will also want to go somewhere with a weak division. He doesn’t want to play the Chiefs twice a year, the Lions twice a year, the Bills twice a year.
His choice of teams is going to be very narrow.
The offense is in good hands, the defense is a mess but he can bring in talent, dudes will want to play for him.
Tampa will be his last team.