Bucs Thought They Had An Agreement With Liam Coen
January 23rd, 2025
Reneged on Bucs?
This is pretty wild.
Someone with the Bucs is talking. And he or she is reaching out to the national guys. And whoever is doing the talking is clearly p!ssed.
It seems, by way of Diana Russini of The Athletic, the Bucs thought they had Coen back with the team in the fold. Per Russini’s contact, the Bucs thought they had an agreement with Coen to return as offensive coordinator. Instead, Coen headed to Jacksonville and is in the process of negotiating a contract to be the Jags’ next coach.
@DMRussini: The Tampa Bay Bucs have been operating as if Coen was returning as the offensive coordinator after offering him a hefty deal. The contract was never signed and the Bucs were not informed he spent the day in Jacksonville meeting to become to next head coach, per source.
So it appears Coen played both sides of the fence. Hey, he likely came out the winner, so Joe guesses props to him. But that’s kind of shady to say, yeah, I will come back and then just use the Bucs as a fallback plan if he couldn’t get the Jags job.
Guess the next time, you better get a pen on paper before the guy walks away (for good). And, of course, pen on paper doesn’t mean much in the NFL coaching world.
The Tampa Bay Bucs have been operating as if Coen was returning as the offensive coordinator after offering him a hefty deal.
The contract was never signed and the Bucs were not informed he spent the day in Jacksonville meeting to become to next head coach, per source.— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) January 23, 2025
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:36 pm
Classless
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:37 pm
Can’t wait to see him get fired after 2-3 years. I hope he never wins a game
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:37 pm
So Bucs organization didn’t have a signed contract and Jags didn’t have an HC signed?
A SIGNED contract would have meant NOTHING. He stil could leave for a head coach gig. If there was a fine for bailing, then the Jags would pay it for him. –Joe
Well that’s on the Bucs leadership. They should have had him under contract and that’s their massive failure. Now Coen will have leverage for millions more with the Jags with the Bucs unsigned offer.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:39 pm
Overrated Loser.
Plain and simple.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:39 pm
Played both sides…karma had a way of working things out! Hope LERP regresses or stays the same!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:40 pm
He won’t get far.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Screw this clown. He’s going to fail miserably in Jax.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:40 pm
*has a way
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Brutal.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:41 pm
The chances of lightning striking 3 times on a high power OC is slim to none….
Even the coaches on the Bucs know success is greater somewhere that Bowels isn’t!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:41 pm
Amazingly scummy move. That’s why I always say these a holes come and go but us fans are always here!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:41 pm
I guess my other comment got kicked. Bucs leadership failed and Coen used them to get more from Khan and the Jags. NFL is a business and he will get a guaranteed contract worth way more now.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:41 pm
GM has some explaining to do
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:41 pm
well 2 things 1. we know todd bowles can find good offensive cordinatores
2. screw liam Coen
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:41 pm
If this is how he does business, f him. I’d rather have Leftwich back than deal with that crap.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:42 pm
I guess Liam Coen word means nothing.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:42 pm
JL and the Glazers blew it. Lackadaisical
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:42 pm
But I don’t expect local media to hold Licht’s feet to the fire
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Can’t blame him….HC likely getting paid more with at least 2-3 yrs of stability in one spot. Everyone is bailing on Bowles for job security, they see he’s on the hot seat. Bucs should have been bold and went for the win. Instead they played it safe….we’ve seen how that works out.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:43 pm
Had an opportunity to make him a head coach here and chose Todd, Liam acting behind the scenes the way he was is shady and disrespectful though
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:43 pm
No No this lands squarely on the head of JL/Glazers.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:43 pm
I’m telling you it’s the personnel more than coaching on the offensive side. You don’t think there’s another coach off one of these trees that can’t come in and make it work? We’ll be better next year. Just get the freakin d together!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:43 pm
The next time? How does any outfit claim to be professional that is this amateurish? The Glazers are watching aa Rome burns. Their commitment to mediocrity is rewarded justly.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:44 pm
Ohhhh nooo. We suck again!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:44 pm
They had their chance to make him HC and they blew it.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:44 pm
Terrible Leadership in the front office.
FIRE LICHT AND BOWLES
Embarrassing
Why is all the talented coaches and front office personnel leaving year after year
Something stinks at One Buc Place
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:45 pm
Well Bucs fans if you didn’t read his resume when the Bucs first hired him, that was one of his traits. He did something similar with the Rams and Kentucky.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:45 pm
He has to go. He can’t come back here. Don’t want him back.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:45 pm
Dude played us.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:45 pm
I was at the old One Buc when Leeman Bennett got his surprise from Mr c. This is equally classless.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:46 pm
And our organization does us proud yet again and stability on the defense is moving and another OC gone. Can’t wait to be . 500 again next year with a quick exit…. Something fishy is going on and it’s that awful playoff loss I bet. Bet no one is happy after this year…
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:46 pm
You can’t make this up wow it’s a bucs life wild
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:47 pm
Guys there is no one in the Bucs organization to blame here. Liam Coen just played them. Time to move on. I didn’t want him to leave either but I also don’t want a two-faced snake leading my team either. A lot of good candidates for OC will be interested in this job
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:47 pm
“Ohhhh nooo. We suck again!”
Top 10 roster in the NFL on offense. That Kentucky WIldcats 1 year wonder is nothing special.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:47 pm
[Well, hell yeah Joe doesn’t want to lose his credentials. He runs an f’ing business. Duh. Second, the easiest way for Joe to lose his credentials is to lie about sh!t. If Joe had one person in any amount of authority at One Bucs tell him Bowles was in danger of getting fired, he would have written it. You preferred lies. Nothing Joe heard in and around One Buc Palace suggested Bowles was getting canned after winning 10 games. And that’s exactly what Joe wrote. And that’s exactly what happened. So go ahead, slurp the others who conned you and lied to you and disrespected you that Bowles’ job was hanging by a thread. That was full-blown, Grade-A horsesh!t. — Joe]
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:47 pm
What Bowles and Licht got to do with it?
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:48 pm
Bakers OC History
2018: Todd Haley, Freddie Kitchens
2019: Todd Monken
2020-21: Alex Van Pelt
2022: Ben McAdoo (Panthers), Liam Coen (Rams)
2023: Dave Canales
2024: Liam Coen
2025: ???
Dude cant catch a break!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:48 pm
Everybody hates Todd.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:48 pm
I guess we’re not getting any coffee?!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:48 pm
This is crazy. Hate the Jags now. Good luck ruining ur coaching career with a qb that ain’t it and a garbage franchise ya traitor.
Coen think more of himself than he is.
Jags still gonna suck lol
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:48 pm
Maybe after this the Glazers will fire JL. Then he gets hired in JXville
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:49 pm
Fair or not. If Canales and Coen take their teams further than Bowles with the Bucs then that will be a bitter taste. Fans will bring that up for a long time.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:49 pm
Been saying he won’t be back. He is about to get paid by a desperate owner. Their o line needs work but they got BTJ And some other good pieces.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:49 pm
I hope our Assistant GM isn’t next. Shad Kahn would be raiding the Bucs.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:49 pm
Well all but lost our entire coaching staff today.
Left with Bowles.
It’s a Buc’s life
Least we got Tom Moore
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:49 pm
Remember in football…..its the Jimmies and the Joes > the X’s and O’s.
Last time I checked the Bucs still have a great Oline, a Franchise quarterback, and stud RB and Hall of Fame WR.
Coen is NOT going to turn the Jaguars around, guaranteed.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:50 pm
I love how everyone is ignoring the obvious troll on the comments. Good job.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:50 pm
In*
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:51 pm
The underperforming Bucs for the last three years continue to purge great coaching and front office talent.
“Todd has won four divisions” LOL
Like that is an accomplishment in the crappy NFC South. Lehman Bennett, Richard Williamson, and Greg Schaino could have done better.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:51 pm
Coen don’t owe us or the bucs anything. Take the money and opportunity.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:51 pm
Wonder what’s next
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:51 pm
Hopefully his nfl head coaching career ends up like Bobby Petrino
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:52 pm
Looks like worst possible case scenario achieved. Left themselves wide-open.
They were warned.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:52 pm
Let me get this straight based on some of the comments….
When Coen “stayed”= Credit goes to Glazers/Licht
Ceon leaves= Blame Bowles.
#BlameBowles #BlameJameis
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:52 pm
He used us as a negotiating tactic. Plain and simple. Kinda like when all these MLB teams like the Giants and White Sox pretended they were going to relocate to St Pete, just to get stadium deals with their home city.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:53 pm
Again Says:
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:44 pm
Terrible Leadership in the front office.
FIRE LICHT AND BOWLES
Embarrassing
Why is all the talented coaches and front office personnel leaving year after year
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Dude, it’s called choosing GOOD coaches and personnel that other teams WANT!
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:55 pm
So much for “ my word is my bond”. This weasel (and his agent) played both sides to get Jax to offer more $$ and longer term. On to the next OC which the Glazers should make sure he stays for more than one year unless fired. No loyalty in the NFL except fans.
January 23rd, 2025 at 6:56 pm
They clearly blew it. No sugar coating this. Catastrophic.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:02 pm
Hopefully they’re on the phone with either Frank Reich or Doug Pederson. If Coen jets, they need an experienced OC. No one on the staff is worth promoting.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:06 pm
Coen is a SCUMBAG POS for treating the Bucs this way. He can go suck a bag of Johnsons for all I care.
Jackass of the year award…
Time to find the next OC.
Licht, make sure the next one is high character….
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:07 pm
I’ve seen girlfriends less fiery after being spurned. I get it—we thought we were happy. It may not work out. Nobody is more frustrated than Baker, who thought he finally had continuity. But be assured, Baker is less p!asked off than you ladies. Just like Coen, he believes in himself, and will add this to the list of chips on his shoulder.
But consider the objectivity, and Liam’s position; Tuesday night, he made $X. By Wed. night, he was making $2-3X. If he ultimately makes the Jags pony-up for ridiculous money, he will make $6-8X, at the minimum. And if he believes in himself, he would love to be the one who not only out-reclaimed Canales’ Baker, but became the only one who could turn The Prince into something more. And in that division?! It’s the mirror of the NFC South.
Think about being his family—even if he fails, he will ultimately get paid more in 3 seasons as a HC (the Jags are very patient), using his current body of work, than he would make in 12 seasons as an OC…plus, he’d have to continually deliver to even reach that. Remember how long the Glazers were paying Lovie and Koetter??
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:08 pm
People acting like the Bucs blew it..
WRONG!!!!!!!!
Even if this jackass would have actually signed the contract, he still technically could have gone and interviewed for a head coaching job on another team.
The bottom line is you found out exactly the type of person Coen is….
He’s a giant TURD 💩…
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:10 pm
Baker helped with the Coen selection. Who else you got, Bake?
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:11 pm
This reminds me of the part in Jerry McGuire movie….
The NFL football player that wouldn’t sign the contract with Jerry Maguire for his representation.
“My word is my bond “…Remember that???
Bucs got played by a POS coach…
Good riddance!!!! Hope it all blows up in Coen’s face.
Had something special going on in Tampa Bay..
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:16 pm
Y’all pathetic lol he’s not your head coach you wanted Bowles. Hmm let’s see head coach or offensive coordinator this choice is so hard. Pray for the man downfall not realizing the Bucs are the ones in trouble and that’s why there’s so much hate for Coen right now.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:19 pm
None of us has a clue how the negotiations ended. Coen could have easily told them he was still talking to the jags. He had no reason to show all his cards to the Bucs. Bucs may have assumed too much too. Was there an official announcement? I don’t think so. It’s still early in the coaching market. Surely there is some OC talent out there that would love to take over the Bucs.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:23 pm
At least he’ll get paid right… that is the only reason you play this card. No other team interviewed him….. f him
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:24 pm
If you were a good coordinator, would you want to work for a proven loser head coach who may get you all fired or take a head coaching job and have at least some control over your future? The Bucs gambled on the loser head coach and we list. Mediocrity, here we stay, if we’re lucky.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:28 pm
Chip Kelly 2.0 = loser.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:40 pm
Well damn this team is really screwed now. We all saw this coming though. Now we’re stuck with loser Bowles. 4 wins coming next year 6 if we’re lucky.
January 23rd, 2025 at 7:56 pm
Good luck, Liam!!
January 23rd, 2025 at 8:11 pm
I’m sure Licht has someone promising in mind though, it’s been a rumor for a while now.
January 23rd, 2025 at 8:33 pm
Joe, seriously, what is going on? I normally skip the blogs cos I know nothing about college players so I have nothing to add until the actual Draft goes down. I do know the players are hitting their grapevine if true. If Coen wanted to smear himself, this is a great way to do it. This didn’t even go down back in the dreary days of Culverhouse.
January 23rd, 2025 at 9:22 pm
A man’s word is gold. You can lose everything you have in this world, but if you lose your word then you don’t have sh!t, and Liam now don’t have sh!t. Let him go. You’ve ruined your cred imo. Good luck with that horrible ownership.
January 23rd, 2025 at 9:29 pm
Hired in Jville or not. He’s tainted imo.
January 23rd, 2025 at 10:34 pm
Reminds me of when Culverhouse had a deal agreed to with Bill Parcells to coach the team and Parcells backed out at the last minute. D!ck move.
January 24th, 2025 at 3:07 am
You had better succeed in year one you dirtbag otherwise you’re done in the NFL. You’re probably dying college also. You betrayed the team, you betrayed the fans, you have no honor. Dirtbag!