Rookie Bucs playcaller Josh Grizzard.

Rookie Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard is 34 years old with eight seasons of NFL coaching experience.

How did he climb the ladder so quickly?

Joe previously shared Rachaad White’s comments on Grizzard after he was hired to replace Liam “El Serpiente” Coen last month. “Swaggy dude. Brilliant mind. Young, electric, good energy” is how White described Grizzard.

During an exclusive interview on The JoeBucsFan Show on WDAE radio yesterday, Joe asked Grizzard about White’s assessment.

“I appreciate Rachaad saying that,” Grizzard began. “I like to bring energy and be enthusiastic about what I do. And it’s not something for me to be able to fake it because I generally enjoy coming to work. It doesn’t feel like work. It’s not fun to lose, but I love being around the players, the coaches, behind the scenes creating the plays, and then see them executed on gameday.”

Bucs running backs coach Skip Peete told Joe that all coaches can communicate to players but Grizzard relates to them extremely well, and that should make him very effective.

“Yeah, I feel like I’m just speaking to [players] how I normally speak,” Grizzard said. “And so, I think maybe based on my age that that can resonate with even some of the younger guys a little bit more. When it comes to the football side of it, I do feel like I can try to take something that is somewhat complex and be able to compare it to something else that simplifies it in their mind — to be able to go out an execute at a high level on game day.”

“I think that’s at the root of coaching, is showing guys that you care. And then once they know you care, then you’re able to communicate with them at a level to explain what you want to get out of a a play or a concept.”

Grizzard added that it’s important to treat players differently, to understand “how learn how they learn, how they operate, how they work and meet them halfway on getting a point across.”

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