New Territory For Bruce Arians
October 27th, 2019
The losing culture of the Bucs officially has rubbed off on Bucco Bruce Arians.
Today marked the first time he’s lost three consecutive regular season games.
Keep in mind Arians said when he took the job that the restoration project here should be easier than when to transformed Arizona from a five-win team to 10-win team in his first season there.
So now the question is how does Arians get the franchise stink off him.
Joe believes it should happen via radical change: trades, playcalling, starters — a little bit of everything.
Start acknowledging immediately that the team is in a rebuild mode, not a “reload,” as Arians crowed when he got the job.
Lots of the blame goes to Arians himself.
He handpicked his running backs and a played status quo this offseason with his offensive line. The Bucs have no running game.
Arians thought he had quality starting cornerbacks in Vernon Hargreaves and Carlton Davis. He was wrong.
Joe will stop there. This isn’t about piling on Arians. It’s about how the Bucs proceed going forward.
Stop playing pretend. The team is bad, and the quarterback doesn’t have it in him to play Superman. A lot of good can happen in these final nine games, if the Bucs are willing to keep it real.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:44 pm
Jameis ” meaningless stats ” Winston America’s QB is Arians problem.
But the Golf Cart is just fine. So he has that going for him.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:44 pm
No one can win when you lose the turnover battle. You have to protect that. Don’t and you lose at this level.
Trent Dilfer and others have proved if you don’t make mistakes, your team has a chance.
We have no chance at the moment… absolutely zippo!!
October 27th, 2019 at 5:46 pm
Is that a picture of BA walking out?
October 27th, 2019 at 5:47 pm
Wait Bruce ” Lack of preparation H ” Arians, give it time, and you will really be in new territory.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:48 pm
Arians is washed up and should have stayed retired. Latching everything on Winston was the end of him in Tampa. Both he and Jameis are way over rated and letting Leftwich call the plays was a HUGE mistake. Team is worse now than when Arians got here. The Bucs suck so bad they will be playing in an empty home stadium, save for the opposing teams fans and some family members of the Buc players. Pathetic, disgraceful, uninspired, predictable, ineffective…Screw you Bruce!
October 27th, 2019 at 5:48 pm
Rebuild…. Start with the secondary on down Devin White is garbage
October 27th, 2019 at 5:48 pm
Lovie 2.0
No coach or player can survive NFL black hole Tampa bay Buccaneers
October 27th, 2019 at 5:48 pm
APOLIGIZE TO KOETTER RIGHT NOW!
Well the keeping of Mike Smith was inexcusable, but so far:
Koetter + Mark Duffner > Brucie and his mega staff.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Heads need to roll!
October 27th, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Bucs sucked long before jameis and will suck long after jameis is successful elsewhere
October 27th, 2019 at 5:50 pm
BA wanted to take care of his coaches and GM instead of improve the franchise. He’s washed up.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:52 pm
Gotta even wonder if OJ Howard is “injured” at this point, or if he just didn’t want to get onto the plane.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Welcome to our world old man!! You have dealt with this for 9 months we have dealt with this for 40 plus years! Get off your golf cart and DO something about it! For starters try taking over the play calling instead of leaving it to a failed quarterback.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:53 pm
BA needs to take over the offense before he does anything else.
Leftwich ain’t it and the offense plays just like him. Slow
October 27th, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Get rid of Jameis- that’s where it needs to start
October 27th, 2019 at 5:54 pm
Wait you mean a 67-year-old retread coach( Lovie, part deux) didn’t have the magic pill to turn around the franchise?
Who could have predicted that?
October 27th, 2019 at 5:54 pm
Gotta agree with Petty Officer Buc; Koetter offense was better than BA’s. At this point Dufner’s D put Bowle’s unit to shame with fewer wasted draft picks.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:58 pm
As long as Winston is not warming the bench the rest of the season then BA deserves every stinking loss as they continue to pile up.
October 27th, 2019 at 5:58 pm
Do people really think Devin white was garbage?
October 27th, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Arians is completely uninspiring. He’s done nothing to turn around this franchise’s loser mentality and momentum.
What’s needed here is a complete tear down and rebuild around a new QB, HC and GM.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:03 pm
Lamarcus
None of that will help JW…
GO BUCS
October 27th, 2019 at 6:04 pm
Get used to it as this style of play will continue on into the foreseeable future. It’s just a fact of life. No respect for downtrodden Buc fans. There is always next year possible to break out of the smelly funk.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:06 pm
Joez
Funny. Again you comment on running back and dbs
He came here for Jameis too
Dude – get over yourself
So subjective when it comes to one player
October 27th, 2019 at 6:06 pm
BA apparently thought he could come in here, hire a bunch of long-time associates to run things, and run things the way he always wanted to run them … as solely a HC and not a dual-hatted HC & OC. He was obviously banking heavily on Byron Leftwich to run the offense the same way BA ran the offense in Arizona.
Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum Caesar … BA miscalculated. Byron isn’t even close to the same quality of OC that Bruce Arians WAS. Matter of fact, not even sure that 76 year old BA is even close to being as competent as the 61-year-old Arians was when he started in Arizona.
BA’s biggest problem right now seems to be HIMSELF. He’s no dummy; he surely knows that BL isn’t hacking it. But to let him go (or relegate him to the bench like Lovie did with Leslie Frasier) would mean that BA would have to take over play-calling. Got a hunch that’s NOT what he signed on to do. Thus a dilemma.
If I were BA, I’d bench Leftwich & make Harold Goodwin the OC, a role he ‘officially’ served in in Arizona (like Monken was the OC here … right). Goodwin obviously knows BA’s offensive strategies as well as anyone (and surely better than Leftwich), and with BA’s help might be able to salvage the 2nd half of this season.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:25 pm
I saw a better defensive front line today, but the secondary is beyond redemption. No, Mr. Arians the secondary is NOT fixed. No wonder Todd Bowles doesn’t say much at his pressers; dude is probably looking for a fast lectern exit. As for Arian having a hand-picked OC that he says is trained to call his game for him: well, I say Lefty is a dope. If BA is content to stain his coaching reputation by outsourcing the play calling, then remember the definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I say again, publish those accountability sheets Coach. Would like to start a pool on which names show up the most.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:30 pm
I see one, maybe two more wins…..and thats both against atlanta, but they’ll play a backup qb sooooo, one more win…..the rest are losses.
We win 3 and are picking top 5 again in the draft…..Tua and Burrow go 1 and 2….so we have a shot at Herbert and Eason….Im still leaning Eason at 5 or 6.
Thats a pretty good dilemma…Herbert or Eason. Let the high draft pick QB chase begin. Then RT Mekhi Becton for RT (he can also play LT).
October 27th, 2019 at 6:33 pm
Let’s face it. BA and his staff of a million coaches are doing a terrible job.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:33 pm
Nick Bosa just grabbed an interception and took it to the house meanwhile what did our first rounder do today ?
October 27th, 2019 at 6:34 pm
Can we please trade Bruce Arians by tuesday deadline maybe we could get a late 7th round pick for him. I am tired of listening to his bs.
October 27th, 2019 at 6:59 pm
It’s funny that all you fools thought Grandpa Bruce was going to come in here and be a winner. He has never won anything as a head coach. He has totally shown that he doesn’t want to take accountability for anything. He coaches the coaches not the players
October 27th, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Die was cast when management demanded any new coack stick with Jame-Ass
October 27th, 2019 at 7:04 pm
Let us hear what changes you have for the team by Tuesday or many of us will get our football fix somewhere else for the rest of the season.UNDERSTAND MR.BRUCE.???
October 27th, 2019 at 7:20 pm
Awwww lol all the butt hurt fans going after BA because he couldn’t turn around perennial losers in half a season. Maybe the problem is you and your unrealistic expectations. A run call on 4th and 1 against that front with a bad o line was an absolutely moronic play call
October 27th, 2019 at 7:21 pm
Secondary sucks.
Inside linebackers suck.
Offensive line sucks.
QB sucks as of late.
WRs and TEs mostly suck.
Coaches sucks.
Ownership sucks.
October 27th, 2019 at 7:36 pm
Joe, I thought the o-line was good to go, or at least you have said many times. You have always said that peyton and rojo are the problem and not the line. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THE TRENCHES!
October 27th, 2019 at 8:03 pm
I said last year the team was a couple of tweaks and position coaches away from being a playoff team. Monken/Duffner was the combo I wanted to see. We need to now clean out Licht and the entire useless nepotism of a staff from this franchise. We need a brand new GM with vision who can do a total rebuild.
October 27th, 2019 at 8:23 pm
The 49ers are 7-0 less than three years after John Lynch started a total rebuild. He had zero experience in constructing a roster, drafting, scouting, to name a few.
October 27th, 2019 at 8:56 pm
This team will never win with Winston here. Granted, he’s only part of the problem, but I promise you that the team believes they cannot win with him as the starting QB.
I’m disappointed in Arians. Frankly, I think he’s just as big of a problem as the players. His staff is huge. What returns have we seen from it?
I know that constantly changing coaches isn’t the way to win, but Arians is embarrassing. As a fan since the franchise started, I’m watching closely how the Glazers react. This cannot continue.
The Glazers need to hire a real football guru. I’m pissed that the Niners got better in 3 years and we can’t figure it out in a dozen.
October 27th, 2019 at 9:18 pm
It is about piling on Arians because he is the one who came out swinging with arrogance and Guaranteed that Winston can go all the way and secondary is fixed.
I don’t buy that all these bad draft picks are on Licht alone, coaches must have have input in drafting White and others.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:01 pm
Congratulations to John Lynch.
He’s overhauled that team, got his D looking fierce, and offense coming along.
7-0
Some people are just natural Born Winners, and some are JLicht and JW.
I’d ask how we didn’t have enough foresight to Hire JLynch ourselves, but obviously we’re the dumbest organization in pro sports, so question answered.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:04 pm
Oh and HC (Head Consultant) BA is a fraud…and the 💩💩 that came out of his mouth today proves it.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:11 pm
Does BA look like a man who’s in control of this thing on the sideline? NO.
Get off your golf cart Bruce and do something to turn this thing around.
October 27th, 2019 at 10:51 pm
Bad hire. Screw the Glazers. Instead of moving on from worthless Winston they ruined another season. FIRE THE GLAZERS!
October 28th, 2019 at 2:32 am
Who would have thought that Koetter was actually a better head coach than Bruce Arians?
October 28th, 2019 at 9:39 am
The whole scenario you have highlighted is part of the issue and one that far too many times has been followed by One Buc Place. Give up, start over, and play for next year. BA said it right, “I’m trying to win games this year!”. I get the reporter point of view but it is wrong. Every season is it’s own team and not related to last or next; ask the Patriots. All of this hand-wringing is the same-old part. They have 9 games to create the final grade with this team. After, the staff will make whatever changes for next year. Hopefully, someone will want to watch or read about it hte rest of this year or next.