Bruce Arians: Resting Players = Hurt Feelings
December 28th, 2021
Bucco Bruce Arians
Nobody can say Bucco Bruce Arians is a man disconnected from the psychological aspect of coaching.
A rust-versus-rest question was lobbed at Arians today during his team-sponsored chat knows as The Bruce Arians Show.
The Bucs are battling for the No. 1 overall seed, but that’s a longshot and it is possible their Week 18 game (after Sunday against the Jets) will have little meaning.
So would Arians potentially rest players in Week 18 against Carolina at The Licht House?
He delivered a unique answer.
“The [No. 1 seed] bye week is better — because you can’t rest everybody in [Week 18]; who do you choose?” Arians began. “So now you hurt somebody’s feelings. ‘We’re going to rest these two guys but we’re not going to rest you.’
“‘Well I’m hurt. you know, I need to rest, too,’ Arians said, mimicking a player’s likely response. “So it’s better to let’s go play. Let’s win and go play the next one.”
Thought-provoking take there from Arians. Not every coach would be concerned with the mentality of players pushed into playing in Week 18 while more important players, or those judged to have more important injuries, sit the game out.
Joe thinks Arians’ caring about his team’s psyche to this level speaks to a big reason he’s been so successful.
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December 28th, 2021 at 2:14 pm
Well add another body to the game day casualty list:
Jamel Dean has been added to the Covid-19 Reserve list.
December 28th, 2021 at 2:19 pm
I wonder how many of our players will end up on the Glorified Flu list now that we just played the Panthers.
SMDH.
December 28th, 2021 at 2:21 pm
Omicron is highly contagious. In the postseason, the team that lives in an isolated bubble (like in a remote hotel), away from family and friends will vastly improve their chances of staying alive.
December 28th, 2021 at 2:34 pm
I’ll bet Brady makes his wife and kids get tested everyday
December 28th, 2021 at 2:38 pm
Glad to see the Big Dawg laying down the law, all due respect to TB for his leadership and contributions on and off the field, on and behind the scenes. It is still BA’s team and this is his role as THE LEADER!
Great chemistry is rising to the top. It’s been a very sloppy year and the One and Done time is on the horizon. It is all about winning games in the playoffs.
December 28th, 2021 at 2:50 pm
If we can build a big lead by halftime;; I still say its time to rest starters who are playing hurt. for the second half .. Better to give the back-up/dept players chance to play in game conditions now,,, with playoffs 3 wks away..
that # 1 seed evaporated with the loss to WFT. As we win out from here-
we still need other teams to loose to get #2 seed–which would get us at least 2 home games..
a SB win will do wonders for all those hurt feelings..
December 28th, 2021 at 2:50 pm
Covid’s not gone yet so it might be real. 🙄
December 28th, 2021 at 3:02 pm
I’m more worried about players coming down with Omicron than I am the seeding. That virus variant is NASTY, real NASTY compared to the original Covid strain.
December 28th, 2021 at 3:02 pm
Last year it sure seemed like the late bye was a real advantage for us in the playoffs. This year we got an earlier bye. We don’t need to sit anyone but giving everyone a light day would be helpful. Maybe guys on the oline dont need to play every single snap. Maybe Brady dont need to throw it 45 times or RoJo run it 28 times.
I think BA knows how to handle this. He’s proven many times how well he has a pulse on the team.
December 28th, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Time to quarantine all 53!
December 28th, 2021 at 3:17 pm
Covid smovid. Put on you big boy pants and play to win. Sheeze, we’re all over this sh!tshow.
Go Bucs!
December 28th, 2021 at 3:27 pm
Like it or not, testing positive means you go on the list. That’s league protocol for a reason. 800K+ Americans have died… Healthy, highly trained athletes may not be the ones to get sick, but they can pass it to vulnerable family and friends, and become vectors for spread in the community. There’s a reason for caution when someone tests positive. We’re all sick of it, but continuing to pretend it’s not something to be concerned about is burying your head in the sand.
December 28th, 2021 at 3:29 pm
I like this approach.
You don’t have to necessarily sit anyone out of the entire game… but there’s a lot of vets could play a few snaps and then be done.
December 28th, 2021 at 3:46 pm
BA was/is a big promoter of vaxx/booster. Not sure of his knowledge on the field of virology, but never the less now that his players listen to him, what he is going to tell them and/or do to keep them playing and not losing money cause “a test is telling them: “You are sick; but I don’t feel anything!!: you don’t but dictator Fauci know what is good for you, shut up and quarantine;”
what a mess; people still fooled; people still tricked.
December 28th, 2021 at 3:51 pm
Maybe Brady should be added to that “Covid list”… I believe we can still beat the Jets with BG at QB.
December 28th, 2021 at 4:12 pm
Brady hasn’t tested positive for Covid. He won’t either. He and Giselle make so much coin they could quarantine at the French Riviera.
December 28th, 2021 at 4:17 pm
@”..800K+ Americans have died..”
————–
Numbers, numbers, they really scare you. They are mend to… :
Let put some more numbers:
Till end of November – yearly –
385,000 people died in US 2020 (C-19;no vaxx yet)
386,000 people died in US 2021 (C-19; higher and vaxxed/booster !!!!! why!!!)
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599,600 people died in US 2019 (from cancer ONLY)
659,000 people died in US 2019 (from heart ONLY)
38,000 people died in US 2019 (car accident)
December 28th, 2021 at 4:19 pm
BA has Covid
December 28th, 2021 at 4:23 pm
@crazyBucs_CL – You should wipe the orange Kool-Aid off your face. It’s beginning to stain.
December 28th, 2021 at 4:27 pm
Coach Arians has tested positive.
Hope he is asymptotic and feeling well! Get back soon coach!
December 28th, 2021 at 4:31 pm
2017 – 2.84 million US mortality rate.
44% (heart and cancer), that leave us with 1.6 million deaths from other causes.
It was NOT C-19 in 2017.
2020 – 2.76 million US mortality rate.
So less than 2017.
December 28th, 2021 at 4:33 pm
This seems like a good problem to have.
Already in the playoffs, deciding which players to rest, (the most) or not.
I think a happy median, can easily be reached.
Limiting snap counts to whoever the Bucs deem necessary, or not playing at all.
The bosses usually decide these things. Hopefully, they know what’s best.
December 28th, 2021 at 4:33 pm
Coach BA test positive
Coach Harold leading team
December 28th, 2021 at 4:33 pm
BA positive
SMB positive
December 28th, 2021 at 4:34 pm
@crazy-
You can’t compare a new contagious virus to cancer or heart disease any more than you can compare it to road fatalities. Why? Because it’s contagious—apparently just like stupidity in the MAGAmedia/orange-conspiracy cult.
Also, deaths among vaccinated are far lower than among the unvaccinated, so you pre-vax/post-vax numbers are irrelevant. It shows the virus was more deadly in 2021, skewing heavily towards those that didn’t vax. It kinda underscores the need to take this Shute seriously.
Anyway, the orange koolaid brain damage is too strong for reasonable arguments to make a difference… carry on in your death cult.
December 28th, 2021 at 4:34 pm
He was coughing a lot on that presser the other day. Covid
December 28th, 2021 at 4:48 pm
Sasquatch
Haha. Look at the hypocrite. You get triggered by lesco brandon and have to call him out almost daily
But MAGAmedia/orange-conspiracy cult is all good
Pacific Northwest . Not a surprise
December 28th, 2021 at 4:51 pm
OMG really, these guys are pro’s and many have played on other teams. Forfeit the game and rest the entire team.
December 28th, 2021 at 5:33 pm
Don’t do anything stupid,just take the time to Heal!
December 28th, 2021 at 5:34 pm
Sasquatch, how dare you spreading logic to the maga crowd! They will have none of that😬
December 28th, 2021 at 5:42 pm
Rest Order
1. Rest injured players
2. Rest the most players with most logged plays
3. Start guys in contract years (this is a benefit)
December 28th, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Man I just love our coach. Imagine a combination of BA’s record and John McKays one liners. How awesome would that be? You young whippersnappers have no idea what you missed.
December 28th, 2021 at 8:39 pm
Bird Says:
December 28th, 2021 at 4:48 pm
It’s all good because it’s accurate. MAGA/Orangeface/conspiracies … definitely a cult.
December 28th, 2021 at 11:38 pm
@bird @sasquatch – you’re both sheep
December 29th, 2021 at 2:51 am
@crazy-
Your total US death count for 2020 is (conveniently) off by ~600K… Must’ve gotten your data from FuxNooz or some other “reliable” source.
The number is 3,358,814, which is about 500K higher than 2019. Those numbers come from the CDC, which is a reliable source unless you’re a deranged conspiracy lunatic.
December 29th, 2021 at 7:48 am
What a PITA! I came down with the virus this week. Really sucks Mostly mild symptoms except for severe shortness of breath. Been down since Christmas eve. Feel pretty good first thing in the morning then extreme fatigue. Could be worse so not complaining. It is what it is. Ya I had all three jabs which is probably why I have a relatively mild case. Main symptoms is the fatigue.
December 29th, 2021 at 8:47 am
@sasquatch is as pathetic as the idiots they argue with
December 29th, 2021 at 11:39 am
Looks like all the wacky wack jobs showed up in full force today!!
December 29th, 2021 at 11:52 am
@theghost-
I’m just sharing facts with the alternative facts clownshow.
December 29th, 2021 at 12:18 pm
@Sasquatch so then I take your upset that even with a vax and treatments the current administration is doing worse then the orange man?
December 29th, 2021 at 2:29 pm
@tvan101-
We can’t help you if you refuse vaccination and masks. This administration has bent over backwards to help people, but the Orangeman cult refuses. Thanks for nothing, unvaccinated boobs.