Buccaneers HC Bruce Arians retires from coaching: Tom Brady, NFL community react to stunning news
One of the busiest NFL offseasons in recent memory received its latest stunner Wednesday night: Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians is retiring from coaching and is transitioning to a front office role in Tampa Bay.
Defensive coordinator Todd Bowles is replacing Arians as the Buccaneers' new head coach.
It didn't take long for this news -- not the first shocking development involving the Buccaneers this month -- to reverberate across the NFL community on social media.
And Arians replies in the comments… https://t.co/wyG5sS3De0 pic.twitter.com/5SVrqj8QKW
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 31, 2022
No better person ! My guy 🤠🦾🥷🏾 https://t.co/ytmBlTP6xm
— DEVIN WHITE (@DevinWhite__40) March 31, 2022
Shout out to Coach Todd Bowles! 🐐 #Prez
— Jamal Adams (@Prez) March 31, 2022
Congratulations, Coach Bowles! pic.twitter.com/uyU4hHIs8d
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) March 31, 2022
In my interview with Arians that hasn’t aired @nflnetwork yet, he spoke of how upset he was the Bowles and Leftwich didn’t get HC jobs this cycle and added that they had plans to elevate others on staff in case they did. I guess those will be activated to some degree now.
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) March 31, 2022
Bruce Arians text to the #Buccaneers’ players. Echoes what he’s said elsewhere about the reason for the timing of his decision. pic.twitter.com/zkNm7iLrsa
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 31, 2022
Hey @nfl you’re drunk, go home
— Wil Lutz (@wil_lutz5) March 31, 2022