A report surfaced shortly after Liam Coen’s shocking defection from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this winter, suggesting that the Bucs might need fired head coach Todd Bowles and promoted Coen to offensive coordinator if Tampa Bay had missed the playoffs.
Throughout a current chat with the JoeBucsFan website, Buccaneers normal supervisor Jason Licht supplied a robust protection of Bowles.
“Not all the pieces is, ‘You possibly can put it on the [head] coach,'” Licht stated about criticisms of Bowles usually voiced by followers. “And, I imply, you guys [at JoeBucsFan] speak about ‘The Lost Decade’ on a regular basis. We’ve been going to the playoffs for 5 straight years now and Todd’s been right here the entire time. …He’s been the top coach for 3 of these years.”
Bowles served as Tampa Bay’s defensive coordinator from 2019 till he was promoted to go coach in March 2022. Following the retirement of quarterback Tom Brady in February 2023, Bowles’ Buccaneers received 5 of their ultimate six regular-season video games to achieve the playoffs. Tampa Bay notched a wild-card win over the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Buccaneers then suffered a brutal 31-23 divisional-round defeat at a Detroit Lions aspect that probably ought to’ve performed within the Tremendous Bowl.
Extra not too long ago, the 2024 Buccaneers went from 4-6 to 10-7 to clinch a playoff berth. One won’t ever understand how far Tampa Bay may’ve superior within the match had its offense not committed a brutal fourth-quarter turnover in what turned a wild-card loss to the Washington Commanders.
In December, Bowles oddly turned the topic of an out-of-nowhere retirement rumor as some tried to hyperlink the Buccaneers with Invoice Belichick. Licht appears content material with the truth that Bowles is staying in cost for the foreseeable future.
“I suppose there’s expectation to win the Tremendous Bowl yearly,” Licht added throughout his feedback. “However, I feel Todd’s been doing an amazing job steadying the ship and pulling us out of some ruts [in 2022 and 2023] and preserving the religion and preserving guys optimistic, and we’ve achieved some nice issues. …You by no means know what you’re going to get with a head coach and we all know what we’ve got with Todd. And we’re going to do no matter we will to assist enhance the group for him.”
Relying on the state of Tampa Bay’s roster come September, Licht might count on the Buccaneers to do greater than make a playoff look in January 2026. With that stated, it does not appear forward of spring that Bowles will likely be teaching for his job subsequent season.
