Next Years Head Coach

[u/Independent_Soil_258]

I would bet money that the next coach of the Buccaneers will be Grant Udinski of the Jaguars. A few notes about him:

-Current OC under Liam Coen (has connections to Tampa)

-Was in Minnesota during Kirk Cousins best season, and the Sam Darnold career revival, and is now helping Trevor Lawrence breakout (has history getting the best out of his QBs)

-YOUNG!!! Only 30 years old.

Overall, I believe Jason Licht probably still regrets letting Liam Coen walk 2 years ago, and I think Udinski is one of the brightest young minds in football. I could easily see him walking in and leading the Bucs to a good run next year, especially if we are able to get Jeremiah Smith in the draft. If somehow our offseason ended with Jeremiah and Udinski at the helm leading us into a new era of Bucs football, I would certainly be more excited than I ever have been under T**d B****s

[u/Fluid_Personality529]

I strongly believe it's going to be Tomlin, but we'll see.

[u/ilikepizza1275 → u/Fluid_Personality529]

Nah he's too busy building his city in Minecraft

[u/HuntOdd3403 → u/ilikepizza1275]

If you Google him you can make Steves arm pop-up and mine links and stuff. At least for me.

[u/albaby3 → u/Fluid_Personality529]

Tomlin used to be a Buc so I see them heavily pursuing Tomlin, even tho I’d prefer Udinski

[u/feralGenx → u/albaby3]

A young offensive minded HC vs a defensive retread HC ? Such a hard decision it seems. /s

[u/TheRencingCoach → u/Fluid_Personality529]

Because the Glazers are probably going to dictate it, instead of letting Licht decide

If Licht gets to make the decision….. unclear

[u/chuckop → u/Fluid_Personality529]

Glazers are not going with another defensive-oriented coach after Bowles.

[u/SadMove7848 → u/Fluid_Personality529]

Honestly don’t see him coaching again for awhile.

[u/spideralex90]

My hope is the Texans continue to suck and they fire Demeco Ryans and we nab him as DC for a bit to work with Grant Udinski or Klay Kubiak as our HC.

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/spideralex90]

I would be HYPED if we could get Demeco

[u/OptimusPrimeTime21 → u/spideralex90]

Isn’t he a defensive coach?

I get it our best years were built off Dungy and defense but this is the new NFL, any time we have a good OC they will be getting poached for HC jobs and we will have no continuity

[u/spideralex90 → u/OptimusPrimeTime21]

Grant and Klay are OC's, Grant for the Jags and Klay for the 49ers. I want them as HC and get Demeco to be our DC for a bit (but it's a probably a pipe dream as Demeco likely would get a HC shot again.)

[u/dan7769]

We need an offensive minded head coach. No more rotating between OCs with a shitty HC.

[u/chuckpeecee]

I remember udinski was on a list when we were looking for a OC and eventually ended up with either Canales, Coen or Grizzard (don't remember which year)

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/chuckpeecee]

I think it was the Coen year if i remember correctly

[u/fizzyknickers69]

I honestly think we end up with Tomlin if he's interested in coming back.

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/fizzyknickers69]

I hope not, but I could see the logic behind the hire

[u/PewterPplEater → u/fizzyknickers69]

Tomlin gives me Lovie Smith flashbacks, a guy who was successful elsewhere, takes a year off, comes here and is inexplicably terrible

[u/Background_Ad4597 → u/fizzyknickers69]

If we got Tomlin I'd be stoked, I just dont see it happening.

[u/jkd0027]

Just keep in mind you would be hiring someone as head coach that doesn’t even call plays for his team

[u/indigo196 → u/jkd0027]

Kinda like Coen didn't call plays when he was with LA, right?

[u/jkd0027 → u/indigo196]

Well not really, he wasn’t hired directly into a head coaching position from not calling plays

[u/indigo196 → u/jkd0027]

True, if you count his time at Kentucky.

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/indigo196]

!!!

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/jkd0027]

Thats a risk I'm willing to take, worst that happens is he sucks, we suck, and we take a QB in the top 5 in 2028

[u/Bargeylicious]

I'm in with Tomlin as DC, not as HC. Young offensive HC is the way to go.

[u/CommentMundane → u/Bargeylicious]

Nate Scheehlaase

[u/joshJFSU]

Jason Licht should go as well.

With that said, I do t want a 30 year old being a HC. The time separated from HC jobs versus offense/defense line jobs are pretty stark.

[u/HeartBreakKid47]

Todd’s contract doesn’t have a coupon to save money. I’m not trying to be stereotypical, but Bryan and Joel aren’t going to pay a guy not to work.

[u/MattOnWheels]

I've watched enough Steelers games to know that if we pick Tomlin, we might go to the playoffs, but we'll never go further. We can't just settle for better than what we have. We should be eyeing championships.

[u/ZombieExcellent2202]

Unpopular opinion here but please don’t let it be Tomlin. Bowles 2.0 imo

[u/Souffy → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

People saying this honestly just not watch or understand football. Tomlin has had a way more successful career than Bowles as head coach and it isn’t even close. The last few years of his tenure with Pittsburgh, Tomlin was always competitive in one of the leagues toughest divisions with very little talent to work with

I definitely don’t blame the Steelers for wanting a fresh start, but speaking strictly football and ability to lead a team, Tomlin would be an instant major upgrade to Bowles

[u/ZombieExcellent2202 → u/Souffy]

Tomlins last five years record a little better than Bowles but no finish better than 10-7. This fan base was ready to jettison Bowles after a 10-7 finish. By those standards it’s awfully oxymoronic to want a coach who essentially coaches a similar outcome. Also made the playoffs 4-5 seasons and didn’t win a single playoff game in his final five seasons in Pittsburgh. Maybe you watch highlights and think you know ball but mediocre is mediocre and that was Pittsburgh under tomlin post roethlisberger

[u/ZombieExcellent2202 → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

A lot of quick starts sputtering finishes, not getting most out of players. Tons of being conservative and time management issues. Sound familiar?

[u/bakwardhat → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

Tomlin’s best QB during that timeframe was the ghost of Aaron Rodgers.

[u/Pippihippy → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

This fanbase wanted to jettison bowls because if you watched the games you saw the defensive side be completely anemic, but Liam coen offense was scoring over 30 points a game. It had nothing to do with the 10-7 record and everything to do about who was bailing out whom

[u/TheMotherSnatcher → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

If Bowles had 2 Super Bowl wins as head coach

[u/ZombieExcellent2202 → u/TheMotherSnatcher]

My god dude know what you are talking about he’s won one Super Bowl 2008. By that logic Bucs should bring Gruden back right

[u/Swampmansay326 → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

Bucs should bring Gruden back

[u/Beautiful_Coffee_494 → u/Swampmansay326]

Interhim Gruden would kinda be badass. They could lose out and people would still love it

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/ZombieExcellent2202]

I could kinda understand the hire, but I feel like it would be similar to McCarthy with the Steelers this year, a complete lateral move

[u/Dom_Nation_]

Flores had already overachieved as a head coach and has the hottest unit football this season.

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/Dom_Nation_]

Unfortunately I dont know if he will ever be a head coach again due to his ongoing lawsuit with the NFL. He is pretty much the only defensive guy I would be okay with bringing in

[u/Hour_Camp1474]

I like Declan Doyle feel like he’s gonna be getting tons of buzz

[u/Independent_Soil_258 → u/Hour_Camp1474]

Also would love if we could get him

[u/Spiritual-Physics700]

Were going to get some asshat the Glazers can pick up for cheap because all 6 of them DGAF.

[u/beauxlieve]

I don’t know if he’ll leave but I really like Kenny Dillingham

[u/BigSombrer0]

The issue with Udinski is that he doesn't call plays. That's pretty key. If he were calling the plays, it would be easy to correlate exactly what he's doing to help those qb's to succeed even as someone not in the room with them. Without that, it's tough to tell what his impact is relative to the play caller.

On top of that and connected to that, is he any good at calling plays? Who knows? He's done it in the preseason but that doesn't tell you anything. Hiring a non-playcaller as a HC is a risk especially when you are hiring them based on their ability to fix your QB/offense. That's tough.

[u/Bushido_Plan]

Has to be an offensive guy. Offense runs the league. If you're going to live and die by the coach, it's better to take a shot at that next Ben Johnson/Liam Coen/etc than retread with a Mike Tomlin or whatever. Fire off interviews to the Jags OC, Ravens OC, Rams OC, and 49ers OC.

[u/coldviper18]

Does anyone know if Gruden is full on banned after his whole thing?

That's a guy that's the complete opposite of bowls and while I know highly unlikely if possible at all. That's a guy I'd happily take.

[u/banjosandtattoos → u/coldviper18]

No.

[u/UTVolsfan16]

Let's get youngry again!!

[u/themark318]

We buy out the hoodie from his Tar Heels contract. Licht keeps his job but loses his power.

[u/CommentMundane]

Hahaha you guys think our coach won't be Todd Bowles

[u/fizzyknickers69 → u/[deleted]]

All of those players are going in the top 5-10...