Bruce Arians has stated in an interview with the “Tampa Bay Times” that he would still be head coach of the Buccaneers if Tom Brady had indeed ended his career.

Munich – At the end of March this year, Bruce Arians announced his retirement as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His successor was assistant coach Todd Bowles, who already gained head coaching experience with the New York Jets (2015-2018).

The 69-year-old made the decision to quit and henceforth only work as “Senior Football Consultant” for the “Bucs” after Tom Brady announced his retirement.

He now explained to the “Tampa Bay Times” why he would have continued coaching if Brady had remained retired: “If Tom hadn’t come back, I would probably still be coaching. I couldn’t give Todd that situation. “

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Himself would have been happy without the seven-time Super Bowl champion on the team, though: “I thought he wouldn’t play. I thought about who are we going to get? Who would like to be drafted? Plus, there was nobody in the draft, that was obvious. I was fine with the two we had: Blaine (Gabbert) and Kyle (Trask). Because I saw Blaine win with a good team behind him. “