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Related: About this forumBruce Arians steps aside so Todd Bowles can become Buccaneers head coach
Bruce Arians, who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory, is retiring from coaching effective immediately with the intent of being replaced by defensive coordinator Todd Bowles.
Arians, 69, informed his coaching staff and players of the news Wednesday evening and discussed the decision exclusively with the Los Angeles Times and NBCs Peter King.
Bowles is expected to be named head coach as soon as Wednesday night with an introductory news conference Thursday.
Successions always been huge for me, Arians said, adding the organization is probably in the best shape in its history.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-03-30/bruce-arians-steps-aside-todd-bowles-buccaneers-head-coach
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Bruce Arians steps aside so Todd Bowles can become Buccaneers head coach (Original Post)
AZProgressive
Mar 2022
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House of Roberts
(5,167 posts)1. This sounds dodgy.
Normally, a team would need to comply with the Rooney Rule and conduct in-person interviews with at least two minority candidates for a head-coaching vacancy thats people of color and/or women. But because this is happening after the start of the league year, when the interview window has closed, this type of coach-to-coach succession is permissible.
So Arians delays his 'retirement', and Tampa Bay doesn't have to risk a discrimination scandal.
flying rabbit
(4,630 posts)3. Todd Bowles is black.
Yoyoyo77
(267 posts)2. Just a word to the wise. Todd Bowles is african american.