Todd Bowles isn’t mad Liam Coen left Buccaneers for Jaguars, per report
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Plenty of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans feel spurned by Liam Coen after he secretly met with the Jacksonville Jaguars to take their head coaching job despite previously agreeing to stay in Tampa Bay as the highest-paid offensive coordinator in NFL history. However, that doesn't seem to be the case with the team's staff.
Head coach Todd Bowles has plenty of reason to be upset, given that he was expecting Coen to be retained on his staff for next year, but per Jaguars beat reporter Mia O'Brien, that doesn't appear to be the case. Per O'Brien, Todd Bowles is not mad about Coen leaving.
*whispers*
— Mia O'Brien (@MiaOBrienTV) January 28, 2025
Todd Bowles is not furious with Liam Coen, per #Bucs sources https://t.co/ntVW5dTM41
This seems to be in line with what Coen told Tampa Bay Times reporter Rick Stroud after his press conference about how the team reacted to him getting the job.
“Literally, I’m FaceTiming with Baker and the O-linemen in the Bahamas and they’re like, ‘Liam! Go get that! You go get that!’ ” Coen said to Stroud. “And (running back) Bucky (Irving) is telling me that he loves me. I just texted with (receiver) Mike Evans. He’s at the Pro Bowl. Guess what? If my coaches and my players, if they’re good, I’m good.”
Despite that, not everyone can be like Bowles. Coen told Stroud that he "knows" Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht is upset with him, so that's at least one bridge that still needs some mending.
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