[](https://www.joebucsfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CrowdCampFans2021.jpg)Do fans piling on Todd Bowles, blaming him for nearly every ill of the Buccaneers franchise, weigh on the head coach?
Joe talked to Bowles about that off the record this morning at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix. Unfortunately, the discussion has to stay off the record, but Joe has no problem pointing fans to something Bowles said soon after during the NFC Coaches Breakfast.
Jets reporters were hitting Bowles with questions about embattled Jets second-year head coach Aaron Glenn getting pounded by New York media and fans. Bowles addressed that and mentioned how Glenn can’t let it get to him.
Joe jumped in to ask Bowles if the backlash he endured during four years as Jets head coach got to him. Bowles didn’t hesitate. It didn’t get to him at all, he said.
So Bucs fans can imagine that a half season and an offseason of Bowles widely getting beaten up by Bucs media and fans isn’t under Bowles’ skin the slightest. (Joe has even seen Bowles be warm and cordial with Jets media at various big league events, and Joe has seen Bowles physically embrace Jets owner Woody Johnson.)
That said, Bowles hears the howls about his peformance and sort of went there when Joe asked Bowles about his new coaching staff.
**JoeBucsFan.com:** Have you been enjoying the new coaches? Does that bring you new energy and new perspective?
**Todd Bowles:** You bring your new energy every year because you’re trying to prove something every year. Again, you’re trying to succeed and you’re trying to perservere. And losing only makes it harder for you as a coach, but it’s also exciting at the same time to prove that you’re right and that everyone else is wrong. So you’re always going through it with that kind of energy. But we bring in different minds and different perspectives, and it’s good to learn from. They’re learning from me, I’m learning from them. It’s good chemistry so far.
Prove everyone wrong, Coach!