For those who missed Ira Kaufman’s lecture on the inevitable “fracture” between a head coach and general manager of a struggling NFL team, Bucco Bruce Arians took the baton and ran with it.
Arians did a bit of a media tour yesterday as he promotes a prostate cancer screening blood test.
During his stop with [Yahoo! Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/), the subject of knowing when to fire a head coach came up, as well as when owners and front office types want to make that move.
The front office disagreeing with the coaching staff is a common issue, Arians acknowledged. “That’s always the fight back and forth, ‘Don’t have the players; Yeah, I know you can’t coach’em,’ Arians said.
While Arians said play on the field usually speaks for itself, what he called “uncommon mistakes” are a major red flag for a general manager.
He added that for owners it is very much about attendance and things tied to fan revenue.
The “fracture,” as Kaufman calls it, is very much about a coach and GM distancing themselves from each other when the bottom falls out. “I’ve seen it many times,” says Kaufman, who began covering the Bucs in 1985.
As for what’s happening now at One Buc Palace, Joe is very comfortable saying you won’t see a Todd Bowles-Jason Licht joint news conference soon or a Buccaneers.com video featuring Bowles and Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager talking to fans about writing the ship.