Bruce Arians will go into Bucs Ring of Honor this year

Posted by Josh Alper on March 31, 2022, 1:12 PM EDT
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Bruce Arians was only the head coach of the Buccaneers for three years, but that was enough for him to make a lasting impact on the franchise.

Arians stepped down from that role on Wednesday and the Bucs announced on Thursday that Arians will be added to the team’s Ring of Honor this year. Arians went 31-18 during the regular season in Tampa, but it is his playoff work that explains why his brief tenure will result in a lasting honor.

Arians piloted the team to four straight wins in the playoffs after the 2020 season, including a Super Bowl LV triumph over the Chiefs. They won another playoff game last season, but ultimately lost to the Rams in what now stands as Arians’ final game as the team’s head coach.

Three other Bucs head coaches have been inducted into their Ring of Honor, but Jon Gruden was removed after the release of offensive emails he wrote after leaving the team surfaced last year. Tony Dungy and John McKay remain in the group and longtime defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin is also a member.

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39 responses to “Bruce Arians will go into Bucs Ring of Honor this year”

  5. Either he has aa terminal disease forcing them to do this so quickly, or this was part of Arians’s negotiating items to step away when Tom Brady demanded it. If it is the latter option, I’d guess Arians got a huge payday on the side.

  7. Awesome! I can visualize it in my mind right now: Tony Dungy John McKay Bruce “Tom Brady” Arians

  10. Bruce Arians. Seems like a good guy. Was a very good coach, but not a great one. Rings of Honor are now meaningless.

  11. pkrlvr says:
    March 31, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    Another beneficiary of the Brady affect
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    And Brady doesn’t get #7 if he stays in NE.

  13. A good coach insofar as allowing Tom to use his experience to pass on to his teammates to come together with one goal. To the teammates’ credit, they warmed to this outsider superstar and did what they set out to do.

    I believe their chances of winning the SB went down only because Todd’s record as a HC is dismal.

    How many plays he allows TB to run is really the question now.

    I know Bruce’s health isn’t that great and I wish him well. His hands off approach in Tom’s first season was critical and other than that last play call last season by the defensive coaches, they were oh so close to going to another SB.

  14. Wow! While BA is a good coach….ring of honor is WAY over the top! There are players who played years and years who still haven’t made it on the ring of honor. 31-18 isn’t exactly a career. 7-9 without Brady, 11-5 and 13-4 with Brady. It’s a great honor, but sorry I don’t see that it’s earned in the case of BA.

  18. Ok I’ll come back but Arians gotta go,give me a defensive minded head ball coach because you know I run this offense anyway,then we will throw Bruce’s name up on the honor roll…call it a day Retirement over! Signed TB12

  19. Bolstering his legacy in exchange for Brady’s spoiled tantrum to get everything his way was a good trade off for Arians. Especially when the Bucs don’t even win the SB this year.

  20. >>>And Brady doesn’t get #7 if he stays in NE.<<<

    That is probably true but he doesn't sniff the first six if he had been drafted by the Bucs.

  22. Sure was a lot of drama coming out of Tampa Bay for a organization basically returning the same team.

  23. “Bruce, I tell you what. For making this move so easy for us, we’re gonna put your name right up there in the Ring of Honor,” said owner Glaser, gesticulating like George Costanza. “The Ring of Honor, Bruce!”

  24. Who other than Buccaneers’ fans should care?

    It’s Tampa Bay Bucs’ Ring of Honor, not the NFL’s or any other team’s RoH.

    Ownership has the sole discretion to determine whom it deems worthy of honoring and why.

  26. Wow. He only coached there three years (only one if you consider Tom Brady called the shots the last two) and he is considered for the teams ring of honor? Most franchises have much higher standards.

  27. If you were good enough to get in you should stay in, Gruden should not have been removed.

  29. Wow might as well put the whole 1976 team there as well. Wonder how Leroy Selmon feels about this.

  31. By this logic, Matt LaFleur should be in the ring in GB. Wow. But MLF would say “you kidding me? I won’t denigrate that honor for all those who earned it way before my time here. Ask me in 25 years”.

    But not Bruce…..

  33. What happens if he changes his mind in a month? I’ve heard that happens sometimes.

  34. firedog784 says:
    March 31, 2022 at 2:18 pm
    >>>And Brady doesn’t get #7 if he stays in NE.<<<

    That is probably true but he doesn't sniff the first six if he had been drafted by the Bucs.

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    Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.

  35. Teams Ring of Honors are so subjective. Remember when the Cowboys complained about Bob Hayes not being in the Hall of Fame? But curiously, at that time, he was not even in their Ring of Honor…smh.

  37. Great coach, won at all three of his head coaching stops. Hate all you want the guy won before Brady.

  38. nite2al says:
    March 31, 2022 at 1:42 pm
    pkrlvr says:
    March 31, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    Another beneficiary of the Brady affect
    _________________________________________________

    And Brady doesn’t get #7 if he stays in NE.

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    Brady would have had #7 If BB would have played Malcom Butler

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