Former Cardinals and Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has not held a coaching job since abruptly retiring from Tampa Bay after the 2021 season. However, he’s now feeling the “itch” to get back on the sideline and coach, a feeling he said he began to really acknowledge in the middle of September.
Arians told NFL insider Jordan Schultz during a recent interview that following having open-heart surgery, he has “so much more energy” than he did before and that’s what’s led him to potentially want to get
back out there.
When asked about what all went into his decision to retire, Arians said he had torn his achilles early on in that 2021 campaign which forced him to wear “these prosthetic high heels” that threw his back out and caused him to be unable to stand on the field for four-plus hours during games. Arians went on to say he’s missed being around the players, but not the refs, and that “the refs probably sure don’t miss me.”
Now this is all hypothetical, but given the Chargers’ current situation at 0-8, the idea that ownership might burn it all down after a 15-, 16-, or even 17-loss season is not out of the realm of possibility. Yes, the team would own Jim Harbaugh a lot of money, but if a coach like Arians was available, that would be a no-brainer for me.
An old-school mentality coach with a Super Bowl victory under his belt who actually has experience being a play-caller and not just a CEO? Please, sign me up.
