Brady, who desired to leave New England, may have discovered that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
Though some in the media claim that Bruce Arians‘ decision to stand down as the Buccaneers’ head coach had nothing to do with Tom Brady‘s retirement and then re-retirement, it seems clear that TB12 would not be back in Tampa Bay if his former mentor was still in charge.
An unprompted Arians rejected this during his farewell press conference. “Every single one of the players, and there are a few in here, has gotten cussed out, including him,” Arians said of Brady.
“It’s just a part of who I am.” That isn’t something new. We have a fantastic working connection. People were given the task of writing nonsense. It’s the polar opposite of the truth.”
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During an appearance on The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, former NFL offensive lineman Rich Ohrnberger, who was briefly Brady’s teammate with the Patriots, didn’t write any “shit” about the situation, but he did shed some light on the alleged beef between the 44-year-old quarterback and his former coach.
Brady was angry with his coach’s work ethic since it wasn’t up to par with what he was used to in New England with Bill Belichick, according to Ohrnberger, who had specific facts about what was going on in Tampa more than a month ago.
“The schism between him and Bruce arose because Brady is a workaholic.” Bruce’s schedule has been drastically reduced, as you are aware. “When he re-upped with the Buccaneers, that was part of his contract,” Ohrnberger remarked on the show.
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“It’s a job where if you don’t work until the wee hours of the morning, you’re working until the wee hours of the morning, and then some.” For two decades in New England, Tom Brady worked in this manner.
There were disputes over the run game between him and Byron Leftwich, according to what I heard about issues with other members of the coaching staff. During the game, they argued on a lot of play selections. During the game, Brady modified a lot of the calls coming in from the sidelines.”
— Rich Ohrnberger (@ohrnberger) March 31, 2022
There’s a lot to unpack there from Ohrnberger, who celebrated on Twitter after his February report about Brady’s rift with Arians was confirmed when the 69-year-old coach stepped down, but the gist of what he’s saying is that Brady became dissatisfied with the coaching he was getting from Arians and the rest of the Tampa staff, so he began to take matters into his own hands.
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The fact that Brady was openly rejecting his coaches and calling his own plays indicates a level of dysfunction that would make winning a single game challenging, let alone a Super Bowl, difficult. That would never have happened in New England, since it was evident when Brady left the Patriots that his beef was with Belichick as a person, not with Belichick as a coach.
