Todd Bowles and the Bucs shook up the teaching workers in January, parting methods with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and several other members on the offensive workers. Thus started a really thorough seek for the group’s subsequent coordinator.
After interviewing 10 candidates, the Bucs selected Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach Dave Canales. With just a few holdovers from the 2022 workers, Canales rapidly began to place collectively his workers.
Talking to the media for the primary time on Wednesday, the group’s new offensive coordinator broke down every member of his workers and the way they might help contribute to the Bucs’ 2023 season.
Bucs assistant WRs coach Thaddeus Lewis and WR Jerreth Sterns – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
Quarterback Coach Thad Lewis
“Thad Lewis, having a quarterback background, he has referred to as it. He has been in a huddle. He needed to look in folks’s faces and say issues. So, when a man turns into a quarterbacks coach, it’s so pure to him. He’s the QB of that room.”
Tight Ends Coach Jon Van Dam
“John Van Dam, the tight ends coach, is already right here [and] he’s obtained [a] quarterback/O.C. (offensive coordinator) background. So, simply having the worth of a man who’s teaching the tight ends with all of that, he actually turns into like a bridge, he actually turns into the glue. [He] makes me consider our tight ends coach in Seattle, Pat McPherson, who had the identical sort of background as [the] quarterbacks coach in Denver in addition to the tight ends coach. So, he’s been sort of the bridge through the years of no matter our run recreation is.
“Man, Pat’s obtained these keepers and these play actions that actually make it come to life. After I was drawing passes, I might all the time joke, I’d be like, ‘Pat, I’ve been drawing these performs [for] 5 years and also you haven’t introduced me a bundle of it with out there being one thing I haven’t drawn’ and we’re speaking about 1000’s of performs. In order that’s what I’m going to expect from John as nicely.”
Run Recreation Coordinator Harold “Goodie” Goodwin And Offensive Line Coach Joe Gilbert
Bucs OL coaches Joe Gilbert and Harold Goodwin – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
“To start with, ‘Goodie,’ Harold Goodwin, and Joe Gilbert are right here – you discuss world champion offensive line proper there. So, I can’t wait to get in there, sit with them, and put a run recreation that’s actually superior collectively and construct off of the issues that they’ve been profitable with. They’ve already been so supportive, simply eager to increase with a number of the ways in which we construct formations so it’s not these single issues that occur. We will transfer stuff that’s going to look actually exhausting for the protection however going to be fairly easy for us.”
Large Receiver Coach Brad Idzik
“Brad Idzik, 5 years at Stanford as an assistant after which 4 years in Seattle, quarterbacks and receivers. The factor that I’ll say about Brad, there’s two causes, actually, why I needed to have Brad – primary, you look exterior after any follow, he’s on the market with someone working, or two or three guys. He was all the time that security web simply sort of catching guys. In the event you had 12 guys in a receiver room, he’s working with the underside half. If we introduced a free agent in who wanted assist transitioning into a brand new system, Brad’s proper there early, [then] afterwards, ‘Right here’s the plan, right here’s how we bundle these items, right here’s the right way to block this man proper there.
“That’s going to be actually essential with Mike [Evans] and with Chris [Godwin]. For him to be the bridge for these guys and to this new system. That’s going to be a extremely essential job of Brad’s. He was mentored by Sanjay Lal within the receiver room, a few of you may not know him, [but] he’s thought to be top-of-the-line receiver coaches on the market. He educated Brad and so Brad’s going to have the ability to make use of a few of these research movie, totally different methods and all that he’ll convey.”
Operating Backs Coach Skip Peete
New Bucs RBs coach Skip Peete – Photograph by: USA At this time
“Skip Peete goes to be our working backs coach – [the Cowboys] had zero fumbles misplaced final 12 months from the working again. He may have began that interview with that, dropped the mic and he would’ve been employed.
“I’m simply fired up to have the ability to lean on him too simply as issues get tough at occasions, someone who’s been round to have the ability to calm me down as I can get a bit bit excited and I’ve obtained a variety of bottled-up vitality and a bunch of concepts however that will probably be actually useful.”
Dave Canales Will Lean On The Skilled Coaches On His Employees
With a lot expertise on the teaching workers and Canales stepping in as a first-time play caller, he stated he plans to attract from the information of these round him.
“I actually respect the play-calling place. I respect how exhausting it’s,” he stated. “I respect the ability that the blokes that I labored for [have], that they needed to have the mastery of the gameplan and the decision sheet. I do know that I’m going to take some lumps and need to study my classes alongside the best way, however I’ll study fast. I’m a fast research.
“I’ve guys with play-calling expertise on this workers and I’m going to lean on them, bounce concepts off of them and packaging issues. I actually do respect that a part of it. It’s one thing that I’m actually enthusiastic about. I actually have been chomping on the bit simply attempting to get a chance.”
