The Bucs have already misplaced one assistant normal supervisor this offseason. Will they lose a second?
On Monday, the Jaguars requested to interview Mike Greenberg, Tampa Bay’s lone remaining assistant normal supervisor, for his or her vacant G.M. place, in keeping with a number of sources. John Spytek, who served as assistant G.M. alongside Greenberg with the Bucs, was employed by Las Vegas this offseason to be the Raiders normal supervisor by house owners Mark Davis and Tom Brady.
Greenberg is one among 5 named candidates for the Jaguars G.M. submit, becoming a member of Chargers assistant normal supervisor Chad Alexander, Giants assistant normal supervisor Brandon Brown, Bengals senior personnel govt Trey Brown and Bears assistant normal supervisor Ian Cunningham, in keeping with CBS Sports activities’ Jonathan Jones.
Jaguars GM interview requests, in keeping with sources:Chargers AGM Chad AlexanderGiants AGM Brandon BrownBengals Sr. Personnel Exec Trey BrownBears AGM Ian CunninghamBucs AGM Mike Greenberg@NFLonCBS
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) February 4, 2025
The Bucs already misplaced offensive coordinator Liam Coen to the Jaguars this offseason as he was named Jacksonville’s head coach, changing Doug Pederson. Coen’s departure from Tampa Bay triggered a whole lot of onerous emotions between the Bucs entrance workplace and Coen over the way in which it was dealt with. Coen had initially agreed to turn into the league’s highest-paid offensive coordinator to remain in Tampa Bay underneath the circumstances that he didn’t take a second interview with Jacksonville.
Former Bucs assistant GM John Spytek and Bucs assistant GM Mike Greenberg – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
However Coen did take a second interview after Jaguars proprietor Shad Khan fired normal supervisor Trent Baalke, who was seen as tough to work with in league circles. Whereas secretly interviewing in Jacksonville, Coen ghosted a number of members of the Tampa Bay entrance workplace, together with Greenberg, when the workforce was making an attempt to come up with him to have him signal his new contract. That, together with Coen not being truthful about his whereabouts, infuriated members of the Bucs’ brass.
Coen has tried to get each of the offensive line coaches he employed throughout the 2024 offseason – Kevin Carberry and Brian Picucci – from Tampa Bay to return to Jacksonville to teach the O-line, however the Bucs have blocked each of these requests as a result of they’re lateral strikes. Now it looks as if Coen, who has some enter in who the Jaguars’ subsequent G.M. will probably be together with Khan, is making an attempt to raid the Bucs once more – this time for Greenberg.
Will Coen succeed this time or will he be thwarted as soon as once more?
Will Mike Greenberg Take The Jags Interview – Or Keep With The Bucs?
Bucs assistant GM Mike Greenberg and GM Jason Licht – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
Mike Greenberg has been positioning himself for a normal supervisor job when the best alternative got here, and he’s taken two interviews – one in every of the final two years. Greenberg interviewed with the Panthers throughout the 2023 offseason earlier than they determined to go together with Dan Morgan and pair him with Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales. He additionally took an interview in January for the Jets normal supervisor place, which he needed because of rising up in New York as a Jets fan. As an alternative, the workforce employed Darren Mougey to be the G.M.
Tampa Bay has been extremely lucky to have Greenberg round since 2010 when he was employed by former normal supervisor Mark Dominik as a personnel assistant. He has been a useful member of Tampa Bay’s entrance workplace all through his time with the workforce.
Rather more than the wage capologist that he’s typically depicted being, Greenberg is the trusted strategist of the Bucs’ brass, and really runs all the finances for the soccer aspect of the group – not simply the wage cap. Greenberg units the finances and oversees the purchases for the workforce’s journey, tools, video, scouting, and groundskeeping. Greenberg has been a inventive innovator by way of contract construction and has been a contract trendsetter across the league. Different groups have copied his structuring model, which has developed all through the years.
Bucs GM Jason Licht and assistant GM Mike Greenberg – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
Extra importantly than his monetary wizardry, Greenberg can be Jason Licht’s right-hand man. Licht has a novel relationship with him after the 2 have labored collectively for a decade, and each of them collaborate on loads of necessary personnel selections.
Greenberg’s position with the entrance workplace is just not restricted to free company, both. He’s additionally the commerce strategist for the Bucs on draft weekend. Greenberg has assisted Licht with compensation technique throughout the occasions the final supervisor has moved up and down in sure rounds over time.
Will Greenberg put aside any onerous emotions he might need about Liam Coen’s departure and the way in which that was dealt with and take the interview? Or will he choose to remain in Tampa Bay over potential integrity considerations in Jacksonville?
If Greenberg have been to interview and be supplied the Jaguars normal supervisor place it is going to be attention-grabbing to see if the Bucs make a counter transfer to maintain him in Tampa Bay. Might the Glazers promote Licht to a workforce president position after which promote Greenberg to normal supervisor?
A few weeks in the past, Scott Reynolds did a Pewter Pulse video concerning the workforce probably dropping Coen, Greenberg and John Spytek throughout the 2025 offseason. You possibly can try the video on PewterReportTV YouTube channel or by clicking the video beneath.
