TAMPA. Fla. — In retrospect, his stay here was incredibly brief. It may not seem that way because it was chronicled in frenzied Twitter time, but Bruce Arians’ tenure as Bucs coach was barely three years long.
That’s shorter than the Sam Wyche era in Tampa Bay. Shorter than that of Ray Perkins, too. It was hardly enough time for us to learn his preferred drink — Crown Royal — but it turned out to be long enough to lure Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown and Ndamukong Suh to town.
It was long enough to break the franchise record for scoring three years in a row and long enough to play nearly a dozen games in prime time.
