Posted on 02/15/2021 1:01:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
A few weeks before a redemptive star turn in Super Bowl 2021, Tampa Bay running back Leonard Fournette nearly was released by the Buccaneers.
Bucs coach Bruce Arians said he met with the two-time 1,000-yard rusher following a Week 14 benching about his reduced role and asked Fournette if he wanted to remain with the team.
“I said, ‘This is your situation. It can change at the drop of a hat,'” Arians told the Tampa Bay Times. “’Either embrace it, or you say, ‘Cut me.’ I said, ‘What do you want? Because this is a very special team that you’re part of. I think you’ve got a feeling of that. Just see if you can hang in there to see what happens.’ And he did, and I’m really proud of him.”
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Shape up or ship out..................He shaped up...............
This was Arians’ strength... the moral conviction to be able to talk STRAIGHT to his players.
Heroics? He played a football game; which happens to be the job he was paid to do. Not sure that qualifies as heroics.
Many question Arians impact on that team. This shows how he made a difference. That’s master leadership right there.
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