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Amid the wild saga that saw Liam Coen leave his post as Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator to become head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars this week, Coen reportedly informed key member of the Bucs organization at one point that he would be staying.
According to ESPN's Dan Graziano (h/t ESPN's Michael DiRocco and Jenna Laine), Bucs general manager Jason Licht asked Coen what it would take to keep him in Tampa after his first head coaching interview with Jacksonville.
Coen reportedly wanted to be the highest-paid coordinator in the NFL at between $4 million and $5 million per year, which Bucs ownership signed off on as long as Coen did not take a second interview with the Jags.