Being the head coach of an NFL team opens you up to a lot of attention. When you’re coaching the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the attention is magnified.
When a star receiver leaves the field in demonstrative ways and then accuses you of pretty much every transgression under the sun outside of physically assaulting him, when you contact a player in an aggressive manner, it draws a crowd.
And that’s what Bucs head coach Bruce Arians did Sunday in the midst of his team’s 31-15 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL’s Wild Card Round of the playoffs.