It seems the Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren't wasting much time getting the process underway of replacing recently fired offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.
Grizzard was let go just a few days after the regular season ended, along with five other assistants, and on the heels of Todd Bowles returning as head coach. It's a move that didn't come as much of a surprise to fans who had grown tired of the lack of progress on offense, but it creates a void that the Bucs must fill with a candidate who will help right the ship.
The search isn't taking long to get underway -- or get interesting.
Mileage will vary on how whelmed fans are by the choice of candidate the Bucs are interviewing, but it's clear the team is casting a wide net. That's been evident in the fact that former Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan was the first candidate to interview for the job, and that both David Shaw and Israel Woolfork followed shortly thereafter.
Buccaneers announce two more offensive coordinator interviews after firing Josh Grizzard
To be frank, it's hard to get too excited about any of the interviews the Bucs have conducted so far, although bringing in Shaw and Woolfork is at least intriguing.
Right now, fans are locked in on Nate Scheelhaase and Mike McDaniel as potential offensive coordinator candidates, which makes it hard on anyone who isn't those two guys. Callahan is a very 'meh' interview, but the same can't be said for Shaw or Woolfrod.
At the very least they offer something different, which is what has helped lead the Bucs in the right direction in the past. Both Dave Canales and Liam Coen were plucked from general obscurity when it comes to familiar candidates for coordinator roles, and both needed just one season to propel themselves to becoming head coaches.
Shaw is a former head coach at Stanford, but is experience is at the college level. He was the man in charge at Stanford, and while his tenure ended unceremoniously, he's managed to latch on with the Detroit Lions and attach himself to the Dan Campbell coaching tree.
Woolford is also an under-the-radar option, having spent his time as Kyler Murray's coach in Arizona. Not only has Woolford worked with Murray but he helped Jacoby Brissett become a respectable starter with the Cardinals despite everything else that went wrong with the team.
Both candidates represent shades of what Canales and Coen brought to Tampa. Like Canales, Woolford is a position coach for an NFC West team, but hasn't ever had the chance to be a coordinator at the pro level. Meanwhile, Shaw -- like Coen -- has experience at the college level, which could help the Bucs offense elevate its game beyond where the current thinking is at.
Neither of these candidates leap out as must-have guys, but that's also where the Bucs have found success before. Nobody in the league was clamoring for Canales or Coen before they proved themselves in Tampa, something that suggests Shaw or Woolford could follow a similar path.
At the very least, it confirms that the Bucs are casting a wide net in their search for Grizzard's replacement. Not only that but they're thinking along the lines of what made things work in the past, which is something everyone wants to see the team get back to after the disaster of last season.