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“I’m a big believer in leadership, and player-driven leadership, the players having a part of this,” said McDermott. “The ownership part of this is big, and empowering those guys – and that leadership council will help me with that.”
McDermott intends to put together a select group of players from the roster who embody his philosophy of what it takes to become a winning team. While experience certainly counts it won’t be the only qualification he’ll consider.
“I think you look for a range of characteristics,” he said. “Age is one of them. Experience – but that doesn’t just limit it to the older crowd, so to speak. You want representation from, really, the cross-section of the team and really guys that represent the whole team, not just certain parts of the team. I’ve been around it at the two different spots that I’ve been at – both Philadelphia and Carolina – I’ve seen it work well.”
McDermott confirmed that the process of tabbing which men on his roster will serve the team in that capacity has already begun. He even shared that
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