Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

[YardRat]

http://www.espn.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/83848/buffalo-bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-avoiding-rebuilding-label-in-2017

McDermott has brought a more meticulous and measured management style he hopes will begin to change the culture around the NFL's seventh-worst team (66-94) since 2007. Training camp will begin to reveal whether the Bills, who finished last season with a 7-9 record, have any hope of ending their 17-year playoff drought in a division that again projects to be dominated by the New England Patriots. As a first-year coach facing the NFL's fifth-hardest schedule, the odds are stacked against McDermott succeeding in the short term, but he refuses to use the word "rebuild" to describe the philosophy being embraced by him and new general manager Brandon Beane. "That's not it at all. It's about winning football games," McDermott said in June. "Our goals are to win now, because winning now helps you sustain success down the road."

I like his attitude, I hope he can translate it to the player's performance on the field. Playoffs.

[OpIv37]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

Of course he's not gonna say "rebuilding." First, he has to keep his players motivated and they aren't going to be motivated if the coach thinks they're "rebuilding," because that's a nice way of saying "this year is training camp for next year. Second, Russ Brandon has to sell tickets and he's not gonna do that if fans think we are rebuilding. So my guess is the whole org has orders from the top to not say that públicly.

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

No coach/gm in the history of the modern day NFL has said "we are rebuilding"

[Albany,n.y.]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

No coach/gm in the history of the modern day NFL has said "we are rebuilding"

When the Jets reach 0-10 and Todd Bowles is begging to keep his job, you'll hear it.

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

When the Jets reach 0-10 and Todd Bowles is begging to keep his job, you'll hear it.

lol Touche

[Skooby]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

31 teams rebuild every year, call it what you will.

[cookie G]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

He shouldn't be calling it a "rebuild", because it isn't. Its a team that's hovered at .500 for the past several years and needs to take a step forward, rather than 2 steps back.

Rebuilding, rather than building on what was there, is what keeps this franchise stuck in the mud.

[OpIv37]

Re: Sean McDermott avoiding 'rebuilding' label

31 teams rebuild every year, call it what you will.

This is complete nonsense.