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“This job’s too hard to fight from within and that’s what you do there. ... You’ve got to overcome the head coach." Our three-part series begins with a look at life at One Bills Drive.
“This three-part series is the culmination of 25 extended interviews with coaches, players, personnel men and other team sources who’ve passed through One Bills Drive. Many were granted anonymity to speak freely without the fear of retribution.”
One of the quotes:
“You preach accountability,” one player said. “But you don’t practice it.”
did I read that right? He said the offense scored too quick during 13 seconds? Please tell me I read that wrong
Yup he said it.
“It breaks your heart when someone leaves and you don’t know why.”
"It may be raining but there's a rainbow above you" Former President Donald Trump early Thursday touted the results of a new NPR/PBSNewsHour/Marist pollshowing him ahead of President Joe Biden by 8 percentage points among independents.
I’m looking forward to the other two parts of this piece as well. McDermott’s becoming radioactive, and we still have 5 weeks left in this slow death of a season for even more of his transgressions to come to light.
We’re nearly there, fellas. Just one more head to lop off before hope returns to Buffalo
“It breaks your heart when someone leaves and you don’t know why.”
"It may be raining but there's a rainbow above you" Former President Donald Trump early Thursday touted the results of a new NPR/PBSNewsHour/Marist pollshowing him ahead of President Joe Biden by 8 percentage points among independents.
I read snippets of this. Most bosses blow. Nice guys don’t even finish last… they get whacked after 11 games.
those that can’t … teach
had 13 seconds not happened, this wouldn’t have been an article. I’m sure tyranny exists in a lot of programs.
Meh, even if that didn't happen, this season on top of the team completely coming out disinterested in a playoff game against the Bengals with a gameplan on offense and defense that many people question would put these vibes into the air.
If we were 10-2 right now, none of this would exist and people would be upbeat and positive...until the next playoff collapse.
did I read that right? He said the offense scored too quick during 13 seconds? Please tell me I read that wrong
If he did he certainly doesn’t learn from his mistakes. Most recent example I absolutely knew we were going to score too quickly on the last drive in regulation against the eagles.
If he did he certainly doesn’t learn from his mistakes. Most recent example I absolutely knew we were going to score too quickly on the last drive in regulation against the eagles.
13 seconds was too much time in his book. Yet 20 seconds with one timeout and a red hot Josh Allen is not enough.
At St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., McDermott’s morning address began innocently enough,” Dunne writes. “He told the entire team they needed to come together. But then, sources on-hand say, he used a strange model: the terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. He cited the hijackers as a group of people who were all able to get on the same page to orchestrate attacks to perfection. One by one, McDermott started asking specific players in the room questions. ‘What tactics do you think they used to come together?’ A young player tried to methodically answer. ‘What do you think their biggest obstacle was?’ A veteran answered, ‘TSA,’ which mercifully lightened the mood.”
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In December 2021, locals will recall the news of a woman deliberately driving into the waterway that spills into the falls,” Dunne explains. “She drifted down the Niagara River before her vehicle was lodged against a rock about 50 yards from the brink. McDermott studied up and pieced together a speech. The coach explained how members from the Coast Guard did everything they could to save the woman. He built up the drama. Players held on tight for an inspiring apex, and . . . nothing. He said the woman died. End of story. The complete absence of a point had some players biting their tongues, trying their hardest not to laugh.”
At St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., McDermott’s morning address began innocently enough,” Dunne writes. “He told the entire team they needed to come together. But then, sources on-hand say, he used a strange model: the terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. He cited the hijackers as a group of people who were all able to get on the same page to orchestrate attacks to perfection. One by one, McDermott started asking specific players in the room questions. ‘What tactics do you think they used to come together?’ A young player tried to methodically answer. ‘What do you think their biggest obstacle was?’ A veteran answered, ‘TSA,’ which mercifully lightened the mood.”
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In December 2021, locals will recall the news of a woman deliberately driving into the waterway that spills into the falls,” Dunne explains. “She drifted down the Niagara River before her vehicle was lodged against a rock about 50 yards from the brink. McDermott studied up and pieced together a speech. The coach explained how members from the Coast Guard did everything they could to save the woman. He built up the drama. Players held on tight for an inspiring apex, and . . . nothing. He said the woman died. End of story. The complete absence of a point had some players biting their tongues, trying their hardest not to laugh.”
Man I just skimmed through that article, It absolutely nuked McDermot. WTF uses the trash you quoted as motivation?
I think his fatal flaw(s) are summarized by the following, which many of us had noted in the past:
”…He’s a coaching relic routinely paralyzed by fear late in games. He never imagines what could go right with 20 seconds left in regulation, instead forever horrified of what could go wrong. Oblivious to the reality that he employs one of the sport’s most talented quarterbacks. The word you’ll hear constantly from those who’ve been around McDermott is “tight.” He’s so incomprehensibly tight, they say, players cannot help but stiffen up themselves…”
I have personally been ambivalent towards him but this article I think has swayed me into the camp that he has to go. This off-season.
Man I just skimmed through that article, It absolutely nuked McDermot. WTF uses the trash you quoted as motivation?
I think his fatal flaw(s) are summarized by the following, which many of us had noted in the past:
”…He’s a coaching relic routinely paralyzed by fear late in games. He never imagines what could go right with 20 seconds left in regulation, instead forever horrified of what could go wrong. Oblivious to the reality that he employs one of the sport’s most talented quarterbacks. The word you’ll hear constantly from those who’ve been around McDermott is “tight.” He’s so incomprehensibly tight, they say, players cannot help but stiffen up themselves…”
I have personally been ambivalent towards him but this article I think has swayed me into the camp that he has to go. This off-season.
McD spoke to the media today and confirmed the 9/11 part as true….
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