DrDawkinstein

That's my point. They did that well only based on their top Defense. Throw in a real QB, let alone a dual threat like Allen, and we have at least 2 more wins (Denver and Raiders) which puts us in the playoffs. And away we go. Of course it's speculation, and pointless. But it has as much creedance as any statement saying none of the other coaches would do better with Allen on their team. We all lived the drought. We all should know/remember our biggest issue was not being able to find a QB.

While I agree about comparing sports reporting to anything as serious as Watergate, I also think you are just arbitrarily drawing lines as to what you deem "good sources" vs "bad sources". Spain is a joke, but he's hardly the only source. If any of Chad Hall, Jerry Hughes, Lorenzo Alexander are in there (which is likely), that's decent enough for me. There's enough positive in the article to show it wasnt just a bunch of Spains being bitter.

There's a ton of positive stuff in the article if you actually read it. Some of it even in the free parts. I quoted this yesterday as an example: "His intent — players repeat — is pure. The coach who ended the Bills’ 17-year playoff drought realizes how badly locals are dying for their first Super Bowl. The quest consumes him. “He never, ever, ever does a damn thing with any other intention than to empower and grow the Buffalo Bills franchise,” this ex-Bill said. “That’s a fact. Now, whether or not the *****’s going to work or whether or not the players are going to receive it well? That’s a different conversation. But it doesn’t come from an evil ‘Sean McDermott wants all the praise and all the credit.’ He genuinely wants every person in that organization to thrive and win a lot of games to the point of exhaustion. “All he wants to do is help that team win. Now, that’s the truth.”

If you put Allen on the 2014 Marrone Bills that went 9-7 with Kyle Orton at QB, I'd bet good money that team wins the Division and makes a good run in the playoffs. And how did that work out for being a head coach?

It's not your or my or our job to find them. When we fired Rex, did you even know Sean McDermott existed? I didn't. But the consulting firm helped Terry identify him as a candidate, and the professionals worked it out from there. Look in our own division. The Miami Dolphins. They had a Defensive-minded, supposed "high character" guy who couldn't get the most from his talented roster and was neutering their franchise QB. They fire Flores and bring in McDaniel, an unheard of dork, and Tua sees immediate improvement and here they are in year 2 as the #1 seed in the AFC and about to take the Division from us. No major tear down and rebuild, just a quick change to a younger, modern, Offensive minded HC. Heck with that said, if the O continues to put up 30+ every game, hand the keys to Brady and let's roll. The new coach may or may not take us to the promise land, but we know based on MULTIPLE examples that McDermott simply can't/won't.

Which NFL head coach(es) would you describe as humble and not arrogant?

It was more a burn on that dummy Pat Moran who will never live down sacrificing his child for a fake Shawn Merriman steroids story.

He held a press conference yesterday and publicly apologized

Kinda makes sense in that Robbie is a new, younger Jamie Pressly, and McD is a new, younger Dick Jauron. 🤷‍♂️

Are those really our only two options?

McDermott's pregame speech this week:

It's not that direct. It could also be that Chad chose to leave because of the way McD reacted to the players buying him a truck. Either way, it was a weird, petty move by the HC to have an issue with the WRs buying their coach a car. He doesnt want coaches to be friends with the players, and to some extent that makes sense. But you also have to know when to step back and let them show appreciation. Here's the story:

It proves what it has looked like; our talent has been winning in spite of our coaching. Imagine what this team could look like if we had a coach who was a multiplier instead of a diminisher.

I do like/appreciate this part from the article:

Probably not enough of a story on it's own. But in a 3 article compilation of people recalling his "greatest hits", it's a good anecdote and makes for a few good paragraphs. This is how he introduces it in the article:

He's earned at least $50M already, and will likely bring in another $50M even if he is fired. We're all a bunch of internet-nobodies commenting on this (here, social media, etc) and nothing we say really matters in the grand scheme of things. Don't feel too bad for him. He'll be fine. I'd let all of you say these mean things about me for way less money. It happens for free today!

This is SPORTS journalism. It means absolutely nothing and its main purpose is acting as another marketing arm for whatever league they are covering. This isnt uncovering corruption in the government, or unsafe working conditions at a corporation. IMO, the fact he referred to 9/11 terrorists like that AT ALL is eye-opening, and tells me a lot as to what kind of speaker, motivator, and leader he is (or isnt). Sure, it's from 4 years ago. Sure, he apologized shortly thereafter (as if that does anything in the players' eyes). But the fact his brain went there and his mouth said it is all I need to know.

2.5 weeks until Christmas. This article went viral. If he got just 100 people to subscribe in order to read it then there is $800 in his pocket, and his travel/gift money for the holidays. Gotta get creative for a Christmas bonus when you're working for yourself.

Unlikely.

90 minutes at a MINIMUM

It's been McD every time so far. But Beane isnt in charge of firing him or addressing it in any way. That can only come from Terry.

It was a joke, and Morse will likely say no one cared. It certainly wasnt this big, confrontational, watershed moment. But even at it's lightest weight, it shows how out of touch McD is with his players, and how he is a boss that rubs them the wrong way as opposed to a good leader.

Wow, I leave for a couple hours to go to lunch, want to come back to talk about footwear and we're already ramped up to "McD envoking the 9/11 terrorists"! Back to this tho. Yeah, no way did he mandate or even suggest players actually wear work boots. He was obviously busting their chops and calling them out to be tougher. THAT SAID, it is piss poor coaching to even do that. Mike McDaniel sees that and buys the entire OL matching Jordans. Pete Carroll sees that and shows up in his own Jordans the next week. Bill Belichick wouldnt even notice what shoes they are wearing because he's busy making sure players know what theyre doing in situational football, and keeping Floyd off a Mayday FG defense. McD, Marrone, Greggggg Williams, and other wannabes are the type to see that and call it out that he wants "work boots and carharts".

You're smart enough to figure this out. I said "doing his thing independently", not as you said "too independent" which doesnt even make sense. So don't confuse yourself. It means he isnt backed by a larger organization, or collecting a regular paycheck. He only eats what he earns. And with smaller(no) budgets for advertising his site and getting his name out there, the easier way to do it is to be more controversial and baiting.

If everything said in this piece about McD is true, then no way he just decides to give up what he wants and let's Brady run loose. Dorsey sucked as an OC. It doesnt need to go deeper than that. Dorsey is gone. That problem has been addressed. On to the next issue: Head Coach.