McDermott is feeling the pressure

[TheWeatherMan]

52 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

how many I hate McD threads do we need?

It sure seems like there is one every 13 seconds? 

Edited March 25 by TheWeatherMan

[billsfan89]

4 minutes ago, DJB said:

Josh covers up plenty of Mcdermotts downfalls. If Sean had a mediocre QB and not a generational franchise guy he would be losing a lot more than winning and likely would have been fired.

 

McDermott is on his what 4th OC? He screwed up with Dennison and Dorsey, lost Dabol to a promotion. Hes bumbled on field decisions and blamed other coaches for losses. Hes now done the same to the players too. 

 

This is my last year with McDermott. I need a SB appearance to want him back.

He won 9 games with Tyrod at QB. I think if McD had a competent but not elite QB he is routinely a 10 win coach. His play style of playing not to lose will win a lot of games against bad and average teams.

 

There’s not many coaches in this league that can contend for more than 1-2 years without very good QB play. So saying McD needs a QB is what most coaches need.

[Bill from NYC]

13 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

 

And now he calls critics narrow minded for wondering if the Bills will win a SB with him as HC. You have to belive at this point the thought has crossed Beane and Pegula's mind.

 

I don't think that he has to worry about Beane. McDermott brought him in and imo he can fire Beane at will. McDermott runs the ship and was in charge before Beane got to town. 

 

I'm surprised to see the heartfelt support that McDermott is getting in this thread. Yes, his record is good but his quarterback is Great! I don't know, do folks think that McDermott was the only coach who could have achieved this record with Josh Allen at QB? Could no other coach have done a better job in the playoffs, or provided Josh with better tools?

 

Yeah, it's hard for me to grasp the blind loyaly but as always, jmo. 

Edited March 26 by Bill from NYC

[strive_for_five_guy]

I don’t know if McD is feeling the heat, but I just got a good pump in at the gym for anyone wondering.

[schoolhouserock]

OP calls McD many things.

 

McD says, “To say we haven't had success or Josh hasn't had success, I think would be kind of narrow-minded. It's hard to win in the NFL, so you kind of regroup every year, and you take it one game at a time.”

 

OP flips out.

 

OP, believe it or not, the people talking on your screen cannot see you.

 

 

[Saxum]

37 minutes ago, MJS said:

I thought Superman was born on Krypton...

Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1932.

They shopped the character for more years than current Bills head has been leading the Bills.  

Art by Joe Shuster (1933) Imgur http://imgur.com/l6AngBO

 

Superman museum is in Cleveland and will be my first stop in that city even before watching football.

Edited March 25 by Punching Bag

[DJB]

6 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:

He won 9 games with Tyrod at QB. I think if McD had a competent but not elite QB he is routinely a 10 win coach. His play style of playing not to lose will win a lot of games against bad and average teams.

 

There’s not many coaches in this league that can contend for more than 1-2 years without very good QB play. So saying McD needs a QB is what most coaches need.

That’s the one Ace McDermott has that some fans hang their hats on. Big deal he won 9 with Tyrod. Big deal our schedule was cupcake and the Jets and Dolphins were a joke that year. Even the Patriots empire wasn’t the same . We also needed a miracle play in the Ravens game for us to get into the playoffs. 
 

It was 7 years ago. It’s time we raise the bar and expectations for McDermott and he can’t live off his past laurels. 

Edited March 25 by DJB

[QB Bills]

Why mcdumbass still has a job here: Josh Allen

 

Why mcdumbass still has defenders: drought trauma

 

But yes, let's waste another year of a supernova qb while the head coach craps himself in the playoffs yet again. 

 

Maybe when Allen is 35 and plays yet another almost-perfect playoff game and the bills still lose, the team can consider a coaching change. Or maybe not.

[GoBills808]

I doubt he's feeling much pressure tbh

 

Pegula and from the replies in this thread the fanbase at large seem content w our trajectory at present which is a virtually guaranteed playoff spot courtesy of Allen and an outside chance at an AFCCG

[FireChans]

11 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

I don't think that he has to worry about Beane. McDermott brought him in and imo he can fire Beane at will. McDermott runs the ship and was in chaarge before Beane got to town. 

 

I'm surprised to see the heartfelt support that McDermott is getting in this thread. Yes, his record is good but his quarterback is Great! I don't know, do folks think that McDermott was the only coach who could have achieved this record with Josh Allen at QB? Could no other coach have done a better job in the playoffs, or provided Josh with better tools?

 

Yeah, it's hard for me to grasp the blind loyaly but as always, jmo. 

McDermott drafted and developed Josh Allen. His success is McD’s success.

[Freak-O]

Being biased against the coach of your team seems like a pretty stupid and negative thing to be.

[PonyBoy]

16 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

I don’t know if McD is feeling the heat, but I just got a good pump in at the gym for anyone wondering.

 

Well played if it's the post I think you are referring to. 😀

[Chaos]

1 hour ago, Shaw66 said:

I think you're wrong.  

 

Your evidence that he's feeling the pressure is based on you evaluation of his performance in a press conference.  He's ALWAYS been bad in press conferences.  He's uncomfortable, he doesn't like it, and he isn't good at figuring out how to give useful answers to questions without saying too much.  

 

It's ridiculous, meaning it's fair to subject you to ridicule, for you to compare McDermott to Dick Jauron.  McDermott has built a perennial top-five favorite to win the Super Bowl, and Jauron went 7-9 three years in a row before the team fell apart.  There is NO meaningful comparison.  

 

You're free to not like McDermott, but you're not going to convince anyone who knows football.  The 49ers aren't firing Shanahan and the Bills aren't replacing McDermott.  

There is meaningful comparison. Due to Allen the bar of expectations for McDermott is higher.  McDermott is unreasonably calling people narrow minded who want a higher bar than he wants. Maybe his lower bar is narrow minded.  

[soflabillsfan1]

I personally can never forgive him for "13 seconds".  One of the most embarrassing moments of all time.  Absolute squandering of the best shot we had at winning the Super Bowl.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

1 hour ago, freddyjj said:

@Ethan in Cleveland I dunno, maybe move out of Cleveland to improve your perspective?

Have you left WNY? 

[FireChans]

1 minute ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Have you left WNY? 

I’d rather die in WNY than live in Cleveland.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

24 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

I don’t know if McD is feeling the heat, but I just got a good pump in at the gym for anyone wondering.

Well played. I just did 12 consults and still heading to the gym for shoulders!!!

[DrDawkinstein]

I'm no McDermott fan, but this post is missing a video of the press conference.

[section122]

48 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

Reid and others have been to and won many SB’s.  McD was basically excusing the inability to sniff one. 

 

 

No he didn't. First you are way overestimating how many coaches have won the sb and are still coaching.  Here is what mcd said.

 

“I think like anything, when you talk about the Bills, whether it’s Josh (Allen), myself, our team, we’ve had so much success,” he said. “What’s left for Josh and for all of us is to take that one more step that we need to take.”

 

Saying he isn't as good of a coach as Reid is silly.  Reid might go down as one of the top 10 coaches of all time.  Is that really the bar?  

 

You have reid and mcvay who have won a super bowl in the last 5 years.  So by the bar set by many every single coach in the nfl should be fired.  I posted elsewhere but Harbaugh has a 2 time mvp qb and hasnt had anywhere near the success since he won a sb 10+ years ago.

 

McDermott is a top 5 coach in the nfl right now period. 5 playoff wins since 2018 is tied for 2nd best in the afc and 5th in the nfl.  If you go to 2020 when Josh became Josh it is tied for 3rd.  

[Nihilarian]

Bills fans who dislike the current HC because he hasn't won an SB need to get a grip on reality. So many teams have had elite great QBs and don't always get to the big dance.

 

Jim Kelly got there 4 times and didn't win one. Dan Marino got there once and never got back because Buffalo was in his way. How many did Drew Brees win, Aaron Rodgers win, and Brett Favre win? McNabb, Fouts, Matt Ryan, Phillip Rivers, and Warren Moon never won one either. 

 

It is a "team" game and it takes a good offense, good defense, and a healthy team along with some good luck to even get to an SB.

 

Andrew Luck was a generational QB and the best record he ever got his team to was 11-5.

 

This franchise has taken a huge leap from what it was under the last owner and the last Buffalo HC in Rex Ryan. Think of all those bums of head coaches we Bills fans had to endure since 2000! This HC got to the playoffs with Tyrod Tylor at QB!

 

What sucks isn't the current Buffalo HC or FO, what does suck is the Kansas City Chiefs and their HC Andy Reid in the Buffalo Bills way. Otherwise, Buffalo might have been in the SB already. That and the team being plagued by defensive injuries. Exactly how many players have had an actual heart attack on the field during a game and not only survived but returned to the team? 

 

The DC that was responsible for the 13 seconds is gone and that was the year Buffalo should have gone.

 

All I can say is ...keep enjoying this QB, this HC, this GM, and what the future brings as all want to win a Super Bowl just as much as any of us.