The New McDermott - Great Buscaglia Article

[Mikey152]

I think it’s the assistant coaches…

 

Joe Brady and Bobby Babich are considerably younger and less stuffy than the previous guys.

 

Not sure if that reflects Sean loosening up, or caused him to loosen up, but either way they really seem to have him focusing on being a head coach and motivator these days.

[jaybeezee]

In my opinion, we will win it all when and if McDermott hires a Steve Spagnolou type. I know I misspelled his last name, but we need a vet D coordinator that he allows to run the show. 

 

Look at the Commander's. They hire a Defensive minded HC, but bring in a former HC that is offensive minded and look where they are with a rookie QB. They were picking in the top 5 last year and I cannot name one top flight weapon they have on offense. 

[BillsFooteball]

1 hour ago, jaybeezee said:

In my opinion, we will win it all when and if McDermott hires a Steve Spagnolou type. I know I misspelled his last name, but we need a vet D coordinator that he allows to run the show. 

 

Look at the Commander's. They hire a Defensive minded HC, but bring in a former HC that is offensive minded and look where they are with a rookie QB. They were picking in the top 5 last year and I cannot name one top flight weapon they have on offense. 

Point taken but McLaurin is a stud receiver 

[TH3]

10 hours ago, jaybeezee said:

In my opinion, we will win it all when and if McDermott hires a Steve Spagnolou type. I know I misspelled his last name, but we need a vet D coordinator that he allows to run the show. 

 

Look at the Commander's. They hire a Defensive minded HC, but bring in a former HC that is offensive minded and look where they are with a rookie QB. They were picking in the top 5 last year and I cannot name one top flight weapon they have on offense. 

Bills points against 368.  Wash 391

[JP51]

On 1/11/2025 at 12:06 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6047900/2025/01/10/bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-playoffs/?source=freeweeklyemail&campaign=602288&userId=12924261

 

A really nice deep dive into a reserved man not given to over sharing. And really well-written. We often treat our reporters as scoop-and-tweet machines. When Joe B. gets a chance to stretch out here, he shows he's in the top rank of sports writers. (Sorry, no non-paywall link, but you guys know the workarounds. Better yet, just subscribe!)

 

McDermott insists his “goofy dad” ways have always been in there.

“I was a class clown when I was younger, believe it or not,” McDermott said.

In third grade, teachers would send a note home every Friday, updating his parents on his weekly progress. In sixth grade, for various reasons, including being a class clown, McDermott was held back a year in school.

But that sense of humor, although it wasn’t necessarily dormant during his first seven years as head coach, he wasn’t going out of his way to display it like he has this season. It would come out here or there, like when he winked after using the term “process” in a news conference his first two years, almost in a self-deprecating way. But to a grand degree, McDermott had been buttoned up until now.

Many have voiced a feeling, as unquantifiable as it is, that this year’s Bills team is different than the ones they have had over the last five years of playoff losses. And that very well may be true.

However, NFL teams often channel the energy of the head coach leading them. And if something is different about this year’s Bills team, it might be because something is different about Sean McDermott.

The coach who arrived in 2017 touted process, culture, a growth mindset, a desire to have supreme attention to every detail and a borderline robotic work ethic. In his early years in Buffalo, he ran what some described as a “military-ish” program.

That coach is still in there, carrying all those same beliefs, but perhaps not in the same form. Even in media settings, McDermott appears more relaxed and forthcoming than ever before.

Nice take here... 

[dma0034]

12 hours ago, TH3 said:

Bills points against 368.  Wash 391

 

 

To be fair: Washington's Defense was really really bad to start the season and over the course of the season got better. Probably a top 12 Defense now

 

 

 

 

McDermott should be in consideration for Coach of the Year and should be fired if his Defense under-performs and the Bills lose. I've watched him tense up in a lot of playoff games starting with the CHiefs AFCCG. It was the first time I said: he's coaching not to lose. He bungled the Chiefs game the next year and while the Bills had a ton of injuries on Defense last year I saw the Dolphins with a banged up Defense outperform McDermott's Defense in the playoffs (against the Chiefs).