McDermott Winner of 36th Earle “Greasy” Neale Award as the Most Outstanding Coach in pro football

[ChevyVanMiller]

Feted by the Maxwell Club with the high honor.
 

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2025/01/16/sean-mcdermott-earns-earle-greasy-neal-coach-of-the-year-award/77752736007/

[Beast]

What a terrible nickname.

 

Greasy?

 

I don’t even want to know.

[fasteddie]

Let's see if he earns it Sunday. They need to get the big guys in there against their big guys. Otherwise, it's gonna be a long night. 

[Billl]

He’s a really good coach, easily top 10.  He catches a lot more heat than he deserves, IMO.

[SydneyBillsFan]

A fantastic Monday to Saturday coach, is a great leader, developer and motivator of men.

 

Game day - hmmmm......you know how well that has gone in some of the big moments. 

 

Not sure about most outstanding coach in the NFL...that seems a bit of a stretch to me. Needs to start winning some big game moments for mine. He has a chance to do exactly that on Sunday.

[boyst]

1 minute ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

A fantastic Monday to Saturday coach, is a great leader, developer and motivator of men.

 

Game day - hmmmm......you know how well that has gone in some of the big moments. 

 

Not sure about most outstanding coach in the NFL...that seems a bit of a stretch to me. Needs to start winning some big game moments for mine. He has a chance to do exactly that on Sunday.

I want to see Sunday. He has come out of his shell more then every before this year. He has put his personality and touch on this band of merry misfit retools. 

 

Let's see if he can do his part. Let's see if the 1/11 on the field can be supported by the 3 facets of direction and leadership on the sideline. 

[0017]

“Greasy” because he lets games slip away 

 

I’m only kidding I actually love McD I’ve been through the wasteland of coaches and he is hands down the best we’ve had in a long time if not ever. 

Edited 7 hours ago by 0017

[Savage]

13 minutes ago, Billl said:

He’s a really good coach, easily top 10.  He catches a lot more heat than he deserves, IMO.

He needs to get over the hump.

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

It’s about time.

[JP51]

I like him I am hoping he can get this off his back we shall see 

[Chaos]

57 minutes ago, Billl said:

He’s a really good coach, easily top 10.  He catches a lot more heat than he deserves, IMO.

Final 8 every year. 

[TheWeatherMan]

If he can’t make it out of the divisional round with the best QB on the planet leading his team, he’s not a top HC.  Regular season record means zilch, McD needs to bring a championship to Buffalo and time is ticking.  

[NeverOutNick]

2 minutes ago, TheWeatherMan said:

If he can’t make it out of the divisional round with the best QB on the planet leading his team, he’s not a top HC.  Regular season record means zilch, McD needs to bring a championship to Buffalo and time is ticking.  

Exactly 3 consecutive years of losing at home divisional round would be unacceptable, especially after they directly follow the 13 second blunder in the championship game the year before. 

[Doc Brown]

4 minutes ago, TheWeatherMan said:

If he can’t make it out of the divisional round with the best QB on the planet leading his team, he’s not a top HC.  Regular season record means zilch, McD needs to bring a championship to Buffalo and time is ticking.  

They're home underdogs because they overachieved this year with a lesser roster.  That's on Beane who always seems to get a free pass.

[RangerDave]

5 minutes ago, TheWeatherMan said:

If he can’t make it out of the divisional round with the best QB on the planet leading his team, he’s not a top HC.  Regular season record means zilch, McD needs to bring a championship to Buffalo and time is ticking.  

Without a winning record in the regular season, you ain't even getting to the playoffs. Regular season record does matter. Of course, winning championships is what everyone plays for, but only one single team wins in each year.  Coaching matters, but so does player implementation, luck, and referee competency. 

[TheWeatherMan]

Just now, Doc Brown said:

They're home underdogs because they overachieved this year with a lesser roster.  That's on Beane who always seems to get a free pass.

13 seconds, the Bengals and Texans disasters, and losing to the Chiefs 2X wasn’t on Beane.  It’s also not on Josh who plays out of his mind during the playoffs.  The common denominator is that the defense lays eggs against quality offenses in the playoffs.  Defense looked great last week, fingers crossed the stop Henry and Jackson. 

[NeverOutNick]

7 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

They're home underdogs because they overachieved this year with a lesser roster.  That's on Beane who always seems to get a free pass.

He gets a free pass because he’s a masterclass at filling needs. He didn’t know Von would tear his ACL and he needed to do better getting Josh weapons in the draft earlier in his career but he seems to finally understand. McD is the reason we haven’t made it out of the divisional round last 2 years. He consistently underperforms in key moments. Let’s hope this year is different or better yet let’s hope that we keep blowing people out so it’s not even a conversation. Go Josh and Go Bills 

[Doc Brown]

10 minutes ago, TheWeatherMan said:

13 seconds, the Bengals and Texans disasters, and losing to the Chiefs 2X wasn’t on Beane.  It’s also not on Josh who plays out of his mind during the playoffs.  The common denominator is that the defense lays eggs against quality offenses in the playoffs.  Defense looked great last week, fingers crossed the stop Henry and Jackson. 

 

4 minutes ago, NeverOutNick said:

He gets a free pass because he’s a masterclass at filling needs. He didn’t know Von would tear his ACL and he needed to do better getting Josh weapons in the draft earlier in his career but he seems to finally understand. McD is the reason we haven’t made it out of the divisional round last 2 years. He consistently underperforms in key moments. Let’s hope this year is different or better yet let’s hope that we keep blowing people out so it’s not even a conversation. Go Josh and Go Bills 

He's a better salesman than McDermott.  That's for sure.  I heard all off-season how we were going to be ok at WR.  I agree that most of the defensive ineptitude in the playoffs is on McDermott and his poor game plan/execution.  I also put a lot of it on Beane for never hitting a home run with one defensive player in the draft on day one or two since he's been here. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Doc Brown

[NeverOutNick]

5 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

 

He's a better salesman than McDermott.  That's for sure.  I heard all off-season how we were going to be ok at WR.  I agree that most of the defensive ineptitude in the playoffs is on McDermott and his poor game plan/execution.  I also put a lot of it on Beane for never hitting a home run with one defensive player in the draft on day one or two since he's been here. 

100% agree with you there. He needs to do better on getting the team what it needs in the draft. D line and more WRs. The luxury safety picks are not needed especially when you don’t even use them over a guy who couldn’t cover his mouth during a sneeze let alone know where he’s supposed to be in any passing situation. 

Edited 5 hours ago by NeverOutNick

[Doc Brown]

1 minute ago, NeverOutNick said:

100% agree with you there. He needs to do better on getting the team what it needs in the draft. D line and more WRs. The luxury safety picks are not needed especially when you don’t even use them over a guy who couldn’t cover his mouth during a sneeze let alone know where he’s supposed be in any passing situation. 

And traded up to get him.  Just like Cody Ford.