Wayne Arnold
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1 minute ago, Buffalo03 said:
Not the same thing. What you're referring to as not winning anything is a Super Bowl. They have won plenty together in the regular season and in the playoffs. Herbert/Staley has been together for 3 years and had one playoff game and a huge collapse in that one game. You wanna talk about losing one score games, Staley is the king
Staley has only been a head coach for two seasons man. McDermott is on his 7th. Sheesh.
And Herbert - while good - isn't the player that Josh Allen is.
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6 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:
If Jauron had Allen, it would be like a Staley/Herbert situation. Where You have the talented franchise guy and can't win sh*t.
Or like a McDermott/Allen situation.
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4 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
The public also received the viewpoint recently (from an NFL insider) that McDermott's job will be evaluated after the season. There is a thread about that on the board.
Like I said, I don't want to put words in your mouth. When you say "articles like these are required when a head coach is not getting the job done and an article comes out with sources close to Pegula saying there's no chance he gets fired after the season", are you saying Dunne specifically researched and wrote this article as a response to the Athletic article saying McDermott's job is safe?
I'm sure Dunne had been working on this longer than the time the "McDermott's job is safe" statements came out but the timing of release makes sense to me.
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16 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
What I don't like about the article personally is it could have waited at least until the season was over. This team is fighting for a playoff spot and still has ambitions of winning. It doesn't need further distractions. Of course, media people never care about how what they write affects peoples lives. All they care about is their story. That goes for most journalists, not just Dunne.
It was the perfect time to release it. If McDermott is the man for this job - one to lead this franchise to its first Super Bowl win - then an article with a few negative quotes is not going to distract him or the team and they'll be fine.
If he's as bad as many think, Dunne's article will help lead this team down into the dumps and the fan pressure will (hopefully) require Pegula to make a change in January.
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7 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
I don't want to put words in your mouth, so let me be sure I understand you.
You're saying that Ty Dunne researched, wrote, and published this article for the purpose of getting McDermott fired, or of persuading Pegula to fire him?
In other words, it's a hit piece with an agenda by Dunne, and I'm giving him way too much credit that he's a more or less honest journalist following his business model and trying to write deep-researched pieces that will draw in subscribers, and since he makes his home in WNY (as I understand it) the Bills players and coaches may be easier for him to connect with?The purpose of a journalist is to highlight important perspectives. There are many with the perspective that Sean McDermott is bad at his job. Dunne wrote this highlighting that perspective.
You can call it whatever you want - "hit piece" "agenda" "poor journalism" etc. but it doesn't change the fact that many people believe McDermott stinks and there's plenty of evidence to support that viewpoint.
The public received the viewpoint recently that McDermott's job is very safe regardless of the poor job he's doing on the field. Dunne's work is the response to that.
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6 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:
I understand they didn't have a Josh Allen. I also guarantee ALL of them wouldn't have done the things McDermott has done with this team. McDermott, while not making the best in game decisions at times, is much smarter than any of those guys prior. If you think Dick Jauron has the same success with Allen that McDermott has, you're delusional
Dick Jauron went to Yale. To think McDermott is smarter than him is hilarious.
Jauron also once went 13-3 with some guy named Jim Miller as his quarterback.
Chan Gailey would have set NFL offensive records that wouldn't be touched for 30 years with a player like Josh Allen as his QB.
You can guarantee anything you want - doesn't make it true. But the evidence is overwhelming: McDermott is a meathead who gets too nervous at the end of games to lead an NFL team. I'm sorry if that makes you emotional.
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9 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
My take is that the whole thing is very unfortunate in that it's likely to cloud decision making about McDermott instead of lasering on what should be focused on - game management, decision making, whether some of the core principles of his defense are really sustainable under the modern salary cap.
I'll say it again - articles like these are required when a head coach is not getting the job done and an article comes out with sources close to Pegula saying there's no chance he gets fired after the season.
If falling short on the field ("game management, decision making, whether some of the core principles of his defense are really sustainable under the modern salary cap") isn't going to result in changes then we have to go a different route.
Maybe Pegula is now getting the message. We're not going to allow Josh Allen to play his career here in Buffalo without lifting the Lombardi Trophy.
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2 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:
I mean, we went through Gregg Williams, Mike Mularkey, Dick Jauron, Chan Gailey, Doug Marrone and Rex Ryan and this dude deliberately takes out an agenda on McDermott? The guy who has the best winning percentage and the most success as a head coach since Levy and literally tries to tear the dude down? To me this is uncalled for. Despite the stuff he said about 9/11, players from that team still wanted to come back, have come back and are happy to he back. So, the environment can't be that horrible. Imagine having this much agenda against a coach. For this reason alone, I hope the Bills win out, steam roll through the playoffs and win the freaking super bowl. I don't expect it but if it does happen, maybe McDermott can then write am article called "How I made Tyler Dunne cry"
None of those coaches had a player like Josh Allen as their quarterback.
Pieces like this are what happens when a head coach is not getting the job done and an article comes out saying there's no chance he gets fired after the season.
If falling short on the field isn't going to result in changes then we have to go a different route.
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40 minutes ago, Cray51 said:
Bills were 9-7 without Allen in Sean’s first year…. You call in miracle birth, I call it maximizing what he could from a terrible roster
You’re right, let’s bring Bill B in here, win super bowls, and then we can just ignore that he is a bigger control freak than Sean
or bring in Harbaugh, who just was suspended for cheating
or bring in a guy from the Shanahan tree, who is known as one of the biggest asses in the league
they are all saints.
Why are those the only options? There are more talented coaches in this sport than at any time in history. And we have one of the greatest players on the planet in his prime in the most important position in sports.
We have our pick of the litter. We've never in this position before. TAKE ADVANTAGE.
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2 minutes ago, Process said:
I'm sure coaches talk crap about each other all the time. We just don't see three part hit pieces being written mid season going after a current HC in the middle of a playoff run.
Can't emphasize enough how big a loser Ty Dunne is.
He's a loser for doing his job? And doing it well enough to cause this much heat?
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Rich and powerful people ruin everything good in the world.
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2 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:
There is a thread here about "burn out" and how football used to be a distraction. All this is a microcosm of everything I'm trying to be distracted from. This isn't fun reading all that Dunn had written. It's not fun reading multiply posts by fans taking sides and being divided.
If we were winning none of this would be an issue. We all be saying "who cares if McD wants them wearing boots" And a bunch of other tough guy crap. Who cares if he has staff come in early and leave late? If our players go golfing or star in a commercial, we accuse themof not being focused. All of this sounds like a temper tantrum or a beat, it's just kicking the Bills when they're down. I have to show up to work 20 mins early and leave 29 mins after. Should I quit my job? Hate my boss? I have to "dress for the position". Tyranny!!!
there's not another coach out there that much of this can't be said about, so no, the grass isn't greener.
I'm not a Big McD guy. I don't like his coaching style or his philosophy of the game. He is a horrible manager and dodges issues. I'm tired of it all. But I kinda believe that if anyone wanted to they could write a ton about all the garbage each one of us too. Fire himbecause of Xs and Os not because of this article.
Pegula isn't going to fire McDermott because of x's and o's. He's not smart enough to do that. He'll only fire McDermott if the public pressure is too much to overcome. Articles like this helps with that.
Keep em comin.
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3 hours ago, Roundybout said:
https://www.golongtd.com/p/the-mcdermott-problem-part-i-blame?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
A very long read, and the other parts are only for paid subscribers, but his sources paint a picture of McD as a narcissistic control freak who won’t take accountability for anything.
Do with this what you will.
I find some of the backlash from this article hilarious.
You have Bills fans who support McDermott simply because they think the guy who replaces him might be worse. *gasp*
Some people are scared of their own shadow. It's truly pathetic.
Once McDermott is finally let go there will be a line past Big Tree Road of the most talented coaches in the country salivating at the chance of coaching an NFL team with Josh Allen as its quarterback.
To think that there are more than a handful of knuckle-dragging Bills fans who think we can't do better than Sean McDermott is mind-boggling.
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12 hours ago, damj said:
I don't know if it's just me ... but after the last 13 weeks, I'm burned out with this team. I'm a season ticket holder, and I'll be out there the next 2 weeks regardless and sporting the red, white and blue ... but I really don't care anymore.
But then again, maybe it is just me ... I don't care about much of anything any more.
I looked to the Bills to be a distraction from everything else in my life, but they're just as F'd as everything else
Hang in there bro.
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4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
This is not an excuse for the Bills, but every team in the league would handle this situation the exact same way they have. That's the sad reality.
You're likely very right.
But somehow I'm pretty shocked that Von is still on the team this week. I assumed he was done for the season and then probably his career.
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I can't believe how badly the Bills the defense played against the Patriots.
Gotta be the worst defensive performance of McDermott's tenure.
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9 minutes ago, Chaos said:
I posted that all of those things were speculation. then you responded to me that it was not speculation. Keep up with your own posts.
You called these three things (from @Bob Jones ) speculation:
1. Apparently, sometime during the melee, she started recording on her phone and then put it in her pocket, so that recording will take precedence over what they both say now.
2. Also, there's the matter of the cops seeing injuries on her body shortly after the fight.
3. And in Texas, it doesn't matter if the victim does not want to cooperate, they can & will prosecute the case if they feel that they have enough evidence.
By definition, these things are not speculation. I'm keeping up just fine, thanks.
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6 minutes ago, Chaos said:
So you aleady know 1) what the prosecutors have decided to do 2)what the jury will decide if they prosecute 3) the NFL has already determined to kick Miller out of the league. Very weird that you are part of all of those discussions.
When did I say that? Two of those three things are up to the players involved in the chaotic game of the American justice system - and then you never know what Goodell and the NFL will want to do.
My point is that there's a difference between speculation ("he said, she said") and police reports / recorded 911 calls.
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30 minutes ago, CowgirlsFan said:
Terrible just Terrible.
Another he said she said situation.
No one really wins on these.
Except it's not a "he said, she said" situation.
There's way more evidence than that.
4 minutes ago, Chaos said:this is all speculation
Police reports and record 911 calls are not speculation. They are evidence of a crime.
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10 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:
Anyone else notice that the magic seemed to be gone once Von Miller got here? Last year seemed off and this year is weird. I miss 2019-2021 when we were explosive on offense and were a turnover machine on defense
No. The magic is gone every time they lose a playoff game in devastating fashion. Nothing to do with Miller.
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2 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:
Ya going to get in fight with him?
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2 hours ago, JohnNord said:
I mean, clearly you do….
What's my narrative? Let's get into it...
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6 minutes ago, JohnNord said:
Even though the victim denied the documentation? People just will believe anything to suit their narrative
Yes. It happens quite often. This is an open-and-shut case.
And this didn't just come out of left field - just look at their history.
I don't have a narrative.
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2 hours ago, Chaos said:
“Oh yes I think so” means exactly the same thing as “I literally don’t know what happened”
We know what happened. It's documented. And not rocket science.
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Tyler Dunne story on McDermott - 3 parts, 25 interviews, one damning conclusion
in The Stadium Wall
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The holier-than-thou BS while you dab away your tears needs to stop. No one is attacking McDermott the human being or judging his ability to be a husband, father, friend, community member, etc..
This is all about the Buffalo Bills and how their coach is falling short. That's it.
The sensitivity from some of you shocks me.