It’s mind-boggling to me that this thread has legs. The bottom line is that, ultimately, McDermott was a failure. Specifically as a head coach, he failed -miserably-when it counted the most. Our “defensive gurus’s“ defense gave up 30+ points a game in the playoffs. This is entirely unacceptable. I don’t see this as my opinion, it is actuarial fact. The Marty Schottenheimer comp does fit. He couldn’t even get us to a Super Bowl let alone win one.
And let’s be clear about something else. McDermott was in no way instrumental in developing Josh. That credit goes to two people:
First and foremost, Josh himself. Without his immense talent and his equally immense desire to be great, he would not be who he is today. But also, despite whatever happened since he left, Brian Dabol’s tutelage was important. Ken Dorsey probably had something to do with it also.
The best thing McDermott did was to not interfere with Josh‘s development.