HomeskillitMoorman

Setting aside the religious views of this dude for a second… How does this dude not sound like every other corporate warmonger Republican or Democrat?

Free speech?

I think he looks ready for it

Fat Lenny

I did at your advice take an introspective look and reconsidered...but decided to in the future start a thread (which I rarely do anyway) if I have something different to share, even if you feel it's not. Thanks for the feedback though. If I was a Bengals or Chiefs fan, why in the world would I be upset about the Bills having a coach that would be my team's whipping boy?

I think he does, yes.

Right. It’s a microcosm of how he doesn’t do anything to improve himself.

What besides that do you think would help him improve those shortcomings? It's not some kind of inherent quality that can't be changed. Experience, as we've seen, doesn't mean a thing unless you are willing to learn from your mistakes and shortcomings and put in the work to correct and improve them.

Oh God, lets hope not. That would happen a lot less if he was prepared for those situations. But that IS on McDermott. Dorsey is his guy that he could have/can replace, that's his leash, and he is in control to override any call he wants. That's part of being a head coach. His coaching IS the problem.

I think you can do that. I would myself say that McDermott has done a good job of developing some lower end guys that people didn't think would be contributors. But you can also say that and admit that his defensive units as a whole give it up consistently when the stage is brightest and the biggest games are on the line.

I haven't seen that when it comes to the same issues over and over through a long period of time. I don't see this as the same as physical performance where maybe a guy gets bad anxiety in the biggest moments and can't replicate what he can normally do well in that moment. You can literally map out your plans for those scenarios and especially if you are aware that you are struggling when it comes time to execute. I'm not a huge pure analytics guy because obviously this is a human game and I do think it discounts that to an extent..but I do like the of its philosophy on some of the aspects of game/time management, that it cuts the emotion out and maps out the best possible call when you methodically prepare for it before you set foot on the field when you are clear-headed and have looked at all the facts. But again all of this takes preparation and hard work. Think about his whole body of work, from the early years when he literally didn't know we needed a win over a tie in the Snow Game vs Indy, to the ways he's coached and all of his mistakes in all of our playoff losses - some of them recurring - it all points to a guy that just isn't prepared. He's not taking the time and putting in the work to learn from those mistakes that he's made.

Home Ec actually. It does suck that I'll never know how to make Tiramisu.

I'm in, it works for me in Madden!

Right, I don't think we disagree on any of that. But I'm curious to know why you don't think this links up with discipline, preparation and hard work. Poor decision-making and game management is not some inherent, intrinsic characteristic. It's learned, it's worked on, and can be improved upon. On a 6 year timeline, it absolutely should be improved upon.

Regarding the bolded part, you mean like in the playoff games both years back to back vs KC? I agree with some of the other parts, Phillips had a terrible penalty and the game should've ended there. Not a fan at all of the timeout right before the pass to Evans on 4th down to give the Bucs more time though. And again that's something McD has done many times. The other recurring theme being the shotgun run at the goaline. It's all being attributed to Dorsey but first off that's McD's hire and McD can step in and interject on any playcall he doesn't like. It's his responsibility at the end of the day. And of course the Hail Mary which we were in a terrible position on. When I say recurring theme, it's that we're seeing the same issues over and over and over again. That is in my opinion a product of a head coach that doesn't take the time and put in the work to improve himself.

Sounds like you might be able to make a good argument then, I'd love to hear it.

Even a guy who's not overly bright should be able to learn from the same mistakes over a 6 year period though shouldn't he?

When you're cherry picking and removing 3 of his seasons and not talking about his postseason woes, sure. And a loaded roster can absolutely mask a head coach's shortcomings. You can only take that so far though as you've seen.

When it works out for us. Not in games like vs the Bucs and Giants though when we got away with PI's.

The proof is in the pudding on how untrue all of this has always been. Being good at game and time management is all about hard work and preparation. Same with being composed in big moments and at the end of games and your players understanding end of game situations. This guy still makes the same exact mistakes he did in his rookie head coach season from 6 years ago. He literally hasn't learned a thing. Our players are clueless and undisciplined in big moments in the game. Look at last night's Hail Mary. It's not like we've been burned before on those in McD's tenure. It shouldn't even take that because a good head coach prepares for situations that they haven't even been burned by. With 13 seconds, I found it absurd that people were giving him the excuse of that being a learning experience when any head coach at any level should know what to do there. I'm not sure anything would even change if we were in that situation again given what we've seen from these other scenarios. The scapegoating of other coaches has also been the mantra of McD's apologists. It was Frazier that was too soft and conservative with "his" defense...McD is the head coach. He has YEARS to change anything he didn't like about what was supposedly Frazier's defense or replace him or take over himself. The fact is it's HIS defense because it's HIS team. It's the same with the offense. We keep seeing these shotgun runs on goaline situations that are repeated disasters. Yes Dorsey is a big problem...but who is letting him be that? McD hears those playcalls and is on the line, he can interject anytime he wants to. He is NOT a helpless bystander. It's HIS team. If he can't handle all of that, then guess what, that means he can't handle all of the responsibilities of a Head Coach. The majority of coaches in this league could have won the last few years with the talent we've had. The good ones probably could have won a SB. We still have a guy that after all these years still craps his pants and takes these horrible defensive timeouts when the opposition's offense is scrambling to get the next play off as time is winding down to give them time to compose themselves. That happens because again he is completely unprepared for those moments in the game. Preparation takes discipline and hard work. I remember during this whole regime all of these propaganda articles about how disciplined, gritty, and hard working this guy is. What an absolute joke. A hard worker would show a significant amount of improvement as a coach throughout all of these years. I agree with people that Andy Reid didn't work hard to improve his time and game management skills either. But the comparisons to him are ridiculous too when Reid went to what, 4 NFC championships and a Superbowl in his first 6 years?? With a lesser QB. What are we even talking about here? I'm glad a growing number of people here are actually willing to see this right now rather than just blindly defending him like what's been going on for years here. When does the "he'll learn from this" excuse for the same mistakes over and over and over expire? In year 10? Year 20? I hope there's some kind of miracle and he somehow "gets it", but when he hasn't done a thing to put in the slightest bit of work to improve himself over the last 6 years, it's hard to believe it's going to happen mid-season. I hope the talent wins out enough for us to compete...but sadly we're not winning a SB with this guy now or ever.

I mean at least you’re admitting you aren’t looking at it in an objective way

This would be funnier if it wasn’t so sad and true. But still funny!

I agree they got really conservative, but coaching and play calling is part of the offense. The offense doesn’t exist as an entity outside of that, as much as a lot of us would like for it to. A good offense puts that game away on 1 of those 3 drives.

Obviously it's not going to happen midseason. There's really nobody to promote anyways. But barring some playoff heroics this should be it for him. We're going backwards.

I only kind of understand that though…because if you’re looking at the bigger picture…you surely see that he’s still making some of the same exact game management mistakes that he was 5 years ago right?