DrDawkinstein

To the bold, you're missing the piece where he MADE Tua into a college star and completely changed Saban's outlook on how to run an offense. 👍

And exactly why McD would never make the hire.

Not uncommon, but far more common on the offensive side. From what I can remember, most defensive HCs transition into a true HC role and give the DCs way more flexibility than what we've seen out of McD.

Exactly what we've been saying about McD tho too

As long as he doesnt clap, I'm ok.

Oof, I'd take just about anything over McD, but I cant get on board with Belichick anymore. I dont think that gets us over the Vrabel hump.

It's a waste to do it this year. Too many different players since Daboll was here to be able to pick up a new, complicated system. Plus, I'm sure Daboll is fine enjoying getting paid to take the rest of the year off. Need to can McD and then try to bring him in next year.

I'd welcome him back as OC under our new HC

For OC, if we stuck with McD as HC, our best bet is to hire an offensive HC who just got fired. Like if Cleveland cleans house and Stefanski is available. Of course, that is just a 1-2 year rental since if they have any success with Josh, they'll be hired back out into another HC spot soon enough. As for DC... as long as McD is here, we're stuck. It isnt even that folks dont want to be in his "shadow". It's that McD insists they run his scheme. So our options are extremely limited. We couldve brought in Flores. We should have brought in Ulbrich. Wont happen because they wont kowtow to McD.

Diggs' main beef was with McD and Dorsey and their scheme/philosophy. Turns out Diggs was right. Dorsey got fired soon after, and McD should have been shown the door after 13 seconds.

Not to mention his new contract just started this year so if he quit after 2026 he'd have a ton of bonus money to pay back. We definitely have him through the new contract which goes through 2030. Now, after that... he'll have earned over HALF A BILLION in football alone, probably the same amount in endorsements and other business ventures, and I could absolutely see him riding off to be a farmer. So the clock is ticking on actually achieving something with the greatest player in Bills history.

I think evn Kromer would agree with this too. He is an OL Coach and should be an OL Coach.

Absolutely. Folks should not miss the fact that, for all of Beane's poor drafting, the GM is picking guys to fit what the HC wants. McD's scheme wants small LBs who can cover. So that's what Beane drafts. And that's why they are always injured. McD wants to load up his defense, so that's what Beane drafts and ignores adding playmakers to the offense. If we had a McVey-type coach I guarantee we wouldve traded up for a WR in the 1st by now, even if it meant selling the farm. The GM may be shopping for the groceries and ingredients, but the HC is putting in the food orders that dictates what the GM buys.

Arthur Smith sucks and they should know that. As for defense, if McD was serious about winning a SB and being a pure HC, he wouldve jumped on the chance of bringing in Brian Flores 2 years ago, or Jeff Ulbrich this year. It isnt a mystery or rocket surgery to find good DCs. But McD wants a yes-man to run his out-dated, soft scheme. Sure theres a chance he picks wrong on an outside hire, but at least theyre trying to get the best instead of just Peter Principling a bunch of no-name first timers to stroke his ego of building his own coaching tree.

Dorsey was NOT a proven anything. He was FIRED from QB coach in Carolina and sat home without a job for 2 years before McD brought him into Buffalo. He was a huge question mark and had a short leash when he managed to land the OC job. Any positive stuff on Babich was just team PR on hyping up McD's protege. They were both "first timers" in their jobs while proven and known quantities were available. But McD cant handle strong, proven coordinators (as proven by how both Dabol and Frazier ended up). As for the McD quote, it doesnt take much to dig up plenty of interviews where he talks about it. He doesnt exactly quote "run first, conservative passing game", but he absolutely alludes to it by talking about the run game, being balanced, etc, etc.

I'm pretty sure we had league record LOW injuries McD's first few years. I seem to remember thinking in 2020 and 2021 how lucky we were to be one of the most healthy teams through the season and going into the playoffs. But that was before we loaded the team with smaller draft picks too. As for technique, it's a bit of both, but I blame more of it on the coaching because all these players managed to be so good in High School that they made College programs, and so good in college that they got drafted into the NFL, so I cant believe that they never knew how to tackle previously, or somehow forgot. I think something is wrong with the scheme and messaging that has guys out of place and taking bad angles and using bad technique.

At this point, yes. When he took over the reins from Dorsey he got to call more of what he wanted, and even to begin last year. But much like neutering Josh, McD has managed to neuter Brady too so he fits his conservative, complementary philosophy (aka "dont expose my defense") Bunch of Eunuchs running this show.

Brady was technically an outsider. He just happened to be on staff to promote. But wouldve been the top name to go get at the time. Point stands on Dorsey and Babich tho. They are/were both McDermott home-grown from scratch coaching assistants that McD mentored and groomed for years to get them ready to be Coordinators. Babich especially. Shows how good he is at that...

Crazy because he looks much bigger than Bernard and Williams out there.

You look better in a bikini than I wouldve guess.

Vrabel wont let that happen. That's a McDermott thing.

We draft small on Defense. Ed is small even if he's strong. Milano is small and he's our biggest LB. Plus, our lack of technique on open-field angles and lack of technique on tackling opens us up to injuries instead of being the ones to deliver the shot.

No, Hard Knocks is the least of our worries. We could use some more hard knocks instead of never tackling in practice.

Yes, there are other bad coaches in the nfl. So what? You're agreeing McD is no better than any of them? Overlooking the Dolphins shouldnt even be part of our discussion as it should never, NEVER happen.

His brand new 6-year contract just started. So his options are slim outside of directly pushing Terry for a regime change. Which I'm for.