IgotBILLStopay Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Loved it. Watch McD’s face - it still rankles after so many years - that competitiveness was what was lacking in the Bills past two decades. oh and Frazier is a pot sirrer. Enjoy. Edit: There is a reason the Bills asked him about sack fumbles - Epenesa had 4 each in 2018 and 2019. Tells us one reason Bills were attracted to Epenesa. His long arms come in very handy. Edited May 21, 2020 by IgotBILLStopay 5 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 This is absolutely awesome - the looks are priceless. The more I see of Frazier - the more I like what he brings. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I'm a bit shocked that Epenesa didn't know McD and Beane were part of the Carolina Panther organization during that SB. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 18 minutes ago, Happy said: I'm a bit shocked that Epenesa didn't know McD and Beane were part of the Carolina Panther organization during that SB. He would have been about 17 during the SB year, probably didn’t follow their careers at that point. That interview was pre draft so just one of 32 teams he was talking to. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 18 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: It really bothers me to see him in that shirt. Just saying. The passion? Love it. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, Limeaid said: Some have more things to do that surf football boards. You don't have to surf football boards to know when half the current staff was formerly part of an organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: He would have been about 17 during the SB year, probably didn’t follow their careers at that point. That interview was pre draft so just one of 32 teams he was talking to. Yea not knowing a DC and personnel guy is pretty reasonable 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: He would have been about 17 during the SB year, probably didn’t follow their careers at that point. That interview was pre draft so just one of 32 teams he was talking to. Wouldn't draft prospects want to get some background knowledge of the organization they are interviewing? I'm just thinking of this like a job interview, which I could be wrong in my assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Happy said: You don't have to surf football boards to know when half the current staff was formerly part of an organization. for 32 orgs? Ideally yea but no shame in not realizing. Especially Carolina and buffalo that aren’t getting a lot of Midwest Tv time 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, Happy said: Wouldn't draft prospects want to get some background knowledge of the organization they are interviewing? I'm just thinking of this like a job interview, which I could be wrong in my assumption. Maybe for an actual pre draft visit (even via zoom). This was just the combine. 15 min speed dating with every team. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Coach McD is a driven dude. Wow. I sure hope he reaches his goals in Buffalo. Intense guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Limeaid said: What did Fraiser do to arm? Lose a wrestling match with Coach McD? I wondered same thing. 1 minute ago, Bob in STL said: Coach McD is a driven dude. Wow. I sure hope he reaches his goals in Buffalo. Intense guy. McDermott is like the quintessential “football guy” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: He would have been about 17 during the SB year, probably didn’t follow their careers at that point. That interview was pre draft so just one of 32 teams he was talking to. How many Assistant GM's/coaches and Co-Ordinators can the average person name from previous superbowl teams? 1 hour ago, Happy said: You don't have to surf football boards to know when half the current staff was formerly part of an organization. You may know that as a Bills or Panthers fan, but the average fan of a team in say the NFC West might have no idea where the Bills GM and Coach previously came from. Its not like these guys were Huge names before they came here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 LOL! Too funny.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 minute ago, apuszczalowski said: How many Assistant GM's/coaches and Co-Ordinators can the average person name from previous superbowl teams? Assistant GMs - no idea without looking up coordinators - bienemy and spagnola, Saleh and Lafleur 2020 i think McDaniels/Flores (?) / Taylor/Phillips 2019 not sure if Taylor was OC or QBs coach 2018 - same for Pats and Reich/Schwartz for eagle s i think ... no way these kids know this stuff imo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Happy said: Wouldn't draft prospects want to get some background knowledge of the organization they are interviewing? I'm just thinking of this like a job interview, which I could be wrong in my assumption. I think you might be surprised how little some of these guys would prepare, its not a typical job interview. I doubt the teams are going to worry about a player knowing where members of their front office originally came from or some history about the organisation. They probably get a quick breakdown of the team, their location and some important info to remember when going in from their agent The teams usually use this time to test the player on their football IQ and check them out physically/medically 3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Assistant GMs - no idea without looking up coordinators - bienemy and spagnola, Saleh and Lafleur 2020 i think McDaniels/Flores (?) / Taylor/Phillips 2019 not sure if Taylor was OC or QBs coach 2018 - same for Pats and Reich/Schwartz for eagle s i think ... no way these kids know this stuff imo Yeah, these guys aren't spending their nights and weekends online researching and following the entire league in depth They are busy training and working to get themselves into a position to be drafted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple haze Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Happy said: I'm a bit shocked that Epenesa didn't know McD and Beane were part of the Carolina Panther organization during that SB. Shocked? He knows they work the Bills. That's all he really needs to know. I've never interviewed for a job and knew all the places my interviewer worked. As a conversation piece I might ask their background during the interview and find out that way. And many of these college players don't see a ton of NFL games either. A lot of programs watch film on Sundays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 5 hours ago, purple haze said: Shocked? He knows they work the Bills. That's all he really needs to know. I've never interviewed for a job and knew all the places my interviewer worked. As a conversation piece I might ask their background during the interview and find out that way. And many of these college players don't see a ton of NFL games either. A lot of programs watch film on Sundays. Excellent point. Epenesa didn’t do anything wrong. Without looking up, how many posters could name off all 32 coordinators on offense and defense? Again, no googling. The video was pretty funny though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerDave Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Happy said: I'm a bit shocked that Epenesa didn't know McD and Beane were part of the Carolina Panther organization during that SB. Epenesa is from American Samoa. Not exactly a hotbed for NFL trivia. He admitted when drafted that he doesn't really know much about any of the NFL teams. He could probably name the top 5 rugby players in the world... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 11 hours ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Loved it. Watch McD’s face - it still rankles after so many years - that competitiveness was what was lacking in the Bills past two decades. oh and Frazier is a pot sirrer. Thanks for posting this. A nice watch. I do disagree, though, that competitiveness has been missing. They've all been competitive. As cliche as this has become, I think it's the process McDermott and Beane go through. Not "the process," but just simply how they do things. They have a plan and it's a very intelligent one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cage Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 12 hours ago, Happy said: I'm a bit shocked that Epenesa didn't know McD and Beane were part of the Carolina Panther organization during that SB. That's really kind of an unusual question being asked. He's probably prepping for questions about defensive alignments, assignments, whether he can play either side.... I"m sure it caught him a bit off guard. Plus he was just a high schooler at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BidsJr Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 hours ago, RangerDave said: Epenesa is from American Samoa. Not exactly a hotbed for NFL trivia. He admitted when drafted that he doesn't really know much about any of the NFL teams. He could probably name the top 5 rugby players in the world... *Oak Park, Kansas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 12 hours ago, Happy said: I'm a bit shocked that Epenesa didn't know McD and Beane were part of the Carolina Panther organization during that SB. He’s a young guy, that stuff is ancient history to his generation, that and it was funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
947 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 AJ's agent probably gave him a study list for the combine with every Head Coach, DC, & D-line Coach to memorize. That's almost 100 names alone, and would be hard enough to do. He needs to know enough for an 18 minute interview with each. Unless it's common knowledge, their league history with other teams is too much info to have to know for that setting. I'm sure once certain teams started showing interest, he studied deeper on their history, coaches, & front office before talking to them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: He’s a young guy, that stuff is ancient history to his generation, that and it was funny... He would have been 17 or 18 at the time of the 2015 season SB. As another poster pointed out, Epenesa noted that he didn't follow football growing up. I guess as a fan, I knew McD and Beane were former Panthers, like I know that Chris Grier and Brian Flores were former Pats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Suffering Fan Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Quote I think you might be surprised how little some of these guys would prepare, its not a typical job interview. A long, long time ago I was interviewing for a co-op engineering job. The school had drilled into our heads that you want to do prep work on the companies before going in. I had squeezed in an interview with a west coast company in between classes so I went in cold. When asked why I wanted to work there, I replied that I have always been interested in jet propulsion. Yeah, JPL might be named Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but what they are about is rockets and space exploration. I never worked there. ? That was a different situation of course. I'm not saying that Epenesa should have known the background on McD. It obviously did not hurt his draft status with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 3 hours ago, machine gun kelly said: Without looking up, how many posters could name off all 32 coordinators on offense and defense? @Virgil @Blokestradamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorp83 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Man the chemistry of our coaching staff is crazy! Leslie was on point with that joke... "You know your draft stock jus went down" ?????? But honestly...I would have drafted him just off that comment... AJ was so genuine when he said that ???? Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, Seasons1992 said: @Virgil @Blokestradamus Hahahahaha. Yeah, no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokestradamus Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Virgil said: Hahahahaha. Yeah, no.... Same. I'd like to think that I could maybe get 50% without looking but not a chance I'm nailing all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Blokestradamus said: Same. I'd like to think that I could maybe get 50% without looking but not a chance I'm nailing all of them. @Virgil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I hope Epenesa can do what he learned from that tape for us this season and they all get their Super Bowl rings here in Buffalo !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Happy said: He would have been 17 or 18 at the time of the 2015 season SB. As another poster pointed out, Epenesa noted that he didn't follow football growing up. I guess as a fan, I knew McD and Beane were former Panthers, like I know that Chris Grier and Brian Flores were former Pats. I did not know that Grier was with the Pats. But I did know that his brother played for the Sabres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: I did not know that Grier was with the Pats. But I did know that his brother played for the Sabres He started out as an intern then regional scout in the mid 1990s. Grier graduated from UMass Amherst. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerDave Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 7 hours ago, BidsJr said: *Oak Park, Kansas My bad. I thought he grew up in American Samoa. I do remember his saying something about not really following the NFL growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerDave Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, Limeaid said: He played football in high school and his father was a walk-on for Iowa football team in 1997. You might do do some research first. Of course, you are right. I spent 10 days in Samoa in March, so I guess I thought I knew more than I did! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) I like that the Bills do features like this one. The team is well promoted and Beane - McDermott show they are a class act. I loved to see Coach McD hate to lose. Maybe someday, in the Super Bowl, he tells Epenesa to “remember Von Miller”. Edited May 22, 2020 by Bob in STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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