McDermott says he often sleeps in the office Monday-Wednesday watching film...surprised but not surprised at the same time

[Big Turk]

Seems like McD is a workaholic, but if you want to be successful in the NFL, seems like that is the only way to do it...Rex tried to go the other direction during his tenure with the Bills and it didn't work out too well for him...

 

Also says it is a struggle to balance work with family life, which is no surprise either

 

 

[MJS]

He is an NFL coach. That's what they do. They pretty much have to give their lives to the sport if they want to be successful.

[Process]

McVay is insane for not taking the Amazon deal. 

 

2x the money for 1% of the work

[Augie]

Steve Spurrier thinks that is messed up and worried that his short game would suffer. 

[LeviF]

1 minute ago, Process said:

McVay is insane for not taking the Amazon deal. 

 

2x the money for 1% of the work

 

It's a drug for some of these guys.

[Mickey]

You know the old saying, "All work and no play makes a coach forget to tell his PK to squibb the kick."  🤪 I kid, I kid. 

 

Okay, I get it, too soon. My bad.

[Don Otreply]

It’s what the good ones do, 

[gonzo1105]

I actually think it’s completely unnecessary to be honest. This is also coming from a guy who worked in a D1 program in a similar culture. 
 

I get that you want every detail installed but these guys get in at 6 AM and most don’t leave until 10 PM. That’s ridiculous in my opinion. If you have a great team, your going to have a great team. Their going to win. If you lack talent it doesn’t matter how many hours you review tape, your still going to lose more often than not. 
 

Arians, who won a SB, is the complete opposite. Go home see your kids games etc. Prep is important no doubt but having meetings after meetings people are running at a very low concentration level. We all know it we do it in our fields everyday 
 

 

[Big Turk]

14 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

I actually think it’s completely unnecessary to be honest. This is also coming from a guy who worked in a D1 program in a similar culture. 
 

I get that you want every detail installed but these guys get in at 6 AM and most don’t leave until 10 PM. That’s ridiculous in my opinion. If you have a great team, your going to have a great team. Their going to win. If you lack talent it doesn’t matter how many hours you review tape, your still going to lose more often than not. 
 

Arians, who won a SB, is the complete opposite. Go home see your kids games etc. Prep is important no doubt but having meetings after meetings people are running at a very low concentration level. We all know it we do it in our fields everyday 
 

 

 

The issue becomes if you are not getting the results expected, this is the first reason they look to as to why..."Everyone else is doing this, that must be the reason you aren't doing as well"

[Nextmanup]

These guys all do that stuff.  Part of the culture of being an NFL head coach is the perception that you must be working 20 hours a day in order to be doing a good job.

 

It's been that way for decades.

 

 

[Bangarang]

It still amazes me that coaches will spent countless hours studying and preparing for their opponents but still make some of the dumbest decisions during the game. 
 

Not a criticism of McD, just football coaches in general.

[Nextmanup]

Just now, Bangarang said:

It still amazes me that coaches will spent countless hours studying and preparing for their opponents but still make some of the dumbest decisions during the game. 
 

Not a criticism of McD, just football coaches in general.

That's a great point.  

 

If you are not going to have a relentless analytics department---and then listen to it with your decision making during the game---why bother sleeping in the office?

 

The culture of the NFL is a very tight little inbred community and they all think the same way and do the same things.

 

It's a shame, because right NOW there is a genuine opportunity for a single team to gain a truly competitive advantage by going in all-analytics.

 

10 or 15 years from now, ALL teams will be doing that, and the competitive advantage will be lost.

 

 

[First Round Bust]

maybe-hopefully coach goes home for a couple of hours to see the fam when the kids get home from school and have dinner together and spend another hour around the house before heading back to the office...wondering what the diff would be watching film in his home office late nite rather than at the office, more equipment and capability perhaps but tech improvements are there for the work-life balance...working at a sustainable pace is a must for all of us.

[Fleezoid]

Some people work late so they don't have to go home and face their miserable, ungrateful families. Just sayin'. 

[WhoTom]

28 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

It still amazes me that coaches will spent countless hours studying and preparing for their opponents but still make some of the dumbest decisions during the game.

 

A lack of sleep will do that. Quite a few studies have shown that taking time off from work improves productivity.

 

[Big Turk]

44 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

It still amazes me that coaches will spent countless hours studying and preparing for their opponents but still make some of the dumbest decisions during the game. 
 

Not a criticism of McD, just football coaches in general.

 

Perhaps due to exhaustion and inability to think clearly from it?

39 minutes ago, First Round Bust said:

maybe-hopefully coach goes home for a couple of hours to see the fam when the kids get home from school and have dinner together and spend another hour around the house before heading back to the office...wondering what the diff would be watching film in his home office late nite rather than at the office, more equipment and capability perhaps but tech improvements are there for the work-life balance...working at a sustainable pace is a must for all of us.

 

If you read further down the tweet I just posted, it says McDermot was a guest speaker at an event they had yesterday and when asked how he balances work-family life said that he struggles every day and often spends Monday-Wednesday sleeping in the office during the season. There is no maybe, he said it himself...

Edited June 8, 2022 by Big Turk

[DJB]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

Steve Spurrier thinks that is messed up and worried that his short game would suffer. 

 

What does golf have to do with it? 🤔

[In Summary]

He's not trying to be Top 10, he's trying to be the best.  Full commitment.  A good lesson in what it takes to be a transformative figure.  Glad he's our coach.

[RiotAct]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

 

 

The culture of the NFL is a very tight little inbred community and they all think the same way and do the same things.

 

:: cue banjo music from “Deliverance” ::

[KCNC]

My college roommate coached for Bears and Bills (during drought) and when we went to see a game and visit, he always just gave us his place for the weekend.  He slept in his office every time.  Slept there most days of the week.  He was and still is single, but it's definitely a thing.

[hondo in seattle]

2 hours ago, gonzo1105 said:

I actually think it’s completely unnecessary to be honest. This is also coming from a guy who worked in a D1 program in a similar culture. 
 

I get that you want every detail installed but these guys get in at 6 AM and most don’t leave until 10 PM. That’s ridiculous in my opinion. If you have a great team, your going to have a great team. Their going to win. If you lack talent it doesn’t matter how many hours you review tape, your still going to lose more often than not. 
 

Arians, who won a SB, is the complete opposite. Go home see your kids games etc. Prep is important no doubt but having meetings after meetings people are running at a very low concentration level. We all know it we do it in our fields everyday 
 

 

 

I get you.  If the HC is doing his job right, he'll have good coordinators, position coaches, quality control coaches, and analytic guys to share the burden.   A HC shouldn't have to sleep in the building.  The entire staff should be robust and talented enough that they can win without any of them working 100 hours a week.

 

On the other hand, I can imagine getting so passionate/obsessed that I'd work long hours and sleep in the office, too, if I was a HC.  

[wppete]

I have to admit when we signed McDermott I thought it was a bad hire and thought he came off a little arrogant in his introductory press conference… Boy was I ever wrong! This guy is a humble, workaholic with a strong football mind and incredible people skills. Incredible hire! 

[somnus00]

15 minutes ago, wppete said:

I have to admit when we signed McDermott I thought it was a bad hire and thought he came off a little arrogant in his introductory press conference… Boy was I ever wrong! This guy is a humble, workaholic with a strong football mind and incredible people skills. Incredible hire! 

I've been most impressed with his willingness to self-evaluate, and evolve. A lot of head guys (I'm looking at you Rex) are far too stubborn and/or egotistical to change. It seems like McDermott really looks at himself critically and makes adjustments to his game.

[wppete]

5 minutes ago, somnus00 said:

I've been most impressed with his willingness to self-evaluate, and evolve. A lot of head guys (I'm looking at you Rex) are far too stubborn and/or egotistical to change. It seems like McDermott really looks at himself critically and makes adjustments to his game.

It really is a great quality to have as a coach. 

[RobbRiddick]

My wife often sleeps in the office.

 

She calls me up and tells me she has a lot of work to do so she won't be home. Sometimes she sounds positively drunk with tiredness and I can always hear her boss, Greg, in the background, telling her to get off the phone. 

 

She seems to really love her job

[wppete]

1 minute ago, RobbRiddick said:

My wife often sleeps in the office.

 

She calls me up and tells me she has a lot of work to do so she won't be home. Sometimes she sounds positively drunk with tiredness and I can always hear her boss, Greg, in the background, telling her to get off the phone. 

 

She seems to really love her job

🏆 

[Royale with Cheese]

You have to be a very understanding wife to be married to a HC.

Edited June 9, 2022 by Royale with Cheese

[billsfan89]

That’s pretty common with NFL Coaches, however there has been questions as to how much those long hours pay off in the long run. Not only is the human body/mind only capable of so much but at what point are you over preparing? 
 

Given the NFL’s culture I don’t see this changing anytime soon. 

[MRW]

19 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

If you're married to an NFL head coach, you have to have a very supportive wife.

 

I've been trying to wrap my head around this, and it seems like it means that NFL head coaches are women?

[krf139]

Someone from the soft Buffalo media should get a straight answer about what he sees from the 13 seconds, what he should have done differently and what’s being done to correct it. 
 

I like Sean, but he never really answered this and the media let him off the hook 

[Royale with Cheese]

16 minutes ago, MRW said:

 

I've been trying to wrap my head around this, and it seems like it means that NFL head coaches are women?

 

Adam Gase was definitely a woman.

[LeGOATski]

He's probably doing stuff that he could delegate to someone else, but he wants it done his own way. And it may actually help him get more sleep and exercise to do so at the office, rather than drive home and back the next morning. They also have the nice gym at the facility.

 

I don't think this puts such a toll on the coach the way some people here are saying it does.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

There is very good human performance data that working more than 50 hours a week significantly negatively impacts performance.   That he spends that amount of time in the office is not going to improve performance.  As others have said, all that time in the office did not prevent a miscommunication with the kickoff in KC.  It did not help him decide to defend against a FG instead of a TD.  His challenge rate is poor though better last year.  Two point conversion offense and defense has been very poor during McD tenure.  

[JGMcD2]

4 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

That's a great point.  

 

If you are not going to have a relentless analytics department---and then listen to it with your decision making during the game---why bother sleeping in the office?

 

The culture of the NFL is a very tight little inbred community and they all think the same way and do the same things.

 

It's a shame, because right NOW there is a genuine opportunity for a single team to gain a truly competitive advantage by going in all-analytics.

 

10 or 15 years from now, ALL teams will be doing that, and the competitive advantage will be lost.

 

 

You mean like the Los Angeles Chargers? 

[YoloinOhio]

Of course he does. This is who he is. He also works out at 4am and only eats a pristine diet because he’s a perfectionist and a control freak. 

[White Linen]

Kinda sad actually.

[Punching Bag]

Football Teams should do what some colleges for deans and have a head coach house on property so family can be close to head coach.

It would have to be properly isolated so lawn did not fill up with tailgaters unless their kids wanted to make some extra money.

[Trekking]

It’s just evidence he’s bad at delegation. Explains things like 13 seconds. That’ll never go away 

[BADOLBILZ]

8 hours ago, LeviF said:

 

It's a drug for some of these guys.

 

 

It sounds better to say it can be intoxicating.

 

It's something a lot of people do when they are enjoying what they do professionally.

 

I used to put in lot's of 18 hour days and sometimes would work every day for months on end when I was younger.

 

Helped me become successful and make a lot of money and demoralize and eliminate competitors, get sweet revenge......lot's of really fun stuff......working long hours can be fun.

 

Sean McDermott isn't punching a clock filling out TPS reports........he's at the top of the mountain he had been climbing for a couple decades........he's enjoying it.

 

[WotAGuy]

Sounds like McD could use a massage or 60