JakeFrommStateFarm Posted July 17 Posted July 17 (edited) After the 13 seconds incident can anyone blame PFF ? That was our Superbowl season and McDermott snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. With any competent coach the Bills have one Superbowl victory by now. Deep down inside you know what i am saying is true !! All we needed was a squib kick and McDermott couldn't even get that right! Edited July 17 by JakeFrommStateFarm 2 1 1 Quote
Maynard Posted July 17 Posted July 17 I’d put him right outside of the top 10. Around 12 sounds correct, without being a homer. 1 Quote
2003Contenders Posted July 17 Posted July 17 These lists are so subjective! I do think there is still some negative bias against McD thanks to that hit-piece article that came out in 2023. I have a hard time ranking McD behind the likes of O'Connell (who has yet to even win a playoff game), LaFleur (who inherited a rich roster and has won fewer playoff games than McD; love how the author says LaFleur has led the Packers to 5 playoff appearances in 6 years -- McD has led the Bills to 7 in 8!) and Dan Campbell (who I love but is winless against McD and hasn't done much prior to the past 2 seasons). Reid is obviously the superior coach. I would also find it hard to rank McD over McVay, given McVay's 2 Super Bowl appearances, ingenuity as an offensive mind and motivational aura. I can see strong debates pro and con for any of the following over/under McD: Shanahan (2 Super Bowl appearances but has struggled against McD) Payton (past glory with Brees, but forever perhaps overrated thanks to a single gutsy call in his lone Super Bowl appearance) Tomlin (yes, past Super Bowls -- but little playoff success in the last decade) Jim Harbaugh (like Jerry Glanville, makes an immediate positive impact but jerk personality wears out his welcome everywhere he has been) Sirianni (appeared in 2 of the last 3 Super Bowls; many were calling for his termination back in 2023 around the same time that article came out on McD) John Harbaugh (past Super Bowl winner, teams are always well-coached and competitive; similar to Tomlin recent poor showings in the playoffs) So, I can't see how a fair and reasonable evaluator would rank him higher than 3 -- but I also can't see ranking him any lower than 9. I think those 6 debatable guys (along with McD) all have to be ranked pretty closely, depending on what you value in a head coach. So, it is hard to argue with him being ranked anywhere from 3 to 9 IMHO. Personally, I would probably rank him around 7th (after Reid, McVay, the Harbaughs, Sirianni, and Payton). If he ever wins a Super Bowl, he catapults into the top 5, possibly top 3. Quote
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