Bills put out tribute video to McDermott

[ColoradoBills]

1 minute ago, hondo in seattle said:

I'm not sure if the Bills did this because they're a classy organization, or because they're trying to appease the players and fans who are angry, or a little bit of both.

Speaking as one of the angry fans, it doesn't help.  

 

I have been a McDermott supporter his entire tenure.  It has become apparent that a change was needed.

That change when evaluated by the people in charge and they said it was his time.

 

I didn't see anyone worrying about me when after 33 years of service my company was bought out by an international corporation

and they cut a huge swath of us out of engineering.  We built the company! 

People get let go every day.

 

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.  Its business.

[GunnerBill]

2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

lol you fell for it too

 

its ok. the people who thought they knew, didn't. it's not uncommon

 

Behave. 

[GoBills808]

Just now, GunnerBill said:

 

Behave. 

😂😂I'm being mostly serious

 

I get being concerned but the outrage is way over the top

[Andrew Son]

Just now, GoBills808 said:

i'm like 90% convinced all this backlash is because Bills media outlets are embarrassed they ate the 'Beane's fault' cheese all season and now look like morons

I don’t think anyone can say Beane had a good year, even ignoring the WGR WR stuff.

 

the FA class was a disaster, Palmer and two PED suspensions…. Yikes.

 

Then the trade deadline, “I tried.”

 

followed by the claiming of Slay, which then led to losing Ingram, and having to play Max in a meaningless game, and of course having to play Dane in a key moment.

 

the narrative everywhere was that this team was just not very talented.  I understand feeling the need to make a change, but a Beane promotion is puzzling.

[Rockpile233]

The late tribute video is eerily Sabresesque.

[GunnerBill]

Just now, GoBills808 said:

😂😂I'm being mostly serious

 

I get being concerned but the outrage is way over the top

 

I am not outraged. I think the video puff piece is neither here nor there. I think the statement stuff yesterday was a bad look for the organisation. I think people saying that are not being unreasonable. 

[GoBills808]

Just now, Andrew Son said:

I don’t think anyone can say Beane had a good year, even ignoring the WGR WR stuff.

 

the FA class was a disaster, Palmer and two PED suspensions…. Yikes.

 

Then the trade deadline, “I tried.”

 

followed by the claiming of Slay, which then led to losing Ingram, and having to play Max in a meaningless game, and of course having to play Dane in a key moment.

 

the narrative everywhere was that this team was just not very talented.  I understand feeling the need to make a change, but a Beane promotion is puzzling.

I have zero attachment to beane. He can go too

 

but likely he moves to upper management as Pegula backs away from operations altogether and the GM role is promoted in house to deal w football specifics 

[YoloinOhio]

If they released a tribute video the same day, I feel like it looks even worse. Like they had it planned for awhile ready to go. 

[HappyDays]

2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

i mean yesterday was a holiday, are they supposed to have all this queued up? 

 

I think they were genuinely blindsided by the outpouring of support for McDermott especially from local media. He apparently did a great job the past few months setting his own narrative in motion. I doubt they ever intended on releasing a video like this but felt compelled to. No big deal. It's just corporate PR. Nothing about how the firing went down will ever be thought about again after we get through the next week or so.

[FLFan]

27 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Maybe they did realize they F'd up and are trying to make amends? No idea. 

 

 

Or maybe they always intended to do it.  

[ColoradoBills]

2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

I have zero attachment to beane. He can go too

 

but likely he moves to upper management as Pegula backs away from operations altogether and the GM role is promoted in house to deal w football specifics 

 

I said the exact same thing.  Many can't see it that way.  They are not going to change their minds.

I can see the threads/posts and arguments already, no matter what the future brings.

 

I disagreed with you on many subjects, but even though I supported Sean, this is what happened.

It was a business decision.

 

I'm not sure if I can take endless "conspiracy" threads this coming year.

[HomeskillitMoorman]

26 minutes ago, JMM said:

Not for nothing, but it's been a little over 24 hours. Is that really disrespectful?   I'm sorry but although I was shocked and sad about the firing, the uproar seems waaaaay over the top. 

If they had released this yesterday people would have been like “They knew they were going to fire him no matter what! Look, they already had a video ready to go!” 

[zow2]

Ha, they put out a nice video and people on social media still bash them.  Really a no win situation.  Just move it along and hire the best coach.  Let’s go!

[ColoradoBills]

1 minute ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

If they had released this yesterday people would have been like “They knew they were going to fire him no matter what! Look, they already had a video ready to go!” 

 

If Beane was fired, there would be just as many threads and posts about McDermott throwing him under the bus.

Just like he did coordinators.  This is the way of this board (and the world) lately.

[eball]

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

 

Firings aren’t pretty, people.  Enough with the faux outrage.  It’s been all of a day, and a holiday at that.

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

19 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

It is 100% damage control. No question. So when they have the presser tomorrow they can head off any questions about why they didn't give McDermott a proper send off. To be honest it's almost more insulting to McDermott to hastily throw this together and put it out there the day after he was fired, but whatever they made their token gesture to appease people.

There is no proper send-off to a guy who was fired. 

[gonzo1105]

3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I think they were genuinely blindsided by the outpouring of support for McDermott especially from local media. He apparently did a great job the past few months setting his own narrative in motion. I doubt they ever intended on releasing a video like this but felt compelled to. No big deal. It's just corporate PR. Nothing about how the firing went down will ever be thought about again after we get through the next week or so.

I’ve agreed with a lot of your stuff that you’ve posted about this firing I disagree here. Are they probably taken aback by outpouring by media probably right there. They had this in the works, it takes time. The season just ended , it was a holiday yesterday. They probably were told yesterday and made it today . 
 

Bills media and fans are so easy to manipulate too because the city and team is beaten down all the time by outsiders saying the team can’t win the big one, the terrible weather, who would want to live here etc etc. McDermott makes his impassioned Buffalo speech after the loss then goes on the media proclaiming his love which is probably true but of course fans and local media eat it up. “ see he’s one of us” then Darth Vader Beane cuts him down a day later making the optics look bad 

[Phils n Bills]

Just now, zow2 said:

Ha, they put out a nice video and people on social media still bash them.  Really a no win situation.  Just move it along and hire the best coach.  Let’s go!

Yeah, it was going to be a lose lose since the optics were beane scapegoated McDermott and got a promotion for it. They weren’t coming back from that. Add in that the national talking heads, previous players and coaches all were negative on the decision to let McDermott go, they arent changing the narrative no matter what they do.
 

at this point, they need to go to the press conference, thank McDermott, and move on to their vision for next year. What they want to see happen, what they’re going to do to make it happen, etc. people will all change their topic of discussion as soon as the first interview is booked.   

[Don Otreply]

They are doing the right thing, Sean was instrumental in re-imagining what the Buffalo Bills are presently, they know damn well that the turn around likely doesn’t happen without him, so put to rest the biases that are floating around. 
 

GO BILLS!!!

[Puckman5]

Am I supposed to feel sad or cry or something?  What happened to the good old days when security escorts you out of the building and that's that??