Bills put out tribute video to McDermott

[Phils n Bills]

Just now, Don Otreply said:

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!!!

This. We can appreciate and respect McDermott and all that’s he’s done for this team, but also acknowledge something has to change while Allen’s window is still open. Doesn’t have to be zero sum 

[Captain Murica]

41 minutes ago, Draconator said:

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

 

 

Good, now Bulldog can finally get some slee.

 

[HappyDays]

1 minute ago, gonzo1105 said:

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 . 

 

I could be wrong, this is something I'm speculating on not something I know. My reasoning is that yesterday's press release was hasty and kind of generic. The fans who believed it was somewhat of a chilly send off were correct. Just to be clear I don't care at all, the optics of what was inevitably going to be a messy separation do not concern me in the slightest. But there was clearly some bad blood there and it showed in how the announcement was made. So no I don't believe this video was planned or that it is anything more than a token gesture to appease certain fans and reporters before the press conference tomorrow. The ironic thing is that those same fans and reporters on Twitter right now are roasting the Bills for putting it out too late.

[Mikie2times]

2 minutes ago, Puckman5 said:

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??

I will not be happy until he is relieved of all his domestic pets (and the undomestic ones as well)

[GoBills808]

6 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

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 

Re: the outpouring

 

I can't help but feel patronized by some of the national takes rn. Like 'those loveable losers shouldn't have fired that nice man!'

 

As if it's our destiny to somehow just accept being not quite good enough. Um no ***** that we get to try to win SBs too just like the rest of you 

[foreboding]

38 minutes 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.  

Class just got shown the door.

[wppete]

They better not botch this hire. They have to make the biggest hire possible now. Have no idea who that could be at this point or if there is anyone out there that could fit this description.

[gonzo1105]

4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I could be wrong, this is something I'm speculating on not something I know. My reasoning is that yesterday's press release was hasty and kind of generic. The fans who believed it was somewhat of a chilly send off were correct. Just to be clear I don't care at all, the optics of what was inevitably going to be a messy separation do not concern me in the slightest. But there was clearly some bad blood there and it showed in how the announcement was made. So no I don't believe this video was planned or that it is anything more than a token gesture to appease certain fans and reporters before the press conference tomorrow. The ironic thing is that those same fans and reporters on Twitter right now are roasting the Bills for putting it out too late.

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I’ve never fired anyone and I have fired people who agreed with my decision. I’ve had anger, I’ve had criers, I’ve had silence, I’ve never had a smile a hand shake and thank you 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

31 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.

As someone who worked behind the scenes in media for over forty years, I assure you that this video wasn’t “hastily thrown together”

[Mango]

23 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 

 

Based on the Sabres I think this signals Pegula getting closer to ops not further away.

 

That said, it does seem like Jarmo has control, so maybe this does signal a shift for Terry.

 

I've been burned by Pegula too many times at this point to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[gonzo1105]

1 minute ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

As someone who worked behind the scenes in media for over forty years, I assure you that this video wasn’t “hastily thrown together”

I agree I used to do video cut ups for coaches, I have never done hype videos but I have seen them done by video staffs and they all take time with editing, approvals, re edits, sometimes effects of their necessary etc 

[BRH]

44 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Good reminder that most of the Bills content creators and beat reporters who complained we didn't give him a proper send off didn't actually care about that, and were just looking for reasons to be mad that the team made a move they disagreed with.

 

Anyways. All the stupid propaganda war drama will go away the minute they announce the new head coach and probably even sooner than that.

 

McDermott treated them well. Beane not only wasn’t nice to them at times, he never leaked anything they could use.  How many times did we sign or draft a guy that caught them all completely off guard?  It happened constantly.  (And for the record, I believe that’s the right way to do it.). Anyway, they all got their panties in a twist when they realized Beane was staying.  It’s been kind of embarrassing to listen to the shills on WGR today.

[Kelly to Allen]

Lol

[HappyDays]

3 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I’ve never fired anyone and I have fired people who agreed with my decision. I’ve had anger, I’ve had criers, I’ve had silence, I’ve never had a smile a hand shake and thank you 

 

[<bills4life>]

17 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

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

U sure about that?

[BRH]

2 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

I agree I used to do video cut ups for coaches, I have never done hype videos but I have seen them done by video staffs and they all take time with editing, approvals, re edits, sometimes effects of their necessary etc 

 

And that also ties in with Beane’s approach of keeping things close to the vest.  If he’d had them working on a hype video before the announcement, I assure you it would have leaked.

 

Sal and Joe absolutely HATED that they had no inkling of what was about to happen when the announcement dropped.  Now they’re all trying to say they “saw the breadcrumbs.”  We all saw them for weeks and none of them wanted to pick up the trail.

[gonzo1105]

6 minutes ago, BRH said:

 

And that also ties in with Beane’s approach of keeping things close to the vest.  If he’d had them working on a hype video before the announcement, I assure you it would have leaked.

 

Sal and Joe absolutely HATED that they had no inkling of what was about to happen when the announcement dropped.  Now they’re all trying to say they “saw the breadcrumbs.”  We all saw them for weeks and none of them wanted to pick up the trail.

I have never seen Sal, who literally works for the Bills, ever have first hand knowledge of any situation involving the Bills. He’s always relayed information or given his opinion on any breaking info but has never actually broken anything so I’m not surprised he feels like adummy for having no inkling it makes him look bad 

[Urban Achievers]

What an admiral tribute

[Walking Tall]

59 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. 

Everyone looks for reasons to be upset.

[The Jokeman]

14 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

Based on the Sabres I think this signals Pegula getting closer to ops not further away.

 

That said, it does seem like Jarmo has control, so maybe this does signal a shift for Terry.

 

I've been burned by Pegula too many times at this point to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I think it's Terry stepping away from being a part of the process and let the football guys make football decisions. I guess he believes more in Beane than McDermott.