Buffalo Payments head coach Sean McDermott got here below hearth Thursday when a prolonged collection about his teaching techniques and elegance caught the eyes of the NFL world.
One particular 2021 staff assembly appeared in Tyler Dunne’s Go Lengthy Substack. McDermott used a head-scratching analogy throughout coaching camp. He was reportedly attempting for example how the staff may come collectively following a season during which that they had misplaced within the AFC Championship.
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Damien Harris, #22, head coach Sean McDermott and Josh Allen, #17 of the Buffalo Payments, stand for the nationwide anthem earlier than the sport in opposition to the New York Giants at Highmark Stadium on October 15, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Pictures)
Dunne, citing a number of sources, relayed what was mentioned within the coaching camp assembly.
“He informed the whole staff they wanted to return collectively,” Dunne wrote of McDermott. “However then, sources on-hand say, he used a wierd mannequin: the terrorists on September 11, 2001. He cited the hijackers as a bunch of people that have been all capable of get on the identical web page to orchestrate assaults to perfection.
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“One after the other, McDermott began asking particular gamers within the room questions. ‘What techniques do you suppose they used to return collectively?’ A younger participant tried to methodically reply. ‘What do you suppose their greatest impediment was?’ A veteran answered, ‘TSA,’ which mercifully lightened the temper.”
An unnamed participant spoke to Dunne in regards to the assembly.
Sean McDermott, head coach of the Buffalo Payments, appears on from the sideline previous to an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Denver Broncos at Highmark Stadium on November 13, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. (Perry Knotts/Getty Pictures)
“I don’t know why he’s that awkward, however his social expertise are missing,” the participant mentioned. “Perhaps he’s simply wound-up enthusiastic about ball. You’ve bought to speak to the staff day-after-day. That’s one the place perhaps he heard it on a podcast. Subsequent episode! That’s not the one to guide with. He was attempting to convey the staff collectively. It was a horrible, horrible reference. He missed the mark.”
McDermott, who’s getting ready the staff for a Sunday night matchup in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, was requested in regards to the assembly on Thursday afternoon.
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“My intent within the assembly that day was to debate the significance of communication and being on the identical web page with the staff,” he mentioned, through ESPN. “I regretted mentioning 9/11 in my message that day, and I instantly apologized to the staff.
Buffalo Payments head coach Sean McDermott appears on from the sideline previous to an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Highmark Stadium on October 26, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. (Cooper Neill/Getty Pictures)
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“Not solely was 9/11 a horrific occasion in our nation’s historical past, however a day that I misplaced a great household buddy.”
