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  • The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again thinking it’ll result in a different outcome. McDermott coaching is just that.

    That’s a quote from Albert Einstein about insanity, but it’s not the literal definition of insanity.

    What ends up happening AFTER you fire the coach? If things aren’t immediately fixed with the new coach, fingers get pointed and you start blaming specific players. Because they won’t blame the new coach. Teams blow up over this all the time. You fire the HC and you usually start replacing key players too.

    I guess I have a hard time saying it’s the coach, they were a bad team before he arrived, they’re good now. I would rather keep having success, even if it’s probably not going to lead to a Superbowl, than try a mini-rebuild and retool. I think their chances are better by keeping things consistent and stable.


  • I’m not really sure why Buffalo hasn’t been able to break the glass ceiling and become a top team. They’ve been good for quite awhile, and the fans seem to be getting tired of it. The coach always feels like a scapegoat. It’s easier to replace the coach than to replace the players. But you have to accept that there is like a 50/50 chance the team gets worse with a new coach. McDermott might be the thing holding them together.

    When good teams get impatient like this, it’s often a disaster. I’m reminded of college sports where a fanbase gets frustrated because the coach is such a great recruiter but is perceived at being bad at coaching. Tons of good but ultimately disappointing seasons isn’t good enough for the fans. So they fire the coach, the team no longer recruits like it did, and becomes irrelevant.