Bills head coach Sean McDermott in the second half against the Vikings.
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BUFFALO — Sean McDermott is in hot water.
During a 2021 team meeting, Sean McDermott cited 9/11 attacks as example of teamwork, according to independent journalist Tyler Dunne.
“At St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., McDermott’s morning address began innocently enough,” Dunne writes. “He told the entire team they needed to come together. But then, sources on-hand say, he used a strange model: the terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. He cited the hijackers as a group of people who were all able to get on the same page to orchestrate attacks to perfection. One by one, McDermott started asking specific players in the room questions. ‘What tactics do you think they used to come together?’ A young player tried to methodically answer. ‘What do you think their biggest obstacle was?’ A veteran answered, ‘TSA,’ which mercifully lightened the mood.”
McDermott didn’t stop there. He followed up by quizzing the players about what positive things the terrorists, asking for specific examples of tactics — as well as what obstacles they had to overcome in order to murder American citizens.
Dunne added quotes from multiple unnamed players and coaches regarding the incident.
“I don’t know why he’s that awkward but his social skills are lacking,” an unnamed player said. “Maybe he’s just wound-up thinking about ball. You’ve got to talk to the team every day. That’s one where maybe he heard it on a podcast. Next episode! That’s not the one to lead with. He was trying to bring the team together. It was a horrible, horrible reference. He missed the mark.”
It’s starting to become clear why the Buffalo Bills cant get over the hump, and as always, it starts at the top.
