Ideas about the “McDermott Problem” involving the Buffalo Bills.
Football journalist Tyler Dunne was informed by several sources that Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott once complimented the 9/11 terrorists for their organisation and strategy during a team meeting in 2019.
The excerpt, which Pro Football Talk shared, said, “McDermott’s morning address began innocently enough at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y.” “He emphasised to the team as a
whole that they must unite. However, according to those in the know, he then employed an odd model: the terrorists of September 11, 2001. He mentioned the hijackers as an example of a group
of individuals who were able to coordinate well enough to plan assaults with precision. McDermott began questioning each person in the room one by one. What strategies doyou 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.”
“I want to reference the team meeting that has been brought up. My intent in the meeting that day was to discuss the importance of communication and being on the same page with the team,” McDermott said at the podium. “I regretted mentioning 9/11 in my message that day, and I immediately apologized to the team. Not only was 9/11 a horrific event in our country’s history, but a day that I lost a good family friend.”
McDermott said he did not want to address any other parts of the story, which focused on the Bills having a “McDermott Problem.”
“Yeah to be honest with you, I’m not here to discuss the article that’s out there and the things that are mentioned other than this right here, because this right here is very important to me and something I take very seriously,” he said.
Clearly, now in 2023, McDermott knows it was a bad idea to praise the communication and planning skills of the terrorists on 9/11. Back in 2019, he thought it was a worthwhile endeavor in a team meeting.
It’s the type of news item that really makes you shake your head and wonder just how lost in football a man can get.
