NFL Coach Once Used 9-11 Hijackers As Models For A Motivational Speech To His Players
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The Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott is firmly on the hot seat with fans heading into the final five games of the season. And a new report on a disturbing team speech he gave to players in 2019 is fueling the fire.
Go Long’s Tyler Dunne shared a three-part series entitled “The McDermott Problem” on Thursday, December 7, during which he spoke to 25 coaches, players, personnel, and several team sources whose identities remain anonymous. In Part II of the exposé, Dunne reported that McDermott used the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as a motivational tool for his players.
McDermott addressed the media on Wednesday, confirming he gave this speech. “My intent in the meeting that day was to discuss the importance of communication,” he said, per The Buffalo News’ Katherine Fitzgerald. “I regretted mentioning 9/11 in my message that day, and I immediately apologized to the team.”
The terrorists who orchestrated the attack, which left nearly 3,000 people dead, per the U.S. Department of State, inspired McDermott’s speech.
Dunne wrote, “At St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., McDermott’s morning address began innocently enough. 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.”
When asked about the alleged speech, “One player’s eyes widen into saucers, horrified,” Dunne noted. “One almost falls over, clapping and laughing hysterically. One cuts the question off before it’s asked, as if pleading the fifth: ‘I ain’t talking about that.'”
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He can say goodbye to his "legacy" as a coach.
Wow, talk about ''foot and mouth'' diease.
America’s chickens coming home to roost,
The Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott is firmly on the hot seat with fans heading into the final five games of the season.
McDermott is on the hot seat because the team is underperforming with a 6 and 6 record. If this was such a big deal it would not have taken 4 years to come to light while he was winning, This is nothing more than a hit piece by someone that wants to pretend he is relevant.