Meanwhile, up in Buffalo...

[Mr. Scot]

 

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New Bills coach Sean McDermott has removed a pool table and video games from the teams locker room.

“This is a business,” McDermott told reporters when asked about the situation on Thursday. “We talk about, and you’ve heard me say this before, earning the right to win. We’ve got to stay focused on the task at hand and I’m all for, as we mentioned, the chemistry and building that chemistry in that locker room. That’s a big part of it, yet we have to make sure we stay focused on the task at hand and that means earn the right to win on a daily basis. I don’t believe that playing video games in the locker room is part of earning the right to win. We’re going to be a focused, disciplined and accountable football team and I believe you do it one day at a time.”

McDermott removes pool table, video games from Bills locker room

 

[Panthers8969]

can't blame him

[Saca312]

harsh. will be interesting to hear how players take it.

[Ja Rhule]

[Daddy_Uncle]

I think he's right. Ryan let the team run wild and they sucked ass. 

 

They can hang out and play pool and video games anywhere else. That is a business and it's their job. Nobody else goes to work to play video games and pool. Teams should take their job seriously if they expect to win. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Panthers8969 said:

can't blame him

I think he has a point. And clearly, old Rex wasn't running the tightest of ships.

Wonder what guys like Vince Lombardi would have said to games in the locker room.

[Ja Rhule]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Wonder what guys like Vince Lombardi would have said to games in the locker room.

"Prepare thy anus"

[The Huddler]

it leads to this...

 

 

 

 

oh yeah.. as far as whats going up there in Buffalo.....

 

 

Take our Bald uptight guy  idc   

 

we now have the guy who Rivera WANTED as DC from the start

[iamhubby1]

19 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

I think he's right. Ryan let the team run wild and they sucked ass. 

 

They can hang out and play pool and video games anywhere else. That is a business and it's their job. Nobody else goes to work to play video games and pool. Teams should take their job seriously if they expect to win. 

 

The Lions had a coach, Wayne Fontes. His first year he ran a tight ship, but let the players earn rewards along the way. The first two years they improved and almost made the Play Offs. But by the third year Fontes ran out of rewards. So players were starting to tune it out. And things went down hill fast. Fontes only lasted 4 years.

 

Moral of the story. Discipline will work. But you need to reward their loyalty.

[Fox007]

Rex Ryan almost seemed like a guy who only cared about players/people liking him and having fun, winning optional.

[Jangler]

29 minutes ago, ARSEN said:

"Prepare thy anus"

Back then it was called 'bonding'.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I love it. McDermott is and has always been a business first type of character.  Buffalo needs that. 

[Khyber53]

I think he'll turn that franchise around. He's got his work cut out for him, that's a losing culture that rivals the Browns and Lions.

[NYPantherFan]

Heard on the radio he actually left the ping pong table in there. Someone asked him why and he said "Improve Ball Skills"