Brandon Beane vs Dan Morgan

[jtm]

Beane turned around a franchise that was a perennial loser and in his 9 years running the show he's made the playoffs 8 times.  He's been one of the most successful GMs during his tenure and folks here throwing shade at him makes zero sense.  If Morgan can follow these footsteps, he will be a god in Carolina.   

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19 minutes ago, jtm said:

Beane turned around a franchise that was a perennial loser and in his 9 years running the show he's made the playoffs 8 times.  He's been one of the most successful GMs during his tenure and folks here throwing shade at him makes zero sense.  If Morgan can follow these footsteps, he will be a god in Carolina.   

You mean McDermott!  He brought in Beane 

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, TD alt said:

 

I think you guys are vastly underestimating the power that McDermott had.

Terry Pegula, during his presser, said outright that Keon Coleman was NOT BEANE'S next choice. Beane gave into the coaching staff because it was a collaboration. That's what Pegula said. 

Now we'll likely never know which picks were Beane's and which picks were McDermott's, but suffice it to say that there is a reason McDermott was fired. Pegula basically said that he thought they had hit a wall with all the almost-wins-turned-losses, and he thought that they needed a change.

Pegula also addressed the narrative about Beane making some type of power play. He flat out said that had Beane done that, he would've been fired on the spot.

For anyone that's interested, it was a compelling interview to watch or listen to. 

 

https://x.com/GianlucaFulcin1/status/2014008063015968993

"When I went to bed that night I was like, it's Keon unless someone just blows us away..." ~Brandon Beane GM

I also would be surprised if McDermott (a defensive coach) was pushing really hard for a certain WR in Keon Coleman (who went in round 2).  Seems like an odd hill for him to die on...

[ForJimmy]

38 minutes ago, jtm said:

Beane turned around a franchise that was a perennial loser and in his 9 years running the show he's made the playoffs 8 times.  He's been one of the most successful GMs during his tenure and folks here throwing shade at him makes zero sense.  If Morgan can follow these footsteps, he will be a god in Carolina.   

Now replace Beane with Josh Allen playing hero ball.  

[Bear Hands]

1 hour ago, TD alt said:

 

I think you guys are vastly underestimating the power that McDermott had.

Terry Pegula, during his presser, said outright that Keon Coleman was NOT BEANE'S next choice. Beane gave into the coaching staff because it was a collaboration. That's what Pegula said. 

Now we'll likely never know which picks were Beane's and which picks were McDermott's, but suffice it to say that there is a reason McDermott was fired. Pegula basically said that he thought they had hit a wall with all the almost-wins-turned-losses, and he thought that they needed a change.

Pegula also addressed the narrative about Beane making some type of power play. He flat out said that had Beane done that, he would've been fired on the spot.

For anyone that's interested, it was a compelling interview to watch or listen to. 

 

Pegula was all over the place.  He embarrassed and contradicted himself like crazy.  

https://x.com/BillyM_91/status/2013995929905369342?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2013995929905369342|twgr^154a350e928fdfdae8baeadc6cb0963d9ce4952b|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2F2026%2F01%2F21%2Fnfl-video-terry-pegula-keon-coleman-bills-brandon-beane%2F88284627007%2F

"I'm glad [Coleman] ran that," Beane said. "It'll help to get him."

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In my opinion, it looks like a pretty tight bond has formed between Terry and Beane.  It's Khan/Baalke esque.  

And the way Terry kept interrupting Beane's answers and all, it gave off very strange vibes.

[TD alt]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

https://x.com/GianlucaFulcin1/status/2014008063015968993

"When I went to bed that night I was like, it's Keon unless someone just blows us away..." ~Brandon Beane GM

I also would be surprised if McDermott (a defensive coach) was pushing really hard for a certain WR in Keon Coleman (who went in round 2).  Seems like an odd hill for him to die on...

I mean, yeah, what is he supposed to say?

I don't believe it was a case of dying on a hill, just everyone showing a united front by being on the same page. I certainly know that McDermott didn't think that Coleman would be his undoing.

I will say this, I'd be feeling some type of way if I were Coleman right now. If this doesn't motivate him to raise his game, then maybe he can't raise it. 

Lastly, I don't know that McDermott will let that slide if it's not really true. I wouldn't.

[strato]

6 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

https://x.com/GianlucaFulcin1/status/2014008063015968993

"When I went to bed that night I was like, it's Keon unless someone just blows us away..." ~Brandon Beane GM

I also would be surprised if McDermott (a defensive coach) was pushing really hard for a certain WR in Keon Coleman (who went in round 2).  Seems like an odd hill for him to die on...

My guess is in general they all knew it was important to get Allen some help.

OC probably had McDermott’s ear and gave his evaluations.  Scouts too. McDermott obliged and advanced the preference for Coleman. 
 

I could see that more than McDermott thought himself a WR expert.  
 

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, TD alt said:

I mean, yeah, what is he supposed to say?

I don't believe it was a case of dying on a hill, just everyone showing a united front by being on the same page. I certainly know that McDermott didn't think that Coleman would be his undoing.

I will say this, I'd be feeling some type of way if I were Coleman right now. If this doesn't motivate him to raise his game, then maybe he can't raise it. 

Lastly, I don't know that McDermott will let that slide if it's not really true. I wouldn't.

The simply fact that they are letting it be known that a current young player on their roster was only there because of a coach that they fired just shows how dysfunctional it all is.  McD typically kept it classy. 

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An owner, publicly undermining his own players, claiming they didn't want him and it was all the coach he just fired and is also publicly panning.  Constantly shouting and interrupting his newly promoted GM to Prez, complaining about refs, saying he fired McD because of the loss but the calls were the reason they lost.  He was absurd and is rightfully being mocked around the league.  

Promoting the GM who, yes, did a nice job the first few years, and then has slowly watched the defense turn to mush and has never found a decent weapon outside of James Cook.  

Buffalo looks bad in all of this, and it's not a jab exclusively at Beane.  Like I said, noting the parallels doesn't mean a one-for-one "Beane" was the problem.  But it's interesting and watching this unfold is kind of telling the owner is in his own head like crazy.  

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[TD alt]

9 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Now replace Beane with Josh Allen playing hero ball.  

Josh hasn't always played well in crunch time. I mean, it's easy to play hero ball during the regular season. But let's not forget that they've had teams. Diggs would probably have something to say about "hero ball" and being run off. 

Also, I guess Mahomes is the greater hero.

[ForJimmy]

Just now, strato said:

My guess is in general they all knew it was important to get Allen some help.

OC probably had McDermott’s ear and gave his evaluations.  Scouts too. McDermott obliged and advanced the preference for Coleman. 
 

I could see that more than McDermott thought himself a WR expert.  
 

When you are picking where they are picking, you typically don't have it zeroed in on one particular player.  I will say that we kind of did though, and both look like they were reaches at this point in their young careers.  I agree in that Allen needed and still needs some help.

[strato]

Also, Pegula said coaching staff. Not Coach McDermott specifically.  Does he want them all out of there? Maybe.
 

I saw speculation that they fired McD to move Brady up, but maybe Brady is gone too.