Would Harbaugh or Stefanski wanted the Bills position?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
We are back with fourth and final hour of the program. Bob Pompiani, not with Joe Starkey. He'll be back tomorrow enjoying a nice day off. Sean Myers behind the glass for Austin Bechtel, who will be on the air tonight. Didn't sound like Joe was enjoying a nice day off earlier. I know he didn't. But he probably is, just to get away from it all. Sometimes you do need to do that. But, of course, he gets the news that Sean McDermott is fired, which I think he was okay with prior to how this all went down. And then he gets even further news that he didn't like. I'm sure that Brandon Bean is not just kept, but promoted to GM slash president. of the organization, yet many people in Buffalo believe he was the problem there.
So Sean McDermott is out. That's the breaking news that started this morning that we got into. Again, there are a lot of openings here, and so the Steelers may, in fact, want some of the guys from the Rams, but the longer they play, the later you get to interview them. And it's very interesting. I also thought, Sean, at the beginning of this day, if John Harbaugh and if Kevin Stefanski knew the Buffalo job would be open, Would they rethink what they did? It's too late for that. But if they knew that was going to happen, I don't know that they did or didn't.
Would Harbaugh or Stefanski have considered the Bills coaching position?
Or you can't afford to miss an opportunity if you like the place you're going.
There had been talk that Buffalo would move on from McDermott for a while now. And I would assume that most people, including those guys who I'm sure get intel that we're not privy to, they probably knew if Buffalo doesn't get to a certain point whether it be the super bowl or the afc championship that they would probably move on from him so they had to at least have a suspicion that that could be a possibility the question is do they want to wait and see how it plays out or would they rather take a really good offer before some of the other jobs start to fill up because if you're waiting and then let's say buffalo wins and goes to the super bowl well then that job's not coming open and then you might be
on the outside looking, and now Harbaugh probably was going to get a job no matter what somewhere. But I sort of understand their decision. They had to have known, though, that could have been a possibility. Because, again, it's been talked about for a few years now that Buffalo could be potentially in the market for a new coach if they don't get to what their goals were, which is to make and win a Super Bowl.
Well, Terry and Kim Pagulo, the owners up there, I would imagine are not going to be very patient with whomever comes in next because this is eight years of Josh Allen. They haven't been able to do it. There have been roadblocks all the time, principally Pat Mahomes, Joe Burrow to some degree, and Lamar Jackson, but they haven't been able to do it. So now if you are this next coach, I mean, what are you being told about what the expectations are? And I would say immediately. To me, you've got to come in and get to a Super Bowl, right? I mean, how much time, how much slack will you get? How much rope will you get if you're the new head coach in Buffalo?
Yeah, it doesn't feel like it's a position where there's going to be a grace period, right? Because I would say the bare minimum is you have to at least replicate what you did this year and take it a step further. So win, make it to the AFC Championship game, I think is probably going to be the expectation. Then you see, okay, do we run into another juggernaut team?
What led to Sean McDermott's firing from the Bills?
Potentially, because who knows? Maybe we're talking next year about the Patriots being... a Super Bowl champion and on the verge of a dynasty. You never know how quickly maybe Kansas City bounces back. But to me, you probably have to at least get to this point of the season next year if you're the Bills' first-year head coach because otherwise it feels like another lost year and a step in the wrong direction.
I wonder how many years it's been that you'd have Kansas City and New England representing the AFC in the conference championship.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–1:13
2
Would Harbaugh or Stefanski have considered the Bills coaching position?
1:13–3:15
3
What led to Sean McDermott's firing from the Bills?
3:15–4:36
4
How do NFL coaching decisions impact team performance?
4:36–9:20
5
What are the expectations for the next head coach of the Bills?
9:20–13:12
6
Why is there inconsistency in NFL officiating?
13:12–13:53
7
What defines a catch in the NFL?
13:53–19:31
8
How does officiating affect game outcomes in the NFL?
19:31–20:05
Speakers
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