What is Sean McDermott up to?

0:00We can prepare all you want, having gone through it myself, but it's a different job than any job that leads to that job. And so Joe is a very talented coach. He's a very talented play caller. And listen, you know, what I saw in Joe in the four seasons, I think he was with us, he's going to do a good job. And I'm looking forward to watching him. And, you know, I think he knows. And I hope he knows that I'm always here if he needs anything. Sean McDermott, so it was reported last week in the athletic that he would be doing some media around the draft. I saw him with Rich Eisen. Yeah, I also saw him with Rappaport and somebody else. Michael Rappaport. Was it John Hyne? Who was he with? I don't remember that it was. Paul Mendes-Pelsaro. The two of them in McDermott and they. Yeah, there was a part of it right at the very beginning of the clip I saw that sort of fell flat. I don't remember, like, Pelsaro tried to tee him up to be glib in McDermott just didn't quite bite for it.

1:03Well, it's a process. They got through it, but it was sort of like, it's a process. This didn't land. Were you paying close enough attention to what he just said? In there? To go on a Brady? Yeah. That's all like faint praise. In fact, that is. Yeah. That's out of the little force. Because, well, he led with. Here's what I heard there. And I don't know if we had the entire clip. And I think this is, I saw him with Rich Eisen too. I saw it along like a six-minute clip of him with Rich Eisen. I like Rich Eisen a lot. But I don't remember if it was with Paul Sorrow and Grappin Porter with Eisen or something else. But he was asked about Brady. And the first thing he said was, you know, now it's a different, it's a different job now. Yeah, we just heard that. Yeah. And I felt like everything he said after that was trying to dig out of sounding skeptical. Because I think you could, I mean, I mean, it would, it's obviously true that it's a different job.

2:04But the first thing he said was that I think he felt like, let me just make sure I don't come off like I have doubts about whether he can handle it or like, you know, it's not going to be so easy to fill my shoes, kid. Or something like that. Which, you know, you could get that vibe if he was, you know, skeptical about it. I kind of did. I think initially he was. And then he, I think your instincts are good. Yeah. Because I think he spent the, the, the clip we just heard, I think he spent the majority of it trying to back out of sounding skeptical. Yeah. And he was fairly skeptical. Absolutely. I think that's how, that's how I took it. I, I hope to have another experience with McDermott. Because if he does want to, I mean, he's going to be a coach again. But if he doesn't want to play around in the media, I'd love to know sort of how he thinks of it. Like, what, what he, what is different? Like, as the coach of the bills, he would, his instinct would, would, would have been to do just that. Like, maybe I said a little thing there, but hey,

3:06you guys, I mean, not really. Yeah. And in the media, if he's going to be good at it, which maybe he doesn't need to be good at it, I don't know. But if he's going to be good at it, he can't, that can't be his instinct. Like, he's got to say it. He's not going to be Rex Ryan. Right. Where he's going to be a goofball. Right. And tell you, like, oh, he sucks. Like, he's not going to be that. Which, you know, I think is just as well. Right. But he want to have a little bit more conviction in his criticism. But, you know, who needs my advice in this? He'll, he'll be fine. I don't know. What if he thinks, I have, I'm not going to tell you who. But also there, he said, talented twice. He's very talented. There's somebody in my world that when he was asked about me, just I was there to somebody in my life, you know, I was introducing these two people, somebody in the media and then somebody in my family.

4:08And his, you know, politely, his comment, is very talented. And to me, it sounded like a backhanded compliment. Yeah. Because, okay, well, thank you. You know, your opinion on this is informed. And I appreciate that you think that. But it's not really like a top compliment, especially in such a benign kind of setting where you're talking to somebody's, you know, somebody's family. You want to, does this making sense? Like, it's, you know, it wouldn't be the first thing. If I, you know, you introduced me to somebody in your life that I have not met. That totally is not what I'm coming with. No. Is, oh, Bulldog is very talented. It almost sounds like we haven't met. Yeah, yeah. It's not, it's not even really a good compliment. Yeah. It is, it's not an insult, but it's not really that nice. See, we have not left the world of parsing every word, Sean McDermott says, even though he's not around anymore. He's taking his car out for a ride.

5:08It's just a nice day. Tip, put the top down. And, you know, she likes it. Exactly. Let her, let her eat. Yeah. Yeah. I, um, spare me with talented. He's the offensive coordinator. Your offensive coordinator for four years. Let's assume you thought that. Yeah, right. All right. Now what? Now tell me how you think this is going to go. And maybe he said, I don't know. Maybe he's a little bit jealous. Maybe he's a little bit not that confident. That Brady will do well. I'm neither of us is that confident that he'll do that well. We don't have any evidence yet. But really, like, it's a little bit suss right now, Bulldog. You like that? Suss? Sure. I want to parse words. I want to parse suss. From me. Oh, I remember what was awkward. Uh, palasaro. It was with that. It was palasaro in the unwrapped port. And at one point, palasaro said, pretty early in the, in the clip, I saw it. Again, five minutes maybe. Um, I don't know. You know, so you got fired. Like, was there, um,

6:08you familiar with Anchorman? You know, there's a moment there where he says something. You can't say on TV. And he does. And he gets fired. And he sort of spirals. Like, was there any of that? And he ends up drinking warm milk. And the phone. Oh, what happened? All of a sudden laying it out. And McDermott is just sort of sitting there. And like, they're dying for him to tell them, tell them that he sat around on his footy pajamas for a week. Feeling sorry for himself. Yeah. And he just didn't take it. And he just, he pivoted as quickly as he could. And barely was like, you know, like, I'm not playing this game with about Anchorman. With you here. This is not happening. So I don't know if that's a good sign or a bad sign. Like, the people watching, you know, deciding if he's going to have a role on their TV shows. At some point, might have liked to see him sort of, you know, where's the buzzer? You know, because that's how those shows are. Well, he left pretty fast. He left Buffalo pretty fast. Yeah. So I don't know if he sat around. It's not really his style, is it?

7:08You think? No. No. A lot of what he is saying here, and he made some of the same points on both appearances that I saw last night after I got home, talking about, you know, of course, he's reaching out to people within sports but also, you know, people in business like different industries just trying to keep, you know, evolving and improving. Which I admire about him more than anything else that he accomplished with the bills is that he was honest the whole time about sort of striving to get better at this. I think most coaches sort of only play one note. And it's like, what's the team like? And duh, duh, duh, duh, duh. And then the government sort of let you in a little bit more than the average bills coach about what he's trying to get done here. That's interesting. You know, it's not, of course, the winning is what you're trying to get done here but like, the way you go about it and his process, I learned to really appreciate how he goes about his business, I guess.

8:12Sorry. I admire that in people. The people who just like cannot stop, striving, I just can't relate to it. I admire it. I respect it. If I lived with it, I'd be like, can you just take a break? And they'll never take a break. I mean, those people are just like completely obsessed with the quest and whatever else it could be called. And again, I admire that in people. There are times when I wish I were like that. I'm not at all like that. And I'm more the other side, which is like, don't good. I don't need to meet with the CEO of, you know, Paul Meditas, whatever. I'm all right. I'm good. Good for him. Whatever you want. I wish I was more, I wish I was more like that in one, one respect. I will tell you, like, go. I have a T-time Sunday. And I am, I've loved golf the last five years.

9:14I have never loved golf more than I love golf the last five years. I have practiced like one time all winter. And I don't know what the hell happened. But like Sunday, teach Sunday morning. Like, I got it. I, tomorrow, Saturday. Like, I got to go, I should go hit some balls. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Or I'm just going to set myself up to be frustrated all morning. Or for weeks at a time until I go put some time in. But I can't believe it's as nice out. I wish I had a little drive there. I will tell you. Can I make a suggestion? Please. Don't. Okay. Just go. I want to know what happens. Just go play Sunday. I had a year. This is my dad who made this point to me once. I had a year where I didn't play at all. I did that. I mean, I was playing in 2000. I posted 90 rounds. Like, I had a year where I just blew off the off season. And I remember talking to him once. And he said, well, did you watch golf on TV?

10:14Of course, you know me. I think that's probably good. Seeing it. He thought his logic. He's not, you know, a instructor. But he thought there was benefit in watching it. Usually when you're watching golf, those guys are pretty good. Usually. And so, I don't know. I'm here to find out. You know, I'm going to go to suffer. Practice free. Yeah. Right. Mostly. I mean, I've gone and hit balls at a simulator. But that's even playing. That's not practicing. Like, that is, you know, you're playing around at golf, basically. And I've only done that a couple times. I just haven't done anything. The chipping drives me crazy on those. Right. It's too much. Yeah. We're at Hamburg Tap Room, McKinley and Southwestern. Sabers and Bruins tonight will get back to it pregame at six. Our appearance here is brought to you by neutral vodka seltzer. Keep it tasty this playoff season. May it last. Really excited to have the playoffs back. Come on. Yeah, let's not make this out.

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