Bills’ Sean McDermott Apologizes For Using 9/11 Terrorist Analogy To Motivate Team

Buffalo Payments head coach Sean McDermott simply issued a mea culpa … telling media members Thursday he is actually sorry for citing the 9/11 assaults in a motivational speech a pair years in the past.

In keeping with GoLongTD.com’s Tyler Dunne … McDermott’s tone-deaf discuss to his gamers occurred in the course of the Payments’ 2021 coaching camp — when he was making an attempt to emphasise to his squad the way it wanted to speak to come back collectively.

“Sources on-hand say, he used an odd mannequin: the terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001,” Dunne wrote in a lengthy three-part piece concerning the coach that was printed on Thursday morning.

“He cited the hijackers as a gaggle of people that have been all in a position to get on the identical web page to orchestrate assaults to perfection.”

When McDermott addressed the problem with reporters Thursday afternoon … he did not deny making the making feedback.

“I regretted mentioning 9/11 in my message that day,” he stated, “and I instantly apologized to the staff.” He added that his aim was to get his guys to grasp the significance of “being on the identical web page.”

ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg reported the coach additionally stated he has plans to apologize to his present roster over the feedback later Thursday.

“Not solely was 9/11 a horrific occasion in our nation’s historical past,” McDermott stated, “however a day that I misplaced household buddy.”

He continued, “I am not right here to debate the article that is on the market and the issues which are talked about apart from this proper right here, as a result of this proper right here may be very, crucial to me and one thing I take very severely.”