{"id":600338,"date":"2023-12-08T03:32:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bills-coach-says-he-regrets-9-11-reference-made-during-2019-team-talk\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T03:32:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:32:10","slug":"bills-coach-says-he-regrets-9-11-reference-made-during-2019-team-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bills-coach-says-he-regrets-9-11-reference-made-during-2019-team-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bills coach says he regrets 9\/11 reference made during 2019 team talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/6e3efeeda15e48c6a0a3eaff9be523b3-e1701995514162.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott said he regrets making a reference to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during a team meeting in 2019, saying he has apologized to his players for his past remarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McDermott, whose currently in his seventh season as the Bills\u2019 head play caller, addressed the situation during a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference Thursday, emphasizing that he made the remarks \u201cto discuss the importance of communication and being on the same page with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI regretted mentioning 9\/11 in my message that day, and I im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely apologized to the team,\u201d McDermott said at the news conference. \u201cNot only was 9\/11 a horrific event in our country\u2019s history, but a day that I lost a good family friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDermott\u2019s 2019 remarks resurfaced in a Go Long feature story <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golongtd.com\/p\/the-mcdermott-problem-part-ii-lost\">published <\/a>Thursday, where independent NFL journalist Tyler Dunne reported that McDermott made the reference in a speech during the team\u2019s 2019 training camp period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, McDermott told his players at the time to come together like the terrorist who conducted the 9\/11 attacks. He also asked players in the meeting about how the attacks were executed and made references on how the hijackers stayed on the same page,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/39065999\/bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-regrets-9-11-comments-apologizes\"> according to<\/a> ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Seven sources confirmed McDermott\u2019s remarks, according to Dunne.<\/p>\n<p>McDermott also said at the news conference that he made the reference during the meeting as a way to show \u201cawareness around a horrific event,\u201d reiterating again that he lost a family friend during the tragic event, ESPN reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought everybody together and said this was the goal, this was the intent, and I apologize if anyone whatsoever felt a certain type of way coming out of that meeting,\u201d McDermott said. He noted that some players have thanked him for his speech after a follow-up meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cIf anyone misinterpreted or didn\u2019t understand my message, I apologize. I didn\u2019t do a good enough job of communicating clearly the intent of my message,\u201d the 49-year-old head coach added. \u201cThat was about the importance of communication and that everyone needs to be on the same page, ironically enough. So that was important to me then and still is now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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