Sean McDermott enhances Bills’ team chemistry by creating ‘campfires’ – Bills Wire

Its no secret Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott is big on building team chemistry through a variety of means. The most recent way hes done so is by moving players around the locker room. Players are no longer assigned lockers by position groups as done in the past.

McDermotts been doing this since the beginning of off-season workouts and believes that by doing so it encourages members of the team to get to know one another better. Players who ordinarily wouldnt spend much time together find themselves sharing a locker next to one another. McDermott believes the results have been positive so far.

Heres what McDermott had to say about the process after being asked by reporters if he liked the results.

I have liked the results. It was, and still is, a team-building concept. I want to make sure that we spend so much time in a lot of little campfires. Youve got a campfire with the linebacking corps, youve got a campfire with the offense, a campfire over here with the defense, with the special teams, that as we continue to build this team and bring things together to one cohesive campfire, if you will in this case, that players get to know one another.

McDermotts actions continue to show how much he places emphasis on the intangible aspects of the game. He clearly has a personality prototype he wants on his team and is determined to create a team from the type of players who exhibit the characteristics he desires.

As we build this team, going back to that love that I said before, how do you really care about someone if you dont really know them? Its important that we get to know one another off the field and that love that were building off the field, the goal in this case is that it transitions to on the field and how we play.

Whether or not McDermotts campfires will result in more wins on the field remains to be seen. However, no one can deny McDermott is doing everything he can to foster the kind of relationships that enhance team chemistry.

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