We probably also shouldn’t cast stones here. We have had some asshole/dangerous fans of our own.
I thought more about this after my question to you and have to agree. While there is precedent for firing a coach who can't get a team over the hump (Tony Dungy and John Fox come to mind), I can't see the Bills doing so, even though like you I think Hardo should be canned.
I will say that while I found his firing of Ken Dorsey kind of gross, I think it worked in that Allen was free to scramble a lot more after the OC change and they won more games. But that strategy will last only as long as Allen remains healthy.
Worth noting that as much of a Hardo as Hardo is (my non-SoSH Pats fan friend has called him Hardo for years BTW), every time the team has faced adversity the last few years and it looks like the wheels are about to come flying off, Hardo has gotten them to turn it around.
The Dorsey thing this year but also a team that was coming apart at the seams in 2021 after the wind game. Hamlin last year was maybe the exception but that was clearly a pretty emotional thing for all involved and it seemed more like that while they did rally in the wake they kind of ran out of gas.
Point being, while McDermott may be responsible for getting his teams into problems in the first place, he has proven an ability to get through to them when it counts. Not in the playoffs but in most cases I wonder if that’s just random variance. It’s not like his teams are laying eggs in the postseason.