KC Chiefs: Reasons to be excited for 2019 season
By Mike Norris
KC Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has given fans plenty of reasons to question whether or not he can win a Super Bowl, but his career success points to it happening one day.
The Chiefs won two games during the 2012 season, and 19 overall between 2010-12. Enter Reid, who, in his first two seasons (2013-14), guided Kansas City to 20 wins and is 65-31 during the regular season in the City of Fountains.
During a head-coaching career that spans 20 seasons, Reid has won 207 games, finished with at least ten regular season wins 13 times (including the past four), coached in six conference titles games, and came within four points of defeating Brady and the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.
Of course a Super Bowl championship is the only thing missing from his Hall of Fame career, but it’s clear the man knows how to win.
But he’s also stubborn.
Reid refused to get rid of Sutton during the regular season when it was clear he had to go, only moving on after the damage had already been done. He also rarely gives a soundbite worth mentioning to the media. He’s not Belichick boring, but you certainly aren’t going to learn anything new in one of his press conferences.
He’s made odd choices such as continuing to throw the ball at an alarming rate when game manager Alex Smith was under center and All-Pro running back Jamaal Charles was in the backfield. He also manages a two-minute drill worse than a toddler in charge of a Steak ‘n Shake.
You can rag on Reid for not having a title on his resumé or lament the facts he’s too loyal to coaches and players and hates the final two minutes of a football game, but you can’t call the man a loser. He’s won more football games than all but seven NFL head coaches, and trails only Belichick among current ones.
So call for his firing or reminisce for the days of Hank Stram if you’d like, but also remember where the Chiefs stood before their current coach ventured west. From 1999-2012 five Kansas City head coaches went 98-126 in the regular season and 0-3 in the playoffs.
Read (or Reid) that and try not to weep.