Coaching change not necessary even if KC Chiefs don't reach Super Bowl

The KC Chiefs are one of the hottest teams in the NFL right now, but if they were to miss out on making the Super Bowl, would it be time to cut Andy Reid loose?

EDITOR’S NOTE – Cameron Black, the staff member who wrote this, is blind, but has a great feel for the game, even without his vision. This article was written with the help of a screen reader.

The Kansas City Chiefs had a magical 2018 season; One of the best seasons that can be remembered by Chiefs fans in recent history. One of the side effects of such a season is raising the hopes and expectations of a fan base that has grown accustomed to disappointment.

That is why, all throughout the offseason and heading into the 2019 regular season, the general consensus in Kansas City and Chiefs fans from all around, was that this season was Super Bowl or bust.

The Chiefs are currently 10-4, four-time AFC West champs, and on their way to their sixth playoff berth in the last seven years, but Chiefs fans must look into the future and ask themselves a hard question: What happens if it turns out to be a bust? With teams like the Ravens and Patriots lurking in the wings, that is a very real possibility.

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When the idea of not winning the Super Bowl this year is brought up to some Chiefs fans, the responses vary considerably. Most fans are resigned to the inevitable outcome, that the team that has disappointed them for so many years, even with a generational quarterback and loads of talent around him, will continue to do so.

Some fans even go through the five stages of grief; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. There is always that facet of fans; sometimes a larger or smaller facet depending on the team, that demands that heads must roll, starting with the head coach.

One of the most common complaints fans hear about a head coach of a team that is loaded with talent and seems to compete every year is, “He can’t win the big one”. This appeared to be one of the reasons why Andy Reid was relieved of his duties of head coach of the Eagles. Like it or not, agree or not, this complaint is starting to be spoken from the mouths of fans who have up to this point, been Reid’s biggest supporters.

For Reid’s first few seasons, the annual disappointment of making it to the playoffs, but not “winning the big one” or even booking the hotel rooms, could be tolerated if not even forgiven. For the most part, fans were just happy to be competing at all.

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When a team has another worldly quarterback like Patrick Mahomes and gobs of talent around him at every position, suddenly Chiefs fans have developed amnesia and have forgotten those dark days.

Now those fans who were throwing parties when the Chiefs played in and won a Wild Card game will be ready to run Reid out of town if this season does not end in the Chiefs bringing the Lombardy trophy back to Kansas City and planning a parade route through downtown. To put it simply, some Chiefs fans believe that Reid is running, or has already ran, out of excuses.

I have met people who say things like, “The Chiefs will never make it to the Super Bowl under Andy Reid” and whenever I hear that absurd bit of drivel uttered in my presence, I am quick to remind that person that the Chiefs under Reid were an offsides penalty and a coin toss away from going last year.

The first response from most fans is “Fire him” and my follow up question to that is: “And replace him with who?”

The years before Andy Reid featured a revolving door of head coaches, the last of which was Romeo Crennell, who took the Chiefs to a 2-14 record, and the coaches before him did not fare much better. When Andy Reid was hired in 2013, the Chiefs were furnishings on the Titanic, and since Andy Reid came to KC, the Chiefs have gone to the playoffs six of his seven years.

Has Reid won “the big one” yet? Well no, that is a fact that cannot be denied, but has he revitalized a franchise that even some of the most staunch fans had given up on? Has he taken a team that were lucky to eak their way into the playoffs on their best years and finish 2-14 on their worst years and turned them into a yearly contender and a team that will not be slept on?

Has he taken Arrowhead Stadium, a place where playoff hopes go to die back into the loudest and most feared home field in the league? The answer to those questions also can not be denied, and it is a resounding YES!

So the question remains: If the KC Chiefs make it to the playoffs only to have their season end prematurely for the seventh year under Andy Reid, and the sixth year with a playoff berth, should the seat of Reid begin to heat up?

That honestly depends on who you ask. If all a fan cares about is a Super Bowl berth, then the fact that Reid doesn’t have either one in his career is unavoidable. I’m not sure it needs to be examined to closely this year, considering this is only his second year being teamed up with Mahomes, but if multiple years go by with no berth into the “big one” and with all the talent at Reid’s disposal, then perhaps an examination is due.

Other fans like myself, however, would rather be consistently competitive every year, and have faith that sooner or later, the Chiefs will make it over that hump and go to, and maybe even win, the Super Bowl. I would rather look forward to every Sunday afternoon or primetime game, knowing that under Andy Reid, the Chiefs have a very good chance of success.

I’d prefer this option over rolling the dice on a new coach and run the risk of returning to the days of 2-14 records, finishing last in the division, and a Wild Card game being nothing more than a distant memory and a pipe dream.

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Lastly, one other fact that cannot be denied is that Andy Reid truly cares for his players and wants them to succeed; Not just for his own personal gain or that of the team, but also for the players as professional athletes and as men.

That’s a great quality to have in a head coach and another reason Kansas City Chiefs fans should be fortunate to have Andy Reid as the head coach of their football team.

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Coaching change not necessary even if KC Chiefs don’t reach Super Bowl

By Cameron Black | Dec 20, 2019

The KC Chiefs are one of the hottest teams in the NFL right now, but if they were to miss out on making the Super Bowl, would it be time to cut Andy Reid loose?

EDITOR’S NOTE – Cameron Black, the staff member who wrote this, is blind, but has a great feel for the game, even without his vision. This article was written with the help of a screen reader.

The KC Chiefs are one of the hottest teams in the NFL right now, but if they were to miss out on making the Super Bowl, would it be time to cut Andy Reid loose?

*EDITOR’S NOTE – Cameron Black, the staff member who wrote this, is blind, but has a great feel for the game, even without his vision. This article was written with the help of a screen reader.*

EDITOR’S NOTE – Cameron Black, the staff member who wrote this, is blind, but has a great feel for the game, even without his vision. This article was written with the help of a screen reader.