On this day 12 years ago the Philadelphia Eagles fired Andy Reid after 13 years coaching the team he had a 130-93-1 record. Since then they’ve had FOUR Head Coaches and Andy Reid’s won THREE Super Bowl Titles with the Chiefs! Thank you Philadelphia Eagles!
Originally Posted by Bwana:
On this day 12 years ago the Philadelphia Eagles fired Andy Reid after 13 years coaching the team he had a 130-93-1 record. Since then they’ve had FOUR Head Coaches and Andy Reid’s won THREE Super Bowl Titles with the Chiefs! Thank you Philadelphia Eagles!
I think we are more in debt to Philly for Andy than we might realize. He wasn’t even a coordinator when they took a chance on him and they let him (before he was fired) wear HC hat plus make personnel decisions. That ended up being too much for him and led to his firing. He comes here and just coaches and we have reaped the rewards ever since. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jerryaldini:
Marty went his first 14 years without a losing record s in the regular season. He only had 2 losing records in 21 seasons. There's a gleam.
When you have that kind of regular season record but have Marty's postseason record, that's not luck or anything else. It's poor coaching. Marty never could handle the pressure. If the running game was working, throw the ball. If the defense was on lock down, run prevent and let the other team back in the game.
Marty was a terrible situational coach. Kind of the opposite of Reid in that respect. [Reply]
“Starters don’t lose a job due to injury,” “rookies have to earn their position.”
Put Gannon and Tony G on the field for the entire game in the 97 playoffs and I’m guessing we’re walking away with the win. In the playoffs, your margins are razor thin, and Marty’s adherence to tradition for the sake of tradition was enough to skew his margins every time.
Add in the rumors of Lamar being upset at the suggestion that the QB he spent franchise money on would be benched by Gannon and King Carl’s constant whiffs in the drafts and refusing to “lose” in contract negotiations (leading to Neil walking away due to going with Grbac and going cheap on a kicker in 95) and Marty was always going to be doomed in Kansas City.
Now, what happened with Marlon McCree and the Chargers? That shit was just curse territory for Marty. [Reply]
Before we begin this final trek towards the Three-peat I think we all need to be grateful and appreciate what Andy Reid has given us.
If the Chiefs win on Saturday, we will have seen 16 playoff wins with Patrick Mahomes. How insane is that? Joe freaking Montana only won 16 playoff games in his career. Mahomes is going to pass Montana and be halfway to Brady likely before he turns 30.
For all that we suffered. For all the pain and despair, this was so worth it. The football God’s have blessed us with the Andy Reid and he has given us the gift of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Mahomes passes Brady in playoff wins by the time he’s 37. That’s just..I don’t know man. Tom Brady absolutely destroyed Montana’s records. He obliterated them. It’s insane that Mahomes could pass Brady before he turns 40.
Enjoy it fellas. The odds are greatly against something like this ever happening again in our lives. [Reply]
Man, he's dorky, but I love that Clark is so invested in the culture and celebrations of the team. Lots of owners are, but when you've had the success he's had for so long with the coaches and front office personnel, it really is like family and not like a boss/employee dynamic.
