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Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson
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I thought Dorsey had main control? I thought that's something Reid was excited about...coming here to strictly coach and let someone ales make those decisions.
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He does
"But occasionally, even the most mundane question can bring forth a revealing answer, and that’s exactly what happened when Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked Wednesday if he buys into the hype regarding this being the deepest draft in 20 years.
Reid waited only a split second before answering. He literally could not do it fast enough.
“Uh, I’m probably not deep enough into it, myself,” Reid said, quickly. “That might be a question you ask Dorse tomorrow. But it looks like there’s some good football players.”
Dorse, of course, is Chiefs general manager John Dorsey, the man who allows Reid to focus on football in a way he wasn’t able to during the last several years of his 14-year run as Philadelphia’s head coach, which came to an end after the Eagles went 4-12 in 2012.
“I loved doing it when I did it,” Reid said. “I understand the time commitment and when I was doing that, it took away from the football part of it. I kind of gave up a little bit to do that, football-wise. So now I’m more football-wise and less in the personnel department.”
So when asked about personnel matters with the Chiefs both large and small, Reid has been quick to refer to Dorsey. It’s Reid’s way of making it clear who runs the show and displaying his faith in Dorsey’s draft-centric approach to team building. The two worked together, albeit in different roles, during 1992-98 in Green Bay, which won a Super Bowl in 1997.
“I’ve got a lot of trust in John, No. 1,” Reid said. “Really, that’s the format (owner) Clark (Hunt) wanted, just a general manager doing personnel and the head coach being the head coach.
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