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Originally Posted by Cochise
He hasn't changed much during a near 20 year career as a head coach. The book on him from Philadelphia is all still true. Play calling is terrible, clock management is terrible, very slow to make in-game adjustments, routinely wastes time outs and challenges, often gives the other team possessions at the end of halves.
His system, when executed well and when turnovers are limited, is very good at beating bad and mediocre teams, and thus produces a lot of regular season wins because those are 2/3 of the teams you play in a given year.
In the postseason you don't play many mediocre teams, which is probably why he has a losing record in the postseason.
Once in a while a Brian Hoyer quarterbacked Texans team backs into the playoffs, but other than that, Reid doesn't win consistently in the postseason, despite often getting there.
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Most of this is true, but the thing with Andy, his players love him. He is the very definition of a Players Coach. He gets everything they have on game day. He has built a very solid team here in KC in all phases of the game.
Teams that come in here have to outperform us in at least 2 of the 3 to win. How many games have we seen the offense get dominated but the Defense and Special teams bail them out for wins? It must drive other teams crazy knowing they played better a majority of games only to lose from a pick 6, a punt return for a TD, or 6 freaking field goals. The Atlanta game was a prime example.
Despite his faults, Andy wins a lot of games. He gets a lead and grinds it out in the ugliest way possible. It is maddening sometimes, watching him shoot himself in the foot with game decision blunders, but he wins. With that said- it still takes an Elite QB for a team to win consistently in the Playoffs. Hopefully, Andy gets that now by drafting 2 PM.