We all know Andy Reid is one of the greats in this era, but now we have to start considering him as an all-time best. Andy Reid has been 0-6 in conference championship games leading up to this superbowl win, which might I add had to be his greatest achievement of all.
Reid has always been focused on the people around him. He deflected all talk about his legacy leading up to Super Bowl LIV by saying it was about the team. But Reid’s players did not shy away from how important it was to them to win it for Big Red.
Patrick Mahomes said after the game “ He’s one of the best coaches of all time, he already was”.
Reid was already considered one of the greats of his era before winning the Super Bowl, but his legacy was complicated by numerous playoff losses in occasionally baffling fashion. The Super Bowl win removes the butfrom Reid’s coaching legacy. Now with the trophy in hand and a ring to come, we can look at just where Reid fits among the all-time greats.
Vince Lombardi, Bill Walsh, and John Madden coached for 10 seasons. Reid has 10 division titles. He already has 21 years as a head coach under his (large) belt, and Reid has made the playoffs in 15 of those 21 seasons. He has more total wins than Madden and Lombardi combined. He has won more playoff games than every coach in NFL history except Bill Belichick, Don Shula, and Tom Landry. Reid has made only two Super Bowls, but he has made seven conference championship games, or one every three seasons he has been a coach.
Reid’s turnaround in Kansas City was remarkable for its speed, totality, and flexibility. He inherited a dark situation in Kansas City when he took over in 2013. The year before, the Chiefs went 2-14 and allegations arose that the front office had wiretapped phones in the Chiefs headquarters to spy on coaches. In December 2012, Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed Kasandra Perkins, the mother of his child, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and shot himself in the head in front of general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel. With the organization at rock bottom, owner Clark Hunt let Pioli and Crennel go and hired Reid, who had just been fired after 130 wins in 14 years with the Eagles.
If Andy Reid is not one of the all-time greats, he will be in the coming years with this lethal Kansas City team especially with Patrick Mahomes at the helm. Hats off to the guy whose IMO was someone who can never win the big game, well ladies and gentlemen I introduce you to Andrew Walter Reid your superbowl 54 winning coach, I’m sure this won’t be the last time we see him in this type of game.. Well done Andy, Well done!!
Joe Burrow entered the 2019 college football season as someone you would have never thought be the #1 pick in this years draft. With guys like, Chase Young, Justin Herbert, Tua Tagolvaioa he was rated as the 3rd best possibly 4th best QB available in this years draft until……….. His record breaking, breakout performance this season.
Joe Burrow had put up ungodly like numbers this season that QB’s can only dream of doing. Leading this LSU Tigers team to the national championship while putting up record breaking numbers. He went into the national championship game with an astounding 77.6 completion percentage, 5,208 passing yards and 55 touchdown passes, Burrow lived up to all expectations . Against Clemson , he threw 31/49 463 and 5 touchdowns!! He also ran for 58 yards and another touchdown in route to breaking these records:
Most touchdown passes in a single season: 60
Most touchdowns responsible for in a single season: 65
Most passing yards in a BCS/CFP championship game: 463
Most touchdowns responsible for in a BCS/CFP championship game: 6
LSU finished with a perfect 15-0 record the first SEC team do such and became the first #1 seed in the College Football Playoff era to win the National Championship.. So the question does remain is he the clear cut pick at #1? I think the Bengals would be stupid not to take this guy with the top pick.. You’re move Cincinnatti..
Let’s just talk some numbers now about Mike McCarthy.. With a 125-77-2 record (.618 winning percentage) in the regular season, McCarthy led the Packers to the playoffs in nine of his 13 seasons as head coach, winning at least one playoff game in six of those nine seasons.. While a lot of people will discount his postseason success on account of the fact that he had Aaron Rodgers as QB, it ignores how integral McCarthy was in Rodgers development as a QB.. Every year around March, McCarthy invites his QBs back to the facility for a two-week camp where he reviews every play from the previous year with his QBs while honing in on the finer details, including details as small as arm angle, head positioning and obviously footwork, that enable effective play from the QB position. No detail is too small as McCarthy will even spend time fixing how a QB takes a snap from under center. Rodgers described it as “breaking that thing (QB play) down to a science, and it really gives you a good feel for what you need to work on.”
McCarthy has helped a few legendary signal-callers with his QB school, including Rich Gannon (when McCarthy was QB coach in Kansas City), Brett Favre and the aforementioned Rodgers, so there’s no question as to whether Dak Prescott would benefit from it as well.
Obviously, the Cowboys could have done much worse than McCarthy IE. Marvin Lewis, Lincoln Reilly in their search for a new head coach. His experience, both generally as a head coach and in terms of playoff success, and ability to aid in the development of the franchise’s No. 1 asset Dak Prescott are incredibly intriguing and great selling points. While McCarthy’s proven track record of success is attractive, it’s his lack of a track record in accordance to his other biggest selling points the use of data-based decision-making (analytics) and an innovative offense that invites skepticism. Which brings it to the point he wants to bring a 14 person football technology department which includes 6 person video unit and 8 person analytics team. McCarthy could end up being the ideal middle ground for both parties, as he not only has the head coaching experience but also has a proven track record of developing QBs and has promised to be more creative and innovative in the future.
Even though McCarthy might not have been the Cowboys fanbase’s favorite head coach candidate, he was an exceedingly realistic option who could certainly provide an upgrade over Garrett. If Mike Mccarthy can add innovation to his stale offense over the years that led to his demise in Green Bay, the Cowboys will be a problem in the NFC East for years to come..
Before the CFP have made their final picks of the season for the playoff, Dabo Swinney and Clemson have not been happy campers. They are sitting at a 28 game win streak.. 28 freaking games!!! And they can’t get the respect they deserve? It’s an abomination that a team that has not lost in 2 years not start off the CFP rankings #1 with arguably the best QB and RB in the game with Trevor Lawrence and Travis St. Etienne, but now this team is the 3 overall seed where they will now go play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.
Now I get it Clemson has not played a single team this season still ranked in the Associated Press poll, and its strength of schedule is ranked No. 62 in the country. By comparison, No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Oklahoma all have schedules inside the top 30. But this is a team who hasn’t lost in 28 games and absolutely crushed the Crimson Tide in last years National Championship game 44-16
Now Why is Dabo Swinney making a case for getting on the Mt. Rushmore of college coaches?!?! Look at his body of work and what he has done with a program that was just mediocre before he took the helm. This guy is one of the best motivators in the game to get his teams ready for battle and here is an excerpt of him talking to his team after finding out they are the 3 seed “We started the season No. 1, went undefeated in the regular season and finished third,”. “OK, so that’s history, first time that’s happened. No. 1. So congratulations on that. Means nothing”. This guy is a master motivator and making a case to be on the MT. Rushmore of coaches in the college game.
Swinney has a chance to prove how good his Tigers are later this month against Ohio State. If they really are as good as he says they are, it will show against the Buckeyes in Arizona.
As we have seen in college basketball this season the number 1 ranking teams have gone down week in and week out.. From Michigan State ( who shouldn’t have been ranked that high to begin with) losing their first game of the season to Kentucky in the State Farm Champions Classic, to Kentucky the following week losing on their home floor to Evansville who in the past has not been a top tier team let alone top tier team in their conference but hats off to former Wildcat Head Coach Walter McCarty and the new regime, to the Duke Blue Devils who lost at home to a bad Stephen F. Austin team on their home floor on a buzzer beater.. Yes Stephen F. Austin in the past has made the NCAA’s under Brad Underwood who is now at Illinois but this is unheard of from Duke and Coach K who was 150-0 at home against non-conference opponents unranked.
So what does this tell us being ranked this season #1? Reality it means nothing college basketball is just beginning, yes this might hurt the big programs on the inside and give the small schools a glimmer of hope but the rankings this early means absolutely nothing. What this is showing is parity within the college ranks and in my opinion makes it better for the sport and for viewership. As for the curse of the #1’s, this is just the beginning and more teams will be going down and that number 1 ranking will fluctuate throughout this fun college basketball season so far, It’s just the beginning…..
