Kansas Metropolis Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt generated headlines when he confidently declared on Monday night that he knew “for a truth” that head coach Andy Reid would return for a minimum of another season.
Reid put speak about his intentions to mattress whereas talking with reporters on Tuesday.
“Sure, I’ll be again,” Reid immediately mentioned, as shared by Charean Williams of Professional Soccer Discuss.
Reid turns 67 subsequent month and was the topic of some retirement rumors final winter earlier than he guided the Chiefs to a third Super Bowl championship throughout 5 seasons. No such chatter hovered the membership this previous fall as Kansas Metropolis received 15 of 16 video games earlier than it punted on Week 18, and there is not any signal that Reid is both slowing down or glad with what he is already achieved as a three-time Tremendous Bowl champion.
Some understandably speculate that Reid is chasing the likes of Invoice Belichick and Don Shula concerning conversations about who the best coach within the historical past of professional soccer is. Belichick leads all head coaches with six profession Tremendous Bowl victories, whereas Shula’s 347 career wins (common season and postseason mixed) have him atop that class. Reid will enter this Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl LIX matchup versus the Philadelphia Eagles, trailing Shula by 46 victories.
“That’s not a part of it,” Reid mentioned in regards to the notion that he is nonetheless teaching largely as a result of he desires to someday be thought-about the GOAT of his occupation. “I simply get pleasure from instructing. I don’t get caught up a lot within the stats or the data. I get pleasure from being across the guys. I get pleasure from soccer, the sport. You possibly can’t put within the hours we do and never get pleasure from it. I like the sport.”
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes turned 29 this previous September. He’s already a three-time Tremendous Bowl Most Beneficial Participant and should not but be within the prime of his enjoying days. Moreover, future Corridor of Fame tight finish Travis Kelce seems prepared to offer Kansas Metropolis a minimum of a pair extra seasons earlier than he retires.
So long as Reid is wholesome and pleased, he might proceed to make opposing coaches’ lives tough all through the 2020s.
