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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I've gone over this already - the guy was the head coach in Philadelphia and Philly fans aren't happy if they aren't complaining. Philly's a major media market that can easily drive a national narrative.
And when the guy just kept winning football games, the best excuse they could come up with was some nebulous bullshit like "he doesn't manage the clock" because it's the kind of thing you can say, sound relatively intelligent and never have to actually defend it because few people are going to actually call anyone on the carpet to defend the assertion.
For some weird reason the never got over the fact that he didn't manage to score 14 points in the last 5 minutes against the Patriots way back in 2004. That's when it really got loud and for the same stupid reasons - over-analysis by talking heads that don't have to actually defend the position. It's a lot easier to say "Man, Reid screwed up" when the Eagles lost than it is to say "Man, scoring 2 touchdowns in 5 minutes against a bombshell defense coached by the best defensive mind in football is really difficult."
It's an easy hit and run tactic for the intellectually lazy.
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I know this is anecdotal but personally I don't remember hearing about Reid's inability to manage the clock when he came here. While I follow the Chiefs, I really don't have the time to follow the rest of the NFL much. My opinion of Reid isn't some narrative I've adopted; it's my own personal observations. I'm sure a number of CP folks here have had the same experience. When Reid came here I wanted to believe he was going to be the football messiah...last thing I wanted was to see something about him worth criticizing, but there it is.
I'll leave it at this; I hope you're right and I'm wrong...it would be stupid to want it otherwise...so we'll see what this season holds for us.