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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
Reid & Smith have hit their ceiling. All they needed was one fg in the 2nd half & they advance. Add the thing is, Titans gave them that fg & the Chefs still couldn't cash in.
I must also say the refs sucked in this one.
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In Reid & Smith's defense, they lost by one point in a game where the opposition scored seven points on the most-unlikely of fluke plays (Marriota-to-Marriota) that should have resulted in three points, they lost a key offensive weapon just before halftime, came within one play or a few yards of lining up for a game-winning field goal, and as for the criticism of not running Hunt more, Smith was having a great game... (Had Reid called Hunt's number more in the second half, and the Chiefs had still lost, the criticism would've been that he got too conservative.)
That said, when you are up 21-3 at the half, then go scoreless in the 2nd half and lose - at home - some criticism is sure to be valid.
Last year around this time - sorry ForeverRoyalKC! - I wrote the following in defense of Reid (and the legacy of Marty Schottenheimer), from the perspective of a long-suffering Dolphins fan:
Several years ago (Schottenheimer) was rumored to be in the hunt as new coach for the Dolphins. Probably six or eight years ago. I was thinking, "Hell yes! That guy's a winner!" You can't win the Super Bowl without first making the playoffs, and guys like Reid and Shottenheimer (when he was coaching) simply take teams to the playoffs. Repeatedly. They don't somehow forget how to put together a game plan when it's the playoffs. But sometimes bad luck strikes, the ball bounces funny, or guys like Elway and Brady happen. By definition, bad luck isn't distributed evenly. Some guys, Andy & Marty for two, have gotten more than their fare share of it... But if I'm running a team, I'd take Andy now in a heartbeat (and would've taken Marty back in his day).
I definitely stand by that! But I can sure understand the frustration of Chiefs fans.