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 at the least another season.
Reid put discuss his intentions to mattress whereas talking with reporters on Tuesday.
“Sure, I’ll be again,” Reid straight stated, 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 gained 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 happy with what he is already completed 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 stated in regards to the notion that he is nonetheless teaching largely as a result of he desires to in the future be thought of the GOAT of his career. “I simply take pleasure in educating. I don’t get caught up a lot within the stats or the data. I take pleasure in being across the guys. I take pleasure in soccer, the sport. You possibly can’t put within the hours we do and never take pleasure in it. I like the sport.”
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes turned 29 this previous September. He’s already a three-time Tremendous Bowl Most Helpful Participant and will not but be within the prime of his taking part in days. Moreover, future Corridor of Fame tight finish Travis Kelce seems prepared to offer Kansas Metropolis at the least a pair extra seasons earlier than he retires.
So long as Reid is wholesome and blissful, he may proceed to make opposing coaches’ lives troublesome all through the 2020s.
