Andy Reid’s flawed reasons for keeping Bob Sutton
Andy Reid’s stated logic for keeping Bob Sutton had little to do with good reasoning and a lot to do with Reid’s views on the Chiefs’ success.
Andy Reid probably could have made a solid argument for why he wanted to keep Bob Sutton on as the Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive coordinator for 2018. He could have argued in favor of stability over extra turnover. He could have contended that the Chiefs were better off with some consistency as an organization that will be changing in a lot of ways this year. But that wasn’t Reid’s stated reasoning.
Reid’s logic behind keeping Sutton were “because I’m right, that’s why!”
This is not supremely calming.
Reid deflected criticisms of Bob Sutton and the idea that the Chiefs would be better off with a change at defensive coordinator by saying, “I know everybody has their opinion on everything, just like they did when they wanted me to bench Alex (Smith). That turned out pretty good.”
For a coach who spent the vast majority of January at home, it’s not a great time for Reid to yell “scoreboard!”
On today’s show, we dissect this move from Andy Reid further and try to find a better reason for keeping Bob Sutton.
Plus, did you know that Reid called plays for Patrick Mahomes’ NFL debut in Week 17? He did! There are a few ways you can interpret this, but they’re all good.
Reid certainly knew the odds were that he’d be losing Matt Nagy to a head coaching job this offseason, so he wanted to see how he could use Mahomes in a real game. Either Reid was taking the new Ferrari out of the garage because he wanted to see how it’d drive on the open road, or he did it because he knows he’s going to be spending a lot of time behind this wheel in 2018.
Another silver lining: Mahomes didn’t seem any kind of limited by Reid’s playcalling in Week 17. Reid can certainly end up in his shell late in games, but Mahomes’ gunslinger mentality is something Reid desperately needs to collaborate with, not rage against.
Also on today’s show, we discuss the reasons that the new XFL isn’t very interesting and Beards McFly and I create something so much better: The XXXXXXXXXXFL. Tell me you wouldn’t watch this. All that and more on today’s (Almost) Entirely Sports.
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