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Herm Edwards must be wondering what he got himself into. Leaving the pressures of New York to go to Kansas City would seem to be ideal: less media, more privacy, less scrutiny.Welcome to Kansas City football reality, Herm.
All Edwards did with the Jets was lead them to the playoffs in three of his five seasons, and Jets' fans said, "Good riddance," when he left for Kansas City. In his first season as the Chiefs' head coach, all he did was lead the Chiefs to their first postseason appearance since 2003, and only their 2nd appearance in the last 9 years.
Has he lucked out by taking over veteran teams? Sure. But I would argue that he has been more unlucky than lucky. It is not at all easy to take over a veteran team and make your mark immediately, especially when taking over for coaching legends like Bill Parcells and Dick Vermeil, but Edwards has done that with both the Jets and the Chiefs. Like his style or not, Edwards generally gets results.
Perhaps Edwards' problem is that he creates high expectations too early. One thing that Jets' and Chiefs' fans have in common is that, despite the paucity of playoff appearances by their teams, they still demand no less than Super Bowl appearances from their head coaches. Chiefs' fans are spoiled by the Marty Schottenheimer teams which made the playoffs every year, while Jets' fans are itching for leverage over Giants' fans. So, instead of being satisfied with their team making a rare playoff appearance, they demand excellence once in the playoffs.
Which isn't a bad thing. Obviously, it would be disconcerting if fans settled for moderate success. But Edwards is perhaps taking more flak than he should. His 2-4 record in the playoffs, while not impressive, is also really not that bad in context. Six games is not enough to judge a man's playoff record. While many are wary of his intention to change the offense, Edwards is recognizing that he cannot win playoff games with this offense. Not with this personnel. Not with how he wants the Chiefs to play defense.
Herm Edwards is not indefensible. Nor is he immune from blame for the Chiefs' collapse in the first round. But he is also not the terrible coach some are making him out to be. One year does not a coach make. He has a 67% record of making the playoffs so far. If he makes it 71% next year, then we can see if he is the next Marty Schottenheimer.
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