When people complain about how Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid manages his use of timeouts, I have often remarked that, in the 26 years I have been covering the team, not a single one of the seven head coaches of the Chiefs had gone without being accused of poor timeout management.
“What’s more likely?” I always ask. “Is it that every single Chiefs head coach has been bad at managing timeouts, or that most fans focus on this when it turns out another timeout is needed at the end of a close game?”