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10-04-2012, 10:44 AM
By Ray Fittipaldo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Before Bill Cowher won Super Bowl XL, he was Andy Reid.
Cowher was a highly successful coach in the regular season, but he was criticized for not being able to win big games in the postseason. Reid has an eerily similar track record.
Before the 2005 season, Cowher piled up division titles and playoff appearances in his first 13 seasons in the NFL, but had a 1-4 record in AFC championship games and was 0-1 in the Super Bowl.
Reid, in his 14th season as Eagles head coach, had the same resume in his first 13 seasons: 1-4 in NFC championship games and 0-1 in the Super Bowl.
Each made the playoffs nine times in those first 13 seasons, and each only had two losing seasons.
Their Super Bowl losses were similar, too. Reid's Super Bowl loss came against an opponent that was at the end of a dynastic run. The Eagles lost against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX. It was the third Super Bowl in four years for the Patriots.
In Cowher's first Super Bowl (XXX), the Steelers lost to the Cowboys, who also completed a run of three Super Bowls in a four-year period.
Cowher won his elusive Super Bowl after the '05 season, and, after the '06 season, rode off into the sunset and into a career in television.
Reid is still chasing his Super Bowl victory.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/eagles-coach-andy-reid-follows-path-similar-to-bill-cowhers-656171/#ixzz28LULn2BQ
Before Bill Cowher won Super Bowl XL, he was Andy Reid.
Cowher was a highly successful coach in the regular season, but he was criticized for not being able to win big games in the postseason. Reid has an eerily similar track record.
Before the 2005 season, Cowher piled up division titles and playoff appearances in his first 13 seasons in the NFL, but had a 1-4 record in AFC championship games and was 0-1 in the Super Bowl.
Reid, in his 14th season as Eagles head coach, had the same resume in his first 13 seasons: 1-4 in NFC championship games and 0-1 in the Super Bowl.
Each made the playoffs nine times in those first 13 seasons, and each only had two losing seasons.
Their Super Bowl losses were similar, too. Reid's Super Bowl loss came against an opponent that was at the end of a dynastic run. The Eagles lost against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX. It was the third Super Bowl in four years for the Patriots.
In Cowher's first Super Bowl (XXX), the Steelers lost to the Cowboys, who also completed a run of three Super Bowls in a four-year period.
Cowher won his elusive Super Bowl after the '05 season, and, after the '06 season, rode off into the sunset and into a career in television.
Reid is still chasing his Super Bowl victory.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/eagles-coach-andy-reid-follows-path-similar-to-bill-cowhers-656171/#ixzz28LULn2BQ