Kansas City Chief's Alex Smith has been having his human shadow following him but he doesn't mind that everything he does is being carefully watched by his coach, Andy Reid, according to ESPN.
"Certainly, very hands-on," said Smith, one of the Chiefs' first player acquisitions after Reid's arrival in Kansas City in January. "He's standing right behind me, every single play with me, in the huddle at practice and he sees it all. He's about as hands-on as it gets."
That was the idea when Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt and Reid agreed to the contract that would bring the coach to Kansas City. Reid would shed some of the personnel responsibilities he had during his last few seasons as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, a move that would allow him to resume a more hands-on approach to coaching.
Shortly after hiring Reid, Hunt brought in a general manager, John Dorsey, who had 20 years of scouting experience with the Green Bay Packers. The plan was then put into place. "He mentioned to me [during the job interview] that over his last several years in Philadelphia that he had assumed too many roles and had gotten too far away from coaching," Hunt said.
"He wanted to return to being able to fully concentrate on coaching. The way we restructured the organizational chart in Kansas City with Andy and John Dorsey being on equal levels and reporting to me has given him that opportunity and he's fully embraced it."
Reid had the worst of his 14 years with the Eagles last season, when they went 4-12. After being fired at the end of the season, Reid knew he wanted to get right back to coaching.
