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Speaking of the Shanahans first. The only family with two head coaches to win a Lombardi trophy would be Kyle’s if he wins Super Bowl LVII. There, in Denver, Mike won two Super Bowls. Almost certainly, Kyle will follow him. “Obviously, I’m very proud,” Mike said to me in 2020 as LIV’s launch drew near. Let’s be the first father-son to win one, that’s what I know he’s thinking. not merely to arrive, but to emerge victorious. I’m sure that sentiment has grown stronger over the last four seasons.
Last week, Andy Reid, Kyle’s coach, spoke with me about the influence his father had on his coaching career. When the bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor, Walter Reid—who in the Navy went by Wally and Wally Reid—was one of the first people on the scene.
To his son, Wally inherited his gene for adaptability. In the United States, his family immigrated from Scotland, and Andy’s grandfather, his father, was employed as a caretaker at an opulent home on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Wally had little trouble making acquaintances, soaking up knowledge for his future profession as a Hollywood scenery artist. Combining his boundless inventiveness with the broader perspective he gained upon moving to the United States, he produced backdrop sets and props for motion pictures and television series. Wally made an artificial desert inside of buildings in Los Angeles, painting cacti, mud, and skies to give the impression that blue birds had flown straight into them, instead of studios hauling full production crews into the desert.
His kid carried that mentality into his shop classes, where his ability to excel in all areas—wood, electric, metal, printing, and drafting—rather than his aptitude in any one of them stood out. Many talents translated into a multitude of solutions. Like his father on Cape Cod, Reid’s curiosity and knowledge were piqued by the diversity of his surroundings as he grew up in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles, where he was surrounded by people of all ethnicities, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Success, in his opinion, was synonymous with winning, and winners who were steady in their pursuit of victory learned to adjust.
