Nolan said

Treading water doesn't seem accurate. 5 straight winning seasons and 4 playoff appearances with Alex Smith as his quarterback before Mahomes took over.

Of course when he lands a generational quarterback he starts winning championships, but let's not act like he wasn't doing excellent work with a mid-tier quarterback prior to that.

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• fail to advance or make progress.
  "men who are treading water in their careers"
  In the 5 yrs before Mahomes became the starter Reid won ONE playoff game. He had some good to great seasons but never got past the divisional round.
  The yr PM was the starter he made it to the AFCCG
  What's your definition of treading water?
  Again I think Reid is a very good HC but I stand by " Treading Water"