What Difference Does Experience Make?

So everyone's getting pumped about the NFC and AFC Championship games on Sunday. Everyone's talking about the players, about the defenses, about the offenses, what have you.

But think about the head coaches for a minute. These guys have a huge effect on fantasy stats during the season--if the coach has designed a great offense with multiple threats, then fantasy stats will be good from players on that team.

But of course the coaches also have a huge effect on the real games. Especially when we reach the conference championships and Super Bowl.

Andy Reid is the only guy of the four who has been here before. Yeah, I know he gets knocked for losing at this level, but don't forget that to lose at this level you gotta get there first!

Tomlin, Whisenhunt, and Harbaugh are all second-year guys. You might have to go all the way back to Bill Walsh to find a head coach who made it to the Super Bowl--and won--so early in his career. And remember, Bill wasn't really young then, because he didn't get his break as a head coach until he was 44 years old.

Just thinking...how important is Andy Reid's experience in determining who's going to win this week-end and at the Super Bowl?