We know this and most believe he is a really good coach too. The decision he made was poor and no coach will make that decision again in that situation. There are a litany of coaches you would be killing for that decision not named Shanahan.

I didn't like his play calling at times, especially late in regulation, and I've said so.

This argument is just more silly analytics bullshit. I wouldn't "kill" any coach for that decision, especially given the game situation and his defensive coordinator vs their play caller and head coach.

The criticism lies with the play calls at the beginning of the third quarter, after the two minute warning, the decision to hire Steve Wilks, and the playcalling on second down in the overtime near the goal line. Those are reasonable. I'm not going to second guess a guy for taking the ball when his defense is exhausted, outmanned, and outcoached and has spent a ton of time on the field (and likely should have lost in regulation).

I’m not sure what happens when he gets these leads and not being able to close. I think he’s definitely a top 5 coach in the league. I hesitate to ever rip play calls for a lot of the reasons you always mention, scouting, check with me etc, but there’s no question he has to answer for not closing the deal via sound play calling and clock and game management. They still have a window with this group with the cheap QB. Maybe next year they do it.

especially when the refs have swallowed their whistles are are "allowing guys to play" and the other team has an all time great at qb.

He needs to do a better job with his defense and adjust his scheme, especially to account for mobile qb's. They don't face that as much in the NFC, but the top AFC teams all seem to have mobile guys and they keep getting gashed. He needs to do a better job with his special teams; they have struggled with simply catching the ball on kicks for several years now. If those things don't improve, they're not going to win shit, especially vs a team like the chiefs.