OK, there are four things that the Cowboys cannot duplicate, in fact, no team can because they don't have him or his owner smart enough to let him lead the way and they all follow.
One, he does what most think is impossible, especially in the age of limited practice, he changes from week to week based on the opposition and specializes in getting players that can do that. If you want to see detail coaching, just look up what is required of his players on the walk throughs the night before games. He spends an inordinate amount of time on being prepared and the details extend to every player as he assumes he will have to use backups.
Two, he can read film better than anyone in the game and knows more about his opponents strengths and weaknesses than they know about themselves and he always takes at least one thing away from them. He took Witten away from Romo and no one saw that coming and it took a half to adjust to it and then he changed again.
Three, he knows which players fit what he wants to do better than any coach and he's not really good at drafting but when he picks up a FA, they make a difference. Even if he only intends to keep them for a short period of time. He knew Brandin Cooks was a one year fix and had already planned on what he was going to do. He doesn't misuse players often.
And Four, the most difficult of all, he sees the present and future equally well and is probably already thinking what he's going to do in Feb 2020 with his team. Now, he has the advantage of being the most influential and powerful coach with his owner in the league so that helps a lot.
I am not a fan of the man and he irritates me with his press conference act but one game showed me that he was the best in game coach I've ever seen and he watches the game like the mad scientist he is. His team has, uncharacteristically, fallen behind by 25 to ATL and as I looked on the sideline at him, his coaching staff and players, I couldn't tell they didn't have the lead. The confidence factor was off the rails and everybody was doing what he likes them to do, their jobs. He knew the Falcons were running out of gas and helped them along because he knew his QB could bring them back against a tired team and that's exactly what he did. He stole their momentum, step one, and by the time they realized that, it was too late.
McVay was right, he did get outcoached in the SB, just like Reid did the two weeks prior in a totally different style of game. Belichick is the only coach I've seen since Walsh that put the opposition on notice, you are behind before the kicker touches that ball. He is simply the hardest coach to game plan against, on either side of the ball, in the history of the game.
