Even i anticipated that the Cowboys would have to change up their defensive strategy for the 2nd half.
You just knew Shanahan was going to break the code and come out with an answer in the 2nd half.
There are many facets to being an NFL Head Coach and it's difficult to finds a coach that is good at everything.
They have to be excellent talent evaluators. just as important, they need to know how to use that talent to the maximum benefit of the team.
They have to be excellent personnel managers, assigning tasks and goals to his coaching staff, teaching them how to teach the players, installing his gameplan and ensuring that everybody understands their assignments.
An NFL coach has to be an excellent strategist, know how to attack his opponent, their weaknesses. He has to be innovative, develop new ideas. He has to have a plan, a philosophy on how to win in the NFL today.
They have to be excellent game time coaches, quick and successful decision makers in pressure situations.
Applying these standards to those HC's with multiple SB rings, we see that the majority of them were great in all areas. Where McCarthy stands among them seems a pretty one-sided debate at this particular point in time.