Because there's only one way to be great right? So, you're saying the Bill Walsh approach, which I outlined in my post you quoted, is just flat out "bs" then? Guess we will have to disagree. I happen to think the Bill Walsh approach is fantastic.Sounds like bs to me, not to be rude, but the patriots dominate most games because of bb, they're never close for the most part, and Brady is nothing without BB, you see it with every qb that replaces him, they all play great, its BB and nothing else. If Gase is so great why do we barely hang around every game instead of winning outright beginning to end most of the time like BB for the past however many years? You can say playing Haire for the season is smart, but why barely win at the end when you can just crush the division every year?
Gase's play calling since he's been here has been very weak in terms of aggression and excuses, probably smart in x's and o's a lot, but it's about a lot more than x's and o's, attitude and aggression of play calling often times is much more important. BB isn't outsmarting everybody on every play, he just plays to win where everybody else plays not to lose, scared, and continually makes excuses or hides it behind haire this, bad game that, not ready yet this.
How many times do people have to see the same bs over and over again before they realize what it is? People should call Gase's crap play calling crap when it is, him playing it safe early on is smart with cutler and his first game but last seasons was safe almost every time until he was forced to play not to lose and try to win, and almost every time points went up fast, no surprise there, Gase doesn't lack smarts, just mindset. He has the whole season to change and improve, but don't be surprised if it just stays the same because most coaches are historically mostly talk.
Is Bill Belichick a great coach? Sure. Does that mean he has a patent on the one and only way to be great? I don't think so. Figuring out what works and does not work against your opponents is a very important thing. Not everyone naturally (or illegally by means of taped surveillance) knows exactly what will work and not work on any given day. Using the first plays to figure that out really puts ammo in your weapon to use at strategic times during the game.
I'd love to have full and complete knowledge of every other team's plans, but I do not have it. Does Belichick? Everyone said no he didn't, until it was uncovered that he did, via taping it. Our players were screaming that the Patriots knew our every play ... turns out, our players were right. Regardless, Belichick doesn't need those questions answered for some reason, he just already knows all the answers. Sure sounds great if you can get it. But, I think he stands alone as the only coach in the NFL that always has all of those answers. The rest of them figure them out over the course of the game. I'm a believer in the Bill Walsh system of trying to figure it out early, to maximize it's effect. But hey, not everyone shares that opinion. Suggesting that every coach can be Bill Belichick ... well, that's kinda silly. If they could, they already would have done it.