One of his greatest strengths is actually his intellect. He tries so hard to appear dour and give nothing away in all of the press conferences that it masks his great intellect. He is probably a perfectionist. Yes, picking up the bits of paper on the training field was a give away, but it may have been deliberate for the cameras and sent a message to everyone that he is high detail and he cares about the little things.
There are a number of very, very intelligent Head Coaches, with Belichick, Payton and Coughlin probably up near the top of the list (ironically, all learned from the evil Bill Parcells). They also have vast incredible experience on which they draw from. I'm not saying that Joe is in their league (yet). He's not. However, he does have an intellectual advantage over a number of NFL coaches and should continue to improve. Your point on the game day management is probably valid but I think that he's still 100% better than Sparano, who was terrible in this capacity. I would expect that Joe acknowledges this and is hardest on himself. He may need to draw more from his more instinctive coaching assistants to identify who is best in this area (maybe Rizzo or Coyle are naturally gifted?). Maybe he needs a mentor to assist his game day management development.
Note, Joe may have an intellectual disadvantage compared to Belichick. But we are in with a big chance to beat the damn Patriots tomorrow.
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