I've said before, I'm not impressed. I think that preparation stuff is garbage because this is not a well prepared team, and one year of his tenure it wasn't even a well-conditioned team, with our players gasping on the field. A late season collapse? We're in the AFC East folks, it's not exactly a powerhouse division. What about teaching? Well, players claim they're not learning anything.
The article makes a point about coaching. Critical job of a HC is to hire the right assistants. Coyle is ok I guess, but Sherman was a security blanket for him. The QB coach is a relative of Sherman's. He hired an O line coach with zero NFL experience, who let the Incognito/Martin thing blow up in our faces. Our best coaches (Rizzi and Dan Campbell) were here before Philbin arrived.
Still, I'm optimistic about the season. Philbin brought in Lazor and an assistant coach from the Texans. I think they're good hires. If our quarterback develops, and we have a good draft and retain some key FA's, we could have a boatload of wins. We'll see.
A HC can be great, which he's not, but if you don't have a great HC you can still have a great team because it really comes down to the coordinators and rest of the coaching staff, the draft, and your quarterback. He can just stand on the sideline and clap or fistpump or whatever he wants to do.