I don't know if this got mentioned in the thread or not but I believe the biggest reason Bill does not have a great coaching tree is because he does not have a system to impart. He is a game specific coach who builds his team to be versatile season to season so he can spin the dial and come up with the most effective game plans each week. Of course that was all helped by having the GOAT QB who could run anything for him but that is only one side of the ball. He did the same thing on defense. So when it comes to teaching his assistants, he does not have a singular system to teach them but more of a philosophy and that is really hard to duplicate.
That's a great way of looking at it.
Also that philosophy doesn't work on a lot of players, which is why Bill has always put a priority on drafting high character team captains in the draft over the more physically talented players.
Perhaps that's where a lot of his coaches fail. They take over a team with a lot of vets that don't have the mentality to work under Bill's coaching philosophy.
Bill failed in Cleveland and was failing in NE until he got enough of his guys to buy into his philosophy and succeed.
That's not a knock against Bill to need the right players because literally every coach ever needs the right players to fit their system.
Bill needs players to be unselfish and work towards a common goal. Other coaches allow and have thrived allowing elite vets to freelance.
