Biggles I never said McDaniels was rogue. He calls the way he always calls them, in that he identifies the weaknesses he wants to attack going into every game, and basically calls the same 5-10 plays over and over and over regardless of how well the defense is adjusting to it.
The usually good game plans he goes into games with were worked out with Belichick beforehand, but while in-game, whatever plays he wants to call are his decision.
The only time I've ever seen Belichick take a coordinator's autonomy away was when Mangini was clearly sucking it up as a coordinator for over 10 games.
McDaniels doesn't have that problem because he is working with elite talent at every offensive position so even if he calls a crappy game, he gets bailed out a lot by the sheer talent of Welker, Moss, Faulk, etc. McDaniels' stats look good, so it's pretty much impossible for Bill to come in and take his autonomy away.