Of course, every coach does pretty game planning. Heck that happens all the way down to the rec level.
Geno happens to be exceptionally good at it, which definitionally does distinguish him from his peers.
Agree to agree?
Ok so let me join this conversation. First of all, that relatively monotonous offense which starts with a handoff and then the pass to the high post has many options, over 25. Secondly, all coaches prepare or they will be doing something else very quickly.
Third, the genius of Geno is the way he creates during the season and then unleashes a new, improved team. Last year we lost to ND, USC, and Tennessee and yet won the NC in runaway fashion. How? It wasn't just the players I assure you. He was crafting the ultimate weapon, small ball, and it was just indomitable. Every game was a building block and he knew where he was going to go. Maybe not right away, but eventually. He will take what he has, and in many years it was a lot less than he expected due to injuries, and still get to the FF through the season long molding and then the February Metamorphosis.
The Fourth point has been overlooked. He is a smart, peerless, in game coach, sensing shifts in the movement of the game. He used his weapons deliberately and precisely. He would press, run, slow it down, take advantage of a mismatch, or run a set play (the elevator screen ring a bell?) when exactly needed. That is what separates him in my view. He and his staff are so in tune with the game itself and had so many weapons at their disposal last year to use that it became a thing of beauty and one of the best college teams ever.
Forget about last year for a moment and look forward to this year. Talk about weapons? Combinations? Mismatches? Presses? Small ball? It's all there. We should track a new one of these each time it happens. When you see a mismatch like Kitts trying to guard KK last year in the NC game and our girl blowing right by her twice in row, think to yourself- How did this play get set up? How did it happen?. It wasn't by chance I assure you.
