I thought he did a good job going 11-5 with Cassel a couple of years ago, but certainly he's been surrounded by good coaches, personnel people and of course lucked into an all-time QB. So to me he's somewhere in the middle, plus with the stature he's achieved that alone makes guys play for him and buy into the program.
According to the NFL Network the Pats ran, in 2007, an offense that was VERY similar to the run n shoot. The only difference was that they used TEs more heavily to try and offset the protection issues the system lends itself to.
