Well, he did mention that he scored an 18 on the ACT. Some of the most insightful, wisest people I know are rank and file blue collar, tradesmen types. Some of the dumbest, least insightful, most gullible people I know have all kinds of credentials behind their names. But, it may imply at least on some level he’s not a details guy, nuts and bolts wizard or maybe doesn’t have the interest some others do. He’d rather be out playing (can’t anymore), mingling, motivating, and speaking which is another type of skill many of us aren’t always skilled at.
Some guys like Belichik are really intelligent, detail-oriented people. Some are more big idea, salesman, marketing types like Jobs (which is its own kind of intelligence). Some are a little bit of both Jobs and Woz. My feeling is PJ’s on field fortunes may rise and fall with his assistant hires but IF everything works out he is the secret sauce that can take the program to the next level via recruiting and marketing.