There are a lot of coaches out there who fit this description.It's not unusual for coaches to have the mindset that they're playing chess and that his players are game pieces that should move exactly as he wants and then stay in their box when the coach isn't orchestrating moves.
Not all of them are like this, but a lot of them are.
They tend to have a relative level of success but rarely do then end up winning it all. Their strength is what also keeps them from the ultimate prize.
We saw this in Denver with Dan Reeves who was determined that John Elway was going to be a Roger Staubauch clone .