RDZ comes with an exceptionally good base & freakishly high ceiling.
He provides his players a strong structural identity that is in tune with their technical base with freedom that their profile demands within the constraints of time & space.
Top stuff from Dom as usual.

The piece does a great job at addressing certain myths surrounding De Zerbi, is he too limiting, too positional, too rigid?
Not exactly, the way he sets his teams up is more liberating than limiting, is there an element of rigidity, yes, can it be bettered, yes and we have...

seen it happen, f.e. the vertical and horizontal distances are often adjusted to suit the opponent. The principles however don't and shouldn't change.
There's also this fact that while there are certain positional and role related demands of his players, your usage and...

freedom is catered to your profile, f.e. a Mac Allister at the pivot doesn't play the same as Caicedo or a Gross or a Gilmour or a Baleba. The fullback in Veltman is different to Lamptey or Estupinian. There's functional and creative freedom and the team adjusts accordingly.