My best thoughts on all of this come back to coaching.
I agree with your point in the other post in the thread: our offensive talent is not equal to the GSOT. It's good, but it's not Marshall-Ike-Kurt good. Not sure how to compare the defenses, though we didn't have an Aaron Donald in '99.
But, yes, I do believe we will be prepared. Wade has all the experience in the world. And McV has shown he can prepare a team and make adjustments.
Now, can he do it to the standard necessary for key late season games? We can't know that yet,
I think we'll be ready to play. Whether our talent and maturity are there yet ... I dunno.