You've got a handle on it. If we really wanna win this thing, we will remove the big conventional task force and it's three-star commander, and put the whole war under the command of the CJSOTF-A (Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, Afghanistan). Give him the infantry battalions, and let his staff plan operations, rather than the gung-ho but unimaginative conventional officers who have been doing it so far.
However, the odds of that happening are very small. For many Army officers, the war is about careers.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Before CJSOTF-A, there was CJSOTF-S that controlled it all after TF Dagger desolved. I was a J3 in TF KBAR. A conventional officer, and a real REMF.
Read the hunt for bin laden, the story of TF DAGGER by Roger Moore, it's about 90-95% correct. And really hammers the conventual pukes, especially Franks.
I once tried to get the special operations to use available conventual troops as a ready reaction, blocking force, and have available motars to support the mission, I was told "Are you out of your mind, they'll (conventional forces) will kill us."
Both SF and conventional need to learn to work together better.