I can only speak of my experiences but they may lend some info. I believe if you close mic well and set the gains correctly on the way in, the signal to noise ratio will be very high on the close mics. ie the sound they are intending to hear will be just at the right level and any other unwanted sounds will be at a very low level. And low enough to gate easily or use a downward expander set the right way.
I have found Rode NT5's are excellent as overheads, slightly out the front pointing in toward the kit and up at a reasonable height. If set correctly these OHeads can actually reject a whole band and a PA even very well.
I play a Sonor kit and the drums are exceptional. For kick I have got the hole in the front (6" or so and I put the mic right inside. I have got a little blanket my son used to lay on as a baby, when folded up just right sits nice in the bottom and can be easily adjusted inside. It just touches the front and batter heads. I find this internal blanket can be used to really set the kick drum sound from well rounded and longish to short and snappy. I sometimes place a small brick on the blanket once it is sounding right and it never moves after that. Don't forget wooden beaters sound very different to felt beaters. Use the right one for the style in hand.
On toms I sometimes use those damping rings which you can buy or make from old heads. I have made those hoops from 1/4" wide up to 1" wide for all head sizes. The wider ones dampen the toms much more. The narrower ones let a little ring back in and on the snare that can be real nice. It is easy to get a decent tom rock sound with those. In other more Jazzy situations I tune the toms differently and let them ring more naturally of course. Pitches need to come up for Jazzy styles and lower tunings for Rock.
Most of all get the drums sounding killer in real life then you will have an easy time thereafter.
On the hats I mic them with a condenser mic but have the rear end of the mic facing the snare and the front part aimed at where you are hitting the hats. With care you can reject a lot of snare here. Filtering after the recording in post can do wonders too on hat mics.
It is very essential to not only play nice groove wise but hit all the surfaces you have available with the correct amount of force to just make the sound you are after. Cymbals do not need to smashed in order to hear them, often they only need to be stroked.
(tell that to EVERY drummer you know!) The snare is a loud drum and too many drummers play it too loud. Toms and the kick benefit from a bit of power behind those strokes. Beater control on the kick is important too. It needs to hit the head and get right out of the way of the head immediately after so the head is free to vibrate and hence complete the sound.