[sportscurmudgeon]

This should not be an "either/or" discussion. It should be a "both/and" discussion. Or maybe a "neither/nor" discussion.

Greg Blache is not a great defensive coordinator. When he left Chicago, no one their held a "Pity Party" for the team or the fans or the rest of the coaching staff.

Here in Washington, Blache has no great players on the defense; he has three or four who are well above average and the rest are very ordinary on most Sundays.

Put those two things together and look at the 7-7 record and you have to say that Blache is doing fine with what he has. Neither Blache nor this assemblage of defensive talent is taking the Redskins - or any NFL team deep in the playoffs.