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Originally Posted by Mechanix544
Thats been the excuse in Redskins land for the past 3 years, no matter which coach you are talking about. I'd say the skiins are about 4 seasons from putting it all together, but then we might have to address half of our roster due to age, so then we might be talking actually 5 or 6 years before we get to the playoffs. It does take a while to build a winner............... 
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That's the real pisser of the situation. A quality FO and coaching staff would be winning this season, the third year in. It was really, really irresponsible to force the switch on defense w/o acquiring the players AND the coaching talent necessary to keep the defense strong. In effect, Mike took the strongest part of the team and grossly handicapped it, and because his monumental ego precludes an adjustment back to the 4-3 and we're limited on quality picks we're stuck with a garbage defense for the remainder of his tenure in all probability. For those who want to crap on the Blache defense still today...are you a Redskins fan or a Shanahan fan?
A quality FO and staff would have kept the 4-3 until the most necessary players became available to thrive in the 3-4, namely front 7 players who really fit the scheme. When you look at our defensive personnel every player with the questionable exception of Perry Riley is (still) best suited for a 4-3 defense.