Tip of the hat to Greg Blache

[JoeRedskin]

Blache reminds me of Petibon. Petibon never had stifling defenses - good to very good defenses, but none that were dominant. Like Petibon, Blache doesn't seem concerned about how his defense is percieved ("their to reactionary" "they don't attack enough" ) but is more interested in developing an effective scheme against the strengths of the team he is playing. In this past game, he pretty much gave up the run and attacked Arizona's passing scheme.

It will be interesting to see what his plan is for Dallas, as they seem to me to be a much more balanced team than Arizona.