I saw a puff piece on ESPN a month or two back where it ranked the best coordinators of the last decade (two decades?), and Wade Phillips was #1 and Capers was #2.

It got me thinking: the great D-coordinators (for the most part) appear to either be flashes in the pan or fast tracking to HC. For example, Vic Fangio can't do diddly without his players the 49ers drafted in the Top 10 year after year.

Finding a DC who is that good means temporary solution (as they'll get the HC gig). But even so, those tend to rise within an organization. So bringing in someone from the outside will far more likely be a flash in the pan that cannot duplicate success. So my next question is: does anyone on the Packers coaching chart have it in them to be the next hot DC?