What do you think "in the middle" means? Everything is semi centralized? No, it means we've centralized the right things and not the wrong things.
Sorry, it just bugs me when people talk like this. Politics, too. People want us to do things "in the middle". What does that mean? Like a single payer system that pays for half of everything? What people actually mean is, they want a better solution that works for everyone. It's not a split the difference situation.