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Unpopular fact: Jason Whitten invented Cool WhipView attachment 418044
Wrong. That was Whill Wheaton.
Unpopular fact: Jason Whitten invented Cool WhipView attachment 418044
They were only together for one year, so I don't know how much grooming occurred. Schultz's second year was the one year Witten came back from MNF, then he went to LV the following year. Gavin Escobar (2nd round pick in 2013) was supposed to be the "next Witten" but I remember reading an article that Witten had stated that it wasn't his job to coach, teach, or groom young players. He said that was the job of the staff and that he had to compete against these guys so why help them. I think he maintained that attitude most of his career, although it may have changed late.Didn’t he help groom Schultz?
This. One thing Saban and now Kirby has done is taken a lot of coaches and given them analyst or assistant roles. For me, it would be no brainer for Heupel to atleast have a sit down with J Wit and even Coach Cut to see if they have any interest in analyst or coaching roles... I'd love to have Cut on staff in a non recruiting, coaching role for QB's.
This. One thing Saban and now Kirby has done is taken a lot of coaches and given them analyst or assistant roles. For me, it would be no brainer for Heupel to atleast have a sit down with J Wit and even Coach Cut to see if they have any interest in analyst or coaching roles... I'd love to have Cut on staff in a non recruiting, coaching role for QB's.
They were only together for one year, so I don't know how much grooming occurred. Schultz's second year was the one year Witten came back from MNF, then he went to LV the following year. Gavin Escobar (2nd round pick in 2013) was supposed to be the "next Witten" but I remember reading an article that Witten had stated that it wasn't his job to coach, teach, or groom young players. He said that was the job of the staff and that he had to compete against these guys so why help them. I think he maintained that attitude most of his career, although it may have changed late.
He seems like a nice enough guy that he maybe gave some tips or pointers, though, I would imagine.
But my question is, is that would he even do that, being a VFL for life? To me, I don’t think he would even consider coming to an SEC team besides Knoxville. I could be wrong, but I think he would be better off to come here and start slowly learning.
Yeah, I wan’t there, obviously, but that kind of reads like he just watched and observed Witten on how a professional handles the week/season/day to day, not necessarily that Witten “took him under his wing” so to speak or coached him. Just my take. Definitely sounds like he had a positive impact on him, though.Maybe he did change because this was an article from USA Today back in October:
It’s been quite a learning curve for Schultz. Drafted after the sudden retirement of Cowboys legend Jason Witten, Schultz found himself jumping from third-stringer to starter after Geoff Swaim got hurt and Blake Jarwin struggled. Then Witten came back, and Schultz was demoted just as quickly to a backup role. But he used the opportunity to apprentice at the feet of a surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer.
He says Witten’s lessons still seep into his mind every single day.
“It’s more in how I emulate my day-to-day,” he explained. “I try to go about my day just like he went about his. Having that year with him was awesome: just to see how he was able to carry himself, how he approached a game plan, how he was able to watch film on these days: your game plan goes in here, here’s what you should watch on Wednesday, here’s how you should approach a Thursday. All that stuff was very helpful for somebody that was going on Year Two in the league… Him coming back ended up being one of the biggest helps to my mindset, and I learned a lot from him. I ended up here and I’m having good success, and I feel like a lot of that may came from that year.”