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And how he approaches that with his players.
Its a pretty nice (though short) write up of how Whitt goes about his job. Training versus preparing with a certain game plan in mind.
All throughout camp, Whitt evaluated the cornerbacks for the Green Bay Packers using what he calls the star system, an evaluation tool that gives each play a point total based on the talents of the quarterback throwing the ball and the intended receiver. A throw from Aaron Rodgers to Jordy Nelson, as Whitt explained prior to Nelson suffering a torn ACL, carries with it a 10-star rating, the highest possible outcome.
"So if you make a play on that, that’s a 10-star play," Whitt said. "That’s how it’s all evaluated. You’ve got to make some of those 10-star plays; don’t make a lot of those 4-star plays."
But the arrival of the regular season ushered in a different method of evaluation, and Whitt shelved the star system until next year. The focus now, he said, shifts from giving players a numerical representation of where they stand among their peers to finding the right combinations that will help the Packers win games. Veteran Sam Shields is the starter at right corner and Casey Hayward mans the left in the base defense, but how and when the trio of rookies — Damarious Randall, Quinten Rollins, LaDarius Gunter — join the lineup remains a work in progress.
"That was to give guys an opportunity to show that they deserved to be on the team or if they deserved the reps," Whitt said. "Now we do everything we’ve got to do to win the game.
"So if you make a play on that, that’s a 10-star play," Whitt said. "That’s how it’s all evaluated. You’ve got to make some of those 10-star plays; don’t make a lot of those 4-star plays."
But the arrival of the regular season ushered in a different method of evaluation, and Whitt shelved the star system until next year. The focus now, he said, shifts from giving players a numerical representation of where they stand among their peers to finding the right combinations that will help the Packers win games. Veteran Sam Shields is the starter at right corner and Casey Hayward mans the left in the base defense, but how and when the trio of rookies — Damarious Randall, Quinten Rollins, LaDarius Gunter — join the lineup remains a work in progress.
"That was to give guys an opportunity to show that they deserved to be on the team or if they deserved the reps," Whitt said. "Now we do everything we’ve got to do to win the game.
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