Experienced leadership is important in any organization.
Why should the NFL be any different? Less experienced players can learn from the knowledge of more experienced players. With the Commanders now having lost their last three games, defensive coordinator Joe Whitt was asked how the older players are supporting the younger players through the losing streak.
“You know, not necessarily, just when we won four games in a row or now that we lost three, it's the same thing,” Whitt replied. “You lean on that and what you have to do, and I know you're going to say that's coach talk, but it's the way we live and the fact that you have a win and a loss in the same way.” You suffer four wins and four defeats in the same way. You just have to go back and figure out how you’re going to win the next game?”
When a team's performance declines, coaches must work to evaluate the performance and then determine how they will change some things to make progress.
Whitt then brought up the concept of improving as a defensive unit.
“What do you have to do to improve? There is something good in every defeat, something bad in every victory. That’s why we need to make sure we lean on the brotherhood we have, whether we win or lose, and continue to know that everything is in our hands.”
In coaching, there are always things that are under your control and things that you have no control over. Recognizing the difference is always crucial to the team's success. Washington is 7-5 and still in control of its destiny, but another loss this Sunday would leave it no longer in full control and relying on other teams for help.
“We control what we control and when we do business we will get the results we want. If not, we stay at home. So that’s it.”
