One memory I have of Witten that speaks volumes to me about the man isn't going back into the game with a broken jaw or running down the field without his helmet or never quitting on the field. It didn't even happen during a game.
You couldn't find a player less like Witten on the team than Dez Bryant. Yet, here was Witten being interviewed in the locker room when Dez had one of his emotional episodes and was screaming for Dalrymple to get involved and fix it. But he didn't get involved, didn't have to, Witten excused himself from his interview and just went over and stood silently by Dez. And just like that, everything just calmed down. The message had been delivered, Dez's back was covered. By the unlikeliest man but likeliest teammate.
Many took shots at Garrett for not getting involved once he looked in but what he saw told him it was already being handled by the player he knew most likely to do that. The guy that he could depend on to give him 100% of everything he had and not just on the field.
If I had a kid playing ball at that school, I would be overjoyed at the type man, not just coach, that is in charge of extending life lessons and there are many for young men and women to learn in high school that can stay with them all their lives. That school made a quality hire.
