byau
Active member
The Clint Gresham (long snapper for Seahawks) interview on Danny Dave and Moore is pretty good! Really funny!
He is a really cool sounding dude. And I'll try to describe some of the answers, but the delivery is much better. Take a listen if you have time!
http://mynorthwest.com/category/podcast ... nd%20Moore
Some things covered...and it's hard to describe the delivery of it all, but the interview itself had them laughing throughout the whole interview - he's a really cool sounding dude!
* Clint Gresham loved Coach Carroll and really wanted to go to USC. He begged his dad to go to USC. Turns out his dad never sent the tape in. Clint thought he just never heard back from USC. Six years later his dad writes him in 2011 in a Christmas letter "oh by the way I never sent your tape in".
* Says that when he found the Seahawks claimed him off of waivers "I kind of cried a little bit inside"
* What makes a kid long snapper? "He's not good enough for quarterback". He later found out he was decent at long snapping and his best chance to make a collegiate team would likely be long snapper. And he built a contraption at his house while growing up to practice long snapping
* They mention about long snapping being a thankless job because you get noticed when you miss. And how in 1000 some snaps Gresham still hasn't had a miscue
* Practiced a long time so that when he long snaps to a punter, he does it so in eight yards, it will spiral 2.5 rotations and gets to Jon Ryan with the ball laces up.
* He can probably throw a ball farther between his legs than overhead. He estimates he can snap a ball at least 40 yards between his legs. He even has guys run routes and he'll snap the ball to them in the numbers.
* Talks about special teams fraternity and how they're a pretty funny group (him, Haushka, and Ryan). In fact, Gresham is getting married in March and Haushka and Ryan are both his groomsmen.
* Talks some technical timings and snapping for field goals vs punts.
* Asked "So is there a long snapper fraternity?": He says, yes. He does cheer for the other long snappers. He feels for other long snappers when there is a miscue
* "So before the game, like QBs, do you talk to the other long snapper?" "Yeah... we do. And I'll be like 'hey, you throw something between your legs too. So do I! Crazy that we met here! What a coincidence!!"
Anyway, it's a fun listen!
He is a really cool sounding dude. And I'll try to describe some of the answers, but the delivery is much better. Take a listen if you have time!
http://mynorthwest.com/category/podcast ... nd%20Moore
Some things covered...and it's hard to describe the delivery of it all, but the interview itself had them laughing throughout the whole interview - he's a really cool sounding dude!
* Clint Gresham loved Coach Carroll and really wanted to go to USC. He begged his dad to go to USC. Turns out his dad never sent the tape in. Clint thought he just never heard back from USC. Six years later his dad writes him in 2011 in a Christmas letter "oh by the way I never sent your tape in".
* Says that when he found the Seahawks claimed him off of waivers "I kind of cried a little bit inside"
* What makes a kid long snapper? "He's not good enough for quarterback". He later found out he was decent at long snapping and his best chance to make a collegiate team would likely be long snapper. And he built a contraption at his house while growing up to practice long snapping
* They mention about long snapping being a thankless job because you get noticed when you miss. And how in 1000 some snaps Gresham still hasn't had a miscue
* Practiced a long time so that when he long snaps to a punter, he does it so in eight yards, it will spiral 2.5 rotations and gets to Jon Ryan with the ball laces up.
* He can probably throw a ball farther between his legs than overhead. He estimates he can snap a ball at least 40 yards between his legs. He even has guys run routes and he'll snap the ball to them in the numbers.
* Talks about special teams fraternity and how they're a pretty funny group (him, Haushka, and Ryan). In fact, Gresham is getting married in March and Haushka and Ryan are both his groomsmen.
* Talks some technical timings and snapping for field goals vs punts.
* Asked "So is there a long snapper fraternity?": He says, yes. He does cheer for the other long snappers. He feels for other long snappers when there is a miscue
* "So before the game, like QBs, do you talk to the other long snapper?" "Yeah... we do. And I'll be like 'hey, you throw something between your legs too. So do I! Crazy that we met here! What a coincidence!!"
Anyway, it's a fun listen!
