SB Nation User Blog: Will Kier

Here's to you, Mr. Robinson (new/old Hawks Long Snapper)

Will Kier — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:30:13 -0000

Here's to you, Mr. Robinson (new/old Hawks Long Snapper)

Fresh from Danny O'Neil's twitter feed, the Seahawks have once again come upon the services of one Jeff Robinson, fabled Long Snapper extraordinaire, as an emergency replacement for injured Snapper Kevin Hauser.

Undoubtedly, Tim Ruskell's greatest failure was never settling on the franchise Long Snapper our team needs.

Not bragging, mind you, but reporting the freshest Jeff Robinson Long Snapping news has been a long time hobby of mine.

Walter Jones out with surgery, Marcus Trufant out with back issue

Will Kier — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:18:11 -0000

Walter Jones out with surgery, Marcus Trufant out with back issue

Oops.

I was not really counting on Walter Jones this year, but...hoping for him nonetheless.

I love this ad-an important lesson for all of us. All the M's need is a more intimidating mascot...

Will Kier — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:02:03 -0000

I love this ad-an important lesson for all of us. All the M's need is a more intimidating mascot then the Moose....

Steve Spagnuolo new Rams Head Coach

Will Kier — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:28:57 -0000

Steve Spagnuolo new Rams Head Coach

Hat tip FO

Here's to a decent division.

On what convinced him to hire Casey "Gus" Bradley: "I got a call about two weeks ago from a man...

Will Kier — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:58:48 -0000

On what convinced him to hire Casey "Gus" Bradley: "I got a call about two weeks ago from a man that I have great respect for: Monte Kiffin. I worked with Monte in New Orleans, and I’ve stayed close to Monte. Monte is a legend in this game as a football coach. Monte calls me JL. Have you ever heard Monte talk? He’s kind of like, [does impression]. That’s enough Monte. He said, ‘Hey JL. Listen to me. I have got a guy here in Tampa that is one of, if not the finest, football coaches I have ever worked with. He’s an A+. He’s a once-in-a-lifetime coach. You need to talk to him. His name’s Gus Bradley. He was the defensive coordinator for x-number of years in college. I hired him to be our quality control coach, knowing that Joe Barry was going to go to the Detroit Lions and I wanted to make him the linebacker coach, and JL, this guy is special. You have to bring him in, you have to talk to him.’ Well, when a man like Monte Kiffin, who’s had the success that he’s had in this league, and someone that I’m familiar with and have great respect for personally and professionally, says that to you, you say, ‘I think I better bring this guy in and talk to him. So I brought Gus in last Wednesday. I picked him up at the hotel at 8am, and I dropped him off at 11pm, which meant I spent 15 consecutive hours with Gus, because I felt that that was an incredibly important decision to make: who was going to be our defensive coordinator, who I was going to put in the room with that group of men so that they can reach the level of play that they need to reach for us to bring a Super Bowl to the city of Seattle. Through the course of the day, I realized, ‘Boy, Monte is dead-on. This guy is special.’

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"Enough raider joe already"? There can never* be enough raiderjoe *there can sometimes be...

Will Kier — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:20:31 -0000

"Enough raider joe already"?

There can never* be enough raiderjoe

*there can sometimes be enough raiderjoe. but not now!

Seahawks recall corpse of Jeff Robinson (LS) out of retirement

Will Kier — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:33:49 -0000

6th round Long Snapper Tyler Schmitt is on Injured Reserve. Tim Lindsay is erratic. What do the Seahawks do?

Call Jeff Robinson out of retirement. Again. Horay for Bruce DeHaven, who I assume is BFF with Robinson.

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Just got a call from Dave Boling, who is up at the VMAC, and boy did he have some interesting news. The Seahawks are bringing back 38-year-old Jeff Robinson to be the team's long snapper.

Holmgren and Personal Fouls

Will Kier — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:49:17 -0000

I think it's fairly well known that the Seahawks under Mike Holmgren have been a disciplined team as far as accruing penalty flags. But Mike Sando did something interesting in his NFC West blog on ESPN, his researchers went back to 2001 and collected Personal Foul records to answer the question: who is the dirtiest team? The results are a little surprising:

1 Tampa Bay 127

2 Arizona 124

3 Detroit 124

4 Tennessee 119

5 NY Giants 119

6 Washington 117

7 New England 116

8 Atlanta 113

9 Chicago 112

10 Miami 110

11 Oakland 109

12 New Orleans 108

13 Baltimore 108

14 Carolina 107

15 Philadelphia 105

16 Cincinnati 104

17 Green Bay 101

18 Buffalo 99

19 Denver 95

20 Cleveland 95

21 Jacksonville 93

22 San Francisco 93

23 Dallas 93

24 San Diego 92

25 Kansas City 89

26 NY Jets 87

27 Pittsburgh 86

28 St. Louis 86

29 Minnesota 85

30 Indianapolis 77

31 Houston 71

32 Seattle 57

Link to Sandoblog
Holy crap. And keep in mind that the Texans didn't even start play until 2002! Holmgren sometimes turned a blind eye when drafting to off-field events (coughStevenscough) but it seems he knew what he was looking for in on-field discipline. I hope Mora can continue this strong trend.

Mora officially Hawks head coach in '09

Will Kier — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:10:55 -0000

According to Jay Glazer, at least!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7764658/Sources:-'Hawks-tab-Mora-as-next-head-coach

So there we go. Mora in '09. I bet Ty Willingham feels a bit better now. What's the over/under on number of shots of Mora standing on the sidelines next season, as the announcers talk about his future job?

Update: You can watch the press conference here. It should be a meaty mix of "thank yous" and football platitudes. I'll run a quick recap afterwards.

On a related note, with Mora officially hired, keep an eye on the Lane Kiffin situation in Oakland. Kiffin isn't likely to accept a position as lowly as quarterbacks coach, but Greg Knapp, Mora's offensive coordinator in Atlanta, might.

Quick note for Packers fans

Will Kier — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:08:59 -0000

The sole mention of "We want the ball, and we're gonna score!" does *not* melt Hawks fans into a catatonic, drooling heap of shame and embarrassment.

Irregardless (er, regardless) of the fact that the targeted WR ran the wrong route, that it was 4 years ago, and that Matt has matured immensely as a QB, if you want to tell us why a Lambeau victory is inevitable, could you just be so kind and mention the words "Brett Favre" or "Greg Jennings" or "Aaron Kampman"? Or use any argument that mentions current performance?

Ahem. Thanks. Here's to a good game next weekend.

1	Tampa Bay	127
2	Arizona	124
3	Detroit	124
4	Tennessee	119
5	NY Giants	119
6	Washington	117
7	New England	116
8	Atlanta	113
9	Chicago	112
10	Miami	110
11	Oakland	109
12	New Orleans	108
13	Baltimore	108
14	Carolina	107
15	Philadelphia	105
16	Cincinnati	104
17	Green Bay	101
18	Buffalo	99
19	Denver	95
20	Cleveland	95
21	Jacksonville	93
22	San Francisco	93
23	Dallas	93
24	San Diego	92
25	Kansas City	89
26	NY Jets	87
27	Pittsburgh	86
28	St. Louis	86
29	Minnesota	85
30	Indianapolis	77
31	Houston	71
32	Seattle	57