Jesse Granger
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The problem is, you know, you don't get to pick your distance.
Yeah.
When the play happens, you don't get to say, well, I'm too far out or I'm too close.
I'm going to move.
and get out of the way, your teammates would never let you live that down if you got out of the way.
It's unfortunate.
I don't know when it started for me.
It started when I played for Lavarello.
We blocked shots back then.
No one blocked shots.
We practiced it.
Practice sliding up.
Practice sliding.
Practice facing straight on.
Hands turned back so you didn't catch them on the palm of your glove.
We practiced it way back when.
So that was an art even back in 1973.
I was joking with Ron Hexaw.
I was texting with him.
We had a game like that in Pittsburgh.