May 1, 2026 • 15 mins
Brothers Geirean Hatchett and Landen Hatchett, who both play on the offensive line for the Washington Huskies, sit down with Softy before the UW Spring Game, and discuss the changes with the program since they first arrived, the journey from Montlake over to Oklahoma, not playing, and returning, plus 18-year-old left tackle starter Kodi Greene.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies Cracking and the twelfth Man Sports Radio ninety
three point three kJ R FM.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, we are getting ready for the annual Dogs after
Dart game coming up tonight at six point thirty broadcast
with Tony and Cam and Elise at six pm. And
two guys that look like they're gonna be having some
fun tonight, the Hatchet Brothers landing Gear and are with
us on the radio show. And you guys are gonna
sit this one out tonight, just nursing some some Nixon
bruises and things like that. Yes, sir, but tell us
(00:33):
what you're doing tonight. If you're not out there playing,
what's the role for you guys tonight?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
What are you doing?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Just trying to help the boys out any way we
can give him any coaching points he can and also
just bring that energy, bring that juice. Always trying to
make sure that everybody's hyped up on the sideline, not
letting it get too quiet in here.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, do we need to actually distinguish which one's talking?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Like this isn't TV right so we can see you.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
Do we sound do we sound too much alike?
Speaker 6 (00:58):
This is that was Landing? By the way, this one's Garret.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Okay, there you go, there you go. I mean, I'm
gonna just keep reminding people because they I do think.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
You sound similar.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I mean you don't look like each other really at all.
To be honest with you, I mean kind of.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
This guy is a little how would you describe Landing?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Oh wait, your brother if you had to say, hey,
my brother is gonna come out with us tonight. You've
never met him, but keep an eye out for a
guy that looks like dot. How would you describe your
brother Landon?
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Big muscular, Yeah, nice beard okay, great flowing okay, handsome guy,
handsome guy.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Okay, all right. How about how about this guy? Howbout Garrean?
How would you describe him to somebody.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Like that?
Speaker 7 (01:42):
A little not as nice beard as me, but probably yeah,
there you go.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Do you have a hat on or hat off?
Speaker 6 (01:48):
Probably had on?
Speaker 5 (01:49):
Okay, okay, yeah, head on if he takes it off.
Speaker 7 (01:51):
Might be a little less hair than me, but I would.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
Say we're pretty similar.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Well, but here's the thing I think people don't realize,
and if I'm wrong about is correct me hearing this
year's seventh year in college football. Sure, Okay, seven years
in college football, because you started in twenty twenty. There's
been some injuries, to transfer, all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
What's that been like. What's seven years in college been
like for you men?
Speaker 4 (02:15):
It's been interesting. It's been nothing but fun. Though I
would like to say I have one of the most
unique careers just based off of coming in here during COVID,
having multiple coaching changes early on, transferring to another school,
coming back, multiple different injuries. So that's kind of how
we ended up at seven years. But I've had an
amazing time and I've got to see the landscape of
(02:36):
college football change more than a lot of people have
in their playing careers. From no nil no transfer portal
to nil transfer portal everything.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
It's been nothing but fun but crazy. For sure.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, there's no doubt it's crazy, and people have described
Some people have described the current state of college football
as a disaster. The other people have described it as
a step in the right direction for you guys, for sure,
for the players. But is it better? Honestly, is a
better now from a player's perspective than it was when
you showed up in.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
Twenty It's just different. Back then.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
We were all here just for the love of the game,
and that's why a lot of us are still here,
just because we love playing football and playing with our brothers.
But there is that added benefit to, you know, getting
the NIO money. So I would definitely say it's different.
I wouldn't say one was better than the other. Like
I keep saying, it is nice to get the NIL money,
and I do think the players do deserve it. But yeah,
(03:28):
it's different, but it either way both both errors were
very fun to play in and good player friendly for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Well that's Garren, this is landing over here, Highland. Thanks
for being a part of the interview. How about you,
I mean, this is not what your fourth year in
college football on you.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I mean, just like him, you've noticed a lot of
change since you first showed up out of high school.
Speaker 7 (03:45):
Yeah, but you know, it's got to stick it out
with with my brother for a good chunk of it,
which has been awesome. You know, been lucky enough to
stick around you dub for all four years. It's been
a great, great program, been awesome for me. I love
it with all my heart. You know, like you said,
it saw a lot of change obviously came in with
the Boar had a great season there, and then Fish
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came in. We had a little bumpy start in twenty
twenty four, and then last year was last year was
a saw season, not what we wanted. But we're really
excited for this year, and I think this spring game
is gonna be the first look at the talent that
we got on this team.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
What was it like when he left? When Garon took
off to go to Oklahoma? Where you where you were?
You pissed? Were you like?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
What are you doing?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Man? You're leaving being behind? I was pissed you left
because he's a good player. I don't like leaving. I
like losing good players.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I sometimes I think I think players lose sight of
that that the fans are mad at you for transferring.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Because you're a good player.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
If you're stunk, nobody would give a damn, Like, hey,
get rid of the guy, he's a bum.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
But he was a solid player for us obviously in
twenty twenty three with Calan, A lot of a lot
of action on that on that on that team.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
When he left, What was that like for you for
that one years gone?
Speaker 7 (04:50):
I definitely wasn't mad at him. You know, he's He's
had a different college experience than I have. He came
in during COVID, you know, committed under Peterson. Right the
right after he committed, Peterson called and said, you know,
I'm not gonna coach anymore.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Then he had Lake and then Tobor.
Speaker 7 (05:04):
So he's been through three coaches really already and then
going into a fourth. I totally understand why you'd want
to explore a different option. You know, just got done
with his fourth season here and wanted to try something new,
you know, and then he obviously ended up coming back
to the light side.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
But yeah, yeah, I was. I was happy for.
Speaker 7 (05:22):
Him to be able to do do what he wanted
to do and experience what he wanted to experience, and
you know, all all things led back.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
It kind of gearan feels like it didn't happen. Yeah,
from maybe the media's perspective, I know from your perspective,
it feels totally different.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
For me, I recognized that I did leave, but it almost,
like you said, almost, it feels like it didn't happen.
I feel like I was back here so fast. My
one year at Oklahoma, I was out the whole season
with an injury. So that's probably part of the reason
why it didn't feel like it happened because when I
was playing, I was here, and then I got back
here right into playing again off of that injury.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
So uh, I'm definitely glad that I.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Experienced it, got to experience something new, made some lifelong
friendships down there, got a lot of family down there
in the area, so got to.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
Spend some time with them.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
But I'm glad to be back here playing with Lando,
especially for my last year of football here.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Well, the Hatchet Boys, they're now the hatchet Men, by
the way, with us on the radio show Landing and
Garon Hatchett, it'd be sitting out the spring game tonight,
but both back in the fall obviously for fall camp.
Talk about the transition guys with this offensive line, because
you were a part, Garan, as we said, of that
great Joe Moore Joe Moore Award winning excuse me offensive
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line in twenty three with Roger and Troy and Parker
and all those guys, and then everything got blown to
hell in twenty twenty four. So what have you noticed
about the highest of highs, maybe the lowest of lows
and now bouncing back up a little bit.
Speaker 6 (06:46):
Yeah, with that group for sure.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
No, it's been absolutely awesome just to get to see
this group working as hard as we can. Coach Switzer
has been doing everything he can to make sure the
culture in the room is getting back to where it
used to be and having older guys in the room
like me and land and then a couple of the
other guys who got to experience that twenty twenty three
team and just know what the standard is here for
offensive line play, just to be able to implement that back.
(07:08):
And I think last year we took great steps forward.
We had a great o line room in general, but
just guys like John and Drew and Carver who really
came in here and helped us a lot bring that
culture back to where it needs to be.
Speaker 6 (07:20):
And we're just taking steps every single day.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And you were a freshman on that team twenty twenty three,
so you saw what these guys were all about. Then
twenty twenty four. Honestly, I got to ask both you guys,
and Landing will start with you, how big of a
mess was that in twenty twenty four, And it.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Should have been a mess.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Everybody left, for God's sake, the whole thing got blown
to bit say, new guys all over the place. Every
offensive starter is gone, including the entire line. How big
of a mess was that to deal with in twenty four?
Speaker 7 (07:46):
You know, for what it was, I think we actually
ended up having a doing a pretty good job. And
shout out to you know, Fish and at the time
BC and SWITCH for putting it together. But you know,
I said an interview before we came together for the
first time, that's a complete offensive line group at twenty
twenty four in June, and we had two months of
summer workouts and then camp to kind of bond as
a unit. So for what we were given in the
(08:08):
in the you know what we were dealt, I think
we actually ended up doing a pretty good job. Obviously,
it wasn't ideal for us to kind of be mitched,
you know, mix and match thoughn guys in places that
they haven't been in before and trying to just make
it work. But you know, the guys all put their
heads down, and that's always been the culture of a
U doub offensive line room is no matter what you got,
you you know, you take pride in making the most
of your situation and taking advantage of your opportunities.
Speaker 5 (08:30):
And I think we did in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Four, Well Landing and Garon Hatchett with us, and it's
pretty incredible what this thing looks like now. Man, I
mean the job that the coaching staff and the job
that you guys have done from where this thing was
in twenty four to where it is today. I look
at it as maybe a strength of the football team.
I mean that is that okay for guys like us
to say, Hey, this offensive line, we're gonna now rely
on them to be leaders, to be a strength of
(08:54):
this offense.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
That's our expectation.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
That's definitely our expectation.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
We always say in the line room, it starts and
finishes with us. How we play, the team will play.
What energy we bring a team will have that same energy.
So just knowing that we do have a strong offensive line,
knowing that we're going to be out there leaders of
the team, is really encouraging going into this next season.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, well, talk to us about the kid playing left tackle, Garin,
tell us about Cody Green.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
He's eighteen years old.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
If I came to you at the age of eighteen
and said, Boom, you're starting at left tackle, what do
you think that would have meant for you.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
It would be a big, big shock for me for sure,
first of all, never played tackle before here, but it
would definitely be a big shock for me. But I
think Cody's handling it great. You can just tell how
athletic he is just out there and his natural ability.
But what's really impressed me is him wanting to get
in the playbook, wanting to learn more, wanting to ask
questions to me, Landon.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Drew, any of the older guys.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
He's really trying to get an understanding of what the
culture is here at the University of Washington and what
the offensive line play is. So I got nothing but
good things to say about Cody. He's really fitting with
this group and you wouldn't think he's eighteen just talking
to him.
Speaker 6 (09:57):
Right.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
What have you noticed landing from him so far?
Speaker 5 (10:00):
Just as maturity level has been through the roof.
Speaker 7 (10:02):
You don't see a lot of freshmen come in and
immediately just understand the language we're speaking and then getting
into the playbook like he has, you know. And that's
a testament to Switzs and Brewster as well. They've really
done a lot of good work with him, just making
sure he's caught up with us and everybody else in
the room. And then athletically, obviously, he just jumps off
the tape. He moves super fluid. He's an athlete, and
(10:22):
you know he's he was brought in to come get
to work immediately, and he's doing a great job so far.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Well, I'm I got to ask both of you guys
before you go out by John Mills, right, I mean,
for two guys that play on the inside obviously. Yeah,
First of all, they guy didn't look like he was
seventeen years old a year ago. He looks like he's
thirty years old. He looks like the kind of guy
you don't want to meet in a dark alley.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
By the way, I mean he is.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
You guys don't remember Jim Mora when he coached the
Seahawks back in two thousand and nine, he had a
term he said, I'm looking for dirt bags on the
offensive line, and it didn't really go over well because
the guy won like five games. You know, if he
was thirteen and three, it would have maybe transferred a
lot better.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
But he looks like that kind of guy.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
I mean, John Mill was like, how would you describe
him landing exactly that?
Speaker 5 (11:04):
You know, you see that. You know, you'll have to
check out his haircut. He just got a fresh.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Okay, so I'm not sure if I like that or not.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
I love it. Okay, you gotta love it.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
No offensive lineman, We love it. But John's personality is
just as big as he is. He's an amazing guy
to be around. Me and Landon actually both live with him.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
He's a lot of.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Juice and a lot of energy to the house. And yeah,
he's just a great guy to have on the team.
Always somebody that you can go to on your worst day,
best day or whatever and help make you smile, make
you laugh.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
So is it is it just the three of you
guys in the same place. They know Griffin Miller? All right?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
So what's that costco run? Like, by the way, defeat
you Hawks? Might not to ask mom?
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Mom? Mom helps out with the what's that?
Speaker 3 (11:43):
What's that grocery build?
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Like?
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Are you kidding me? Man? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (11:47):
Yeah, it's uh, especially on the state nights we all
want to cook up states. He'll get a whole cow
at the house pretty much.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Unreal.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Well, let's talk about this team and uh, what kind
of step you think they're gonna take him? And it's
kind of time and it feels like you're three for
coach Fish.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
My whole thing is pretty simple, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
I think they've done as good as they can do
given the circumstances they took over when Kitlan took off
for Alabama. But now it feels like it's time. It's
time to start beating teams like Oregon, teams like Indiana,
Penn State coming here. What is it landed about this
particular team that makes you feel like, all right, there's
a step that's going to be taken now.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Yeah, just immediately.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
As soon as new guys got here, they fitted immediately,
and there's just a different comfort level within the locker
room and within this team.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
You know, in twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Four, it was kind of clicks here and there and
transfers guys to State of Washington to Arizona guys that
were all kind of clicking and we didn't match well.
And then twenty twenty five he started to make that step.
And this year I can feel a real difference within
the locker room. The guys are comfortable with each other.
Everybody wants to push the standard and work hard, and
you just see it out of practice as the energy
is much higher. Everyone seems much more confident within the scheme,
(12:50):
and you know, just everyone's clicking a lot at a
higher level.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah darn, Should I put my hard earned money on
the Husky football team to maybe win ten games or more?
If you make a make a push for the college
football playoffs this year.
Speaker 6 (13:03):
Answer that, you know, if I can, I think you can.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
You can, you can, you can advise me, but you
can't bet on yourself.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
I think I would say I would say this twenty
twenty six team is definitely one of the biggest, fastest, strongest,
most athletic teams I've been on, as well as all
the stuff that Landon was talking about, We're the one
of the closest teams I've ever been a part of,
and I think this is the year where we definitely
get a lot done and that we're able to go.
Speaker 6 (13:26):
To the distance.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
We always talk about our goals every day and a
leadership group with a few of the other players, and
we're always cashed that culture, trying to get the young
guys bought in, trying to get everybody bought in. And
it appears like right now that our team is super
bought into that one.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
People which is a championship good.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
I love it well. The hatch of brothers before you go.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Every time I see you, guys, you're always laughing, having
a good time, always smiling.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Is that the way it is behind the scenes with
you too? Is there ever any sibling rivalry that.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Kind of maybe leads to uh little animosity between the
two of you. I mean, brothers fight. I had a brother.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
Brother brothers fight, we fight, but we never uh it
lasts for twenty minutes and then going back to laughing
with each other having a good time.
Speaker 6 (14:07):
We've we've gotten.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Really close ever since we started living with each other,
and ever since I've been back here at Washington and
it's a it's awesome to say I can go to
work with my best friend or brother every day.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
It's hard to have a b bad day when you're
blessed with you know, this, this place.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
Yeah, everything we got.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
So yeah, Well he's an old man, now you got
you got what he's got three years on you?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Is that right?
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Yeah? Three years and I'm a senior.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Okay, So if you if you wanted to, honestly, could
you whip him now or does he still take you?
Speaker 5 (14:34):
I'll let him answer that question. Huh.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
I mean, you know it's he's a strong guy.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
I'm a strong guy.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
I think the older brother intimidation factory stick around for me.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
But there you go.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Well, there's not many brothers that get a chance to
start for a team like this in a big ten man,
so soak it up, right, I mean, there's no eighth
year coming.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I assume this is it, right, this is it, This
is it, This is it? All right? Hey, good stuff,
have fun coaching the night.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Maybe a couple of full back dive with an offensive linemans.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Let the big boy carry the rock.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Why?
Speaker 3 (15:05):
I love it all right? You guys are the best
landing gear and great stuff. Thanks for coming over.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Boys, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
You bet Land and hatchet Gear and Hatchett with us
on the radio show. We're gonna break a lot more
to get to live from Husky Stadium before the annual
Spring game coming up
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Tonight right here on ninety three three kJ RFM.
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies Cracking and the twelfth Man Sports Radio ninety
three point three kJ R FM.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, we are getting ready for the annual Dogs after
Dart game coming up tonight at six point thirty broadcast
with Tony and Cam and Elise at six pm. And
two guys that look like they're gonna be having some
fun tonight, the Hatchet Brothers landing Gear and are with
us on the radio show. And you guys are gonna
sit this one out tonight, just nursing some some Nixon
bruises and things like that. Yes, sir, but tell us
(00:33):
what you're doing tonight. If you're not out there playing,
what's the role for you guys tonight?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
What are you doing?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Just trying to help the boys out any way we
can give him any coaching points he can and also
just bring that energy, bring that juice. Always trying to
make sure that everybody's hyped up on the sideline, not
letting it get too quiet in here.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, do we need to actually distinguish which one's talking?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Like this isn't TV right so we can see you.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
Do we sound do we sound too much alike?
Speaker 6 (00:58):
This is that was Landing? By the way, this one's Garret.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Okay, there you go, there you go. I mean, I'm
gonna just keep reminding people because they I do think.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
You sound similar.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I mean you don't look like each other really at all.
To be honest with you, I mean kind of.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
This guy is a little how would you describe Landing?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Oh wait, your brother if you had to say, hey,
my brother is gonna come out with us tonight. You've
never met him, but keep an eye out for a
guy that looks like dot. How would you describe your
brother Landon?
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Big muscular, Yeah, nice beard okay, great flowing okay, handsome guy,
handsome guy.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Okay, all right. How about how about this guy? Howbout Garrean?
How would you describe him to somebody.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Like that?
Speaker 7 (01:42):
A little not as nice beard as me, but probably yeah,
there you go.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Do you have a hat on or hat off?
Speaker 6 (01:48):
Probably had on?
Speaker 5 (01:49):
Okay, okay, yeah, head on if he takes it off.
Speaker 7 (01:51):
Might be a little less hair than me, but I would.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
Say we're pretty similar.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Well, but here's the thing I think people don't realize,
and if I'm wrong about is correct me hearing this
year's seventh year in college football. Sure, Okay, seven years
in college football, because you started in twenty twenty. There's
been some injuries, to transfer, all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
What's that been like. What's seven years in college been
like for you men?
Speaker 4 (02:15):
It's been interesting. It's been nothing but fun. Though I
would like to say I have one of the most
unique careers just based off of coming in here during COVID,
having multiple coaching changes early on, transferring to another school,
coming back, multiple different injuries. So that's kind of how
we ended up at seven years. But I've had an
amazing time and I've got to see the landscape of
(02:36):
college football change more than a lot of people have
in their playing careers. From no nil no transfer portal
to nil transfer portal everything.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
It's been nothing but fun but crazy. For sure.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, there's no doubt it's crazy, and people have described
Some people have described the current state of college football
as a disaster. The other people have described it as
a step in the right direction for you guys, for sure,
for the players. But is it better? Honestly, is a
better now from a player's perspective than it was when
you showed up in.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
Twenty It's just different. Back then.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
We were all here just for the love of the game,
and that's why a lot of us are still here,
just because we love playing football and playing with our brothers.
But there is that added benefit to, you know, getting
the NIO money. So I would definitely say it's different.
I wouldn't say one was better than the other. Like
I keep saying, it is nice to get the NIL money,
and I do think the players do deserve it. But yeah,
(03:28):
it's different, but it either way both both errors were
very fun to play in and good player friendly for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Well that's Garren, this is landing over here, Highland. Thanks
for being a part of the interview. How about you,
I mean, this is not what your fourth year in
college football on you.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I mean, just like him, you've noticed a lot of
change since you first showed up out of high school.
Speaker 7 (03:45):
Yeah, but you know, it's got to stick it out
with with my brother for a good chunk of it,
which has been awesome. You know, been lucky enough to
stick around you dub for all four years. It's been
a great, great program, been awesome for me. I love
it with all my heart. You know, like you said,
it saw a lot of change obviously came in with
the Boar had a great season there, and then Fish
(04:06):
came in. We had a little bumpy start in twenty
twenty four, and then last year was last year was
a saw season, not what we wanted. But we're really
excited for this year, and I think this spring game
is gonna be the first look at the talent that
we got on this team.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
What was it like when he left? When Garon took
off to go to Oklahoma? Where you where you were?
You pissed? Were you like?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
What are you doing?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Man? You're leaving being behind? I was pissed you left
because he's a good player. I don't like leaving. I
like losing good players.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I sometimes I think I think players lose sight of
that that the fans are mad at you for transferring.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Because you're a good player.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
If you're stunk, nobody would give a damn, Like, hey,
get rid of the guy, he's a bum.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
But he was a solid player for us obviously in
twenty twenty three with Calan, A lot of a lot
of action on that on that on that team.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
When he left, What was that like for you for
that one years gone?
Speaker 7 (04:50):
I definitely wasn't mad at him. You know, he's He's
had a different college experience than I have. He came
in during COVID, you know, committed under Peterson. Right the
right after he committed, Peterson called and said, you know,
I'm not gonna coach anymore.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Then he had Lake and then Tobor.
Speaker 7 (05:04):
So he's been through three coaches really already and then
going into a fourth. I totally understand why you'd want
to explore a different option. You know, just got done
with his fourth season here and wanted to try something new,
you know, and then he obviously ended up coming back
to the light side.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
But yeah, yeah, I was. I was happy for.
Speaker 7 (05:22):
Him to be able to do do what he wanted
to do and experience what he wanted to experience, and
you know, all all things led back.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
It kind of gearan feels like it didn't happen. Yeah,
from maybe the media's perspective, I know from your perspective,
it feels totally different.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
For me, I recognized that I did leave, but it almost,
like you said, almost, it feels like it didn't happen.
I feel like I was back here so fast. My
one year at Oklahoma, I was out the whole season
with an injury. So that's probably part of the reason
why it didn't feel like it happened because when I
was playing, I was here, and then I got back
here right into playing again off of that injury.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
So uh, I'm definitely glad that I.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Experienced it, got to experience something new, made some lifelong
friendships down there, got a lot of family down there
in the area, so got to.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
Spend some time with them.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
But I'm glad to be back here playing with Lando,
especially for my last year of football here.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Well, the Hatchet Boys, they're now the hatchet Men, by
the way, with us on the radio show Landing and
Garon Hatchett, it'd be sitting out the spring game tonight,
but both back in the fall obviously for fall camp.
Talk about the transition guys with this offensive line, because
you were a part, Garan, as we said, of that
great Joe Moore Joe Moore Award winning excuse me offensive
(06:32):
line in twenty three with Roger and Troy and Parker
and all those guys, and then everything got blown to
hell in twenty twenty four. So what have you noticed
about the highest of highs, maybe the lowest of lows
and now bouncing back up a little bit.
Speaker 6 (06:46):
Yeah, with that group for sure.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
No, it's been absolutely awesome just to get to see
this group working as hard as we can. Coach Switzer
has been doing everything he can to make sure the
culture in the room is getting back to where it
used to be and having older guys in the room
like me and land and then a couple of the
other guys who got to experience that twenty twenty three
team and just know what the standard is here for
offensive line play, just to be able to implement that back.
(07:08):
And I think last year we took great steps forward.
We had a great o line room in general, but
just guys like John and Drew and Carver who really
came in here and helped us a lot bring that
culture back to where it needs to be.
Speaker 6 (07:20):
And we're just taking steps every single day.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And you were a freshman on that team twenty twenty three,
so you saw what these guys were all about. Then
twenty twenty four. Honestly, I got to ask both you guys,
and Landing will start with you, how big of a
mess was that in twenty twenty four, And it.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Should have been a mess.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Everybody left, for God's sake, the whole thing got blown
to bit say, new guys all over the place. Every
offensive starter is gone, including the entire line. How big
of a mess was that to deal with in twenty four?
Speaker 7 (07:46):
You know, for what it was, I think we actually
ended up having a doing a pretty good job. And
shout out to you know, Fish and at the time
BC and SWITCH for putting it together. But you know,
I said an interview before we came together for the
first time, that's a complete offensive line group at twenty
twenty four in June, and we had two months of
summer workouts and then camp to kind of bond as
a unit. So for what we were given in the
(08:08):
in the you know what we were dealt, I think
we actually ended up doing a pretty good job. Obviously,
it wasn't ideal for us to kind of be mitched,
you know, mix and match thoughn guys in places that
they haven't been in before and trying to just make
it work. But you know, the guys all put their
heads down, and that's always been the culture of a
U doub offensive line room is no matter what you got,
you you know, you take pride in making the most
of your situation and taking advantage of your opportunities.
Speaker 5 (08:30):
And I think we did in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Four, Well Landing and Garon Hatchett with us, and it's
pretty incredible what this thing looks like now. Man, I
mean the job that the coaching staff and the job
that you guys have done from where this thing was
in twenty four to where it is today. I look
at it as maybe a strength of the football team.
I mean that is that okay for guys like us
to say, Hey, this offensive line, we're gonna now rely
on them to be leaders, to be a strength of
(08:54):
this offense.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
That's our expectation.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
That's definitely our expectation.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
We always say in the line room, it starts and
finishes with us. How we play, the team will play.
What energy we bring a team will have that same energy.
So just knowing that we do have a strong offensive line,
knowing that we're going to be out there leaders of
the team, is really encouraging going into this next season.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, well, talk to us about the kid playing left tackle, Garin,
tell us about Cody Green.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
He's eighteen years old.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
If I came to you at the age of eighteen
and said, Boom, you're starting at left tackle, what do
you think that would have meant for you.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
It would be a big, big shock for me for sure,
first of all, never played tackle before here, but it
would definitely be a big shock for me. But I
think Cody's handling it great. You can just tell how
athletic he is just out there and his natural ability.
But what's really impressed me is him wanting to get
in the playbook, wanting to learn more, wanting to ask
questions to me, Landon.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Drew, any of the older guys.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
He's really trying to get an understanding of what the
culture is here at the University of Washington and what
the offensive line play is. So I got nothing but
good things to say about Cody. He's really fitting with
this group and you wouldn't think he's eighteen just talking
to him.
Speaker 6 (09:57):
Right.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
What have you noticed landing from him so far?
Speaker 5 (10:00):
Just as maturity level has been through the roof.
Speaker 7 (10:02):
You don't see a lot of freshmen come in and
immediately just understand the language we're speaking and then getting
into the playbook like he has, you know. And that's
a testament to Switzs and Brewster as well. They've really
done a lot of good work with him, just making
sure he's caught up with us and everybody else in
the room. And then athletically, obviously, he just jumps off
the tape. He moves super fluid. He's an athlete, and
(10:22):
you know he's he was brought in to come get
to work immediately, and he's doing a great job so far.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Well, I'm I got to ask both of you guys
before you go out by John Mills, right, I mean,
for two guys that play on the inside obviously. Yeah,
First of all, they guy didn't look like he was
seventeen years old a year ago. He looks like he's
thirty years old. He looks like the kind of guy
you don't want to meet in a dark alley.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
By the way, I mean he is.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
You guys don't remember Jim Mora when he coached the
Seahawks back in two thousand and nine, he had a
term he said, I'm looking for dirt bags on the
offensive line, and it didn't really go over well because
the guy won like five games. You know, if he
was thirteen and three, it would have maybe transferred a
lot better.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
But he looks like that kind of guy.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
I mean, John Mill was like, how would you describe
him landing exactly that?
Speaker 5 (11:04):
You know, you see that. You know, you'll have to
check out his haircut. He just got a fresh.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Okay, so I'm not sure if I like that or not.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
I love it. Okay, you gotta love it.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
No offensive lineman, We love it. But John's personality is
just as big as he is. He's an amazing guy
to be around. Me and Landon actually both live with him.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
He's a lot of.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Juice and a lot of energy to the house. And yeah,
he's just a great guy to have on the team.
Always somebody that you can go to on your worst day,
best day or whatever and help make you smile, make
you laugh.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
So is it is it just the three of you
guys in the same place. They know Griffin Miller? All right?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
So what's that costco run? Like, by the way, defeat
you Hawks? Might not to ask mom?
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Mom? Mom helps out with the what's that?
Speaker 3 (11:43):
What's that grocery build?
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Like?
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Are you kidding me? Man? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (11:47):
Yeah, it's uh, especially on the state nights we all
want to cook up states. He'll get a whole cow
at the house pretty much.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Unreal.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Well, let's talk about this team and uh, what kind
of step you think they're gonna take him? And it's
kind of time and it feels like you're three for
coach Fish.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
My whole thing is pretty simple, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
I think they've done as good as they can do
given the circumstances they took over when Kitlan took off
for Alabama. But now it feels like it's time. It's
time to start beating teams like Oregon, teams like Indiana,
Penn State coming here. What is it landed about this
particular team that makes you feel like, all right, there's
a step that's going to be taken now.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Yeah, just immediately.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
As soon as new guys got here, they fitted immediately,
and there's just a different comfort level within the locker
room and within this team.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
You know, in twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Four, it was kind of clicks here and there and
transfers guys to State of Washington to Arizona guys that
were all kind of clicking and we didn't match well.
And then twenty twenty five he started to make that step.
And this year I can feel a real difference within
the locker room. The guys are comfortable with each other.
Everybody wants to push the standard and work hard, and
you just see it out of practice as the energy
is much higher. Everyone seems much more confident within the scheme,
(12:50):
and you know, just everyone's clicking a lot at a
higher level.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah darn, Should I put my hard earned money on
the Husky football team to maybe win ten games or more?
If you make a make a push for the college
football playoffs this year.
Speaker 6 (13:03):
Answer that, you know, if I can, I think you can.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
You can, you can, you can advise me, but you
can't bet on yourself.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
I think I would say I would say this twenty
twenty six team is definitely one of the biggest, fastest, strongest,
most athletic teams I've been on, as well as all
the stuff that Landon was talking about, We're the one
of the closest teams I've ever been a part of,
and I think this is the year where we definitely
get a lot done and that we're able to go.
Speaker 6 (13:26):
To the distance.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
We always talk about our goals every day and a
leadership group with a few of the other players, and
we're always cashed that culture, trying to get the young
guys bought in, trying to get everybody bought in. And
it appears like right now that our team is super
bought into that one.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
People which is a championship good.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
I love it well. The hatch of brothers before you go.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Every time I see you, guys, you're always laughing, having
a good time, always smiling.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Is that the way it is behind the scenes with
you too? Is there ever any sibling rivalry that.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Kind of maybe leads to uh little animosity between the
two of you. I mean, brothers fight. I had a brother.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
Brother brothers fight, we fight, but we never uh it
lasts for twenty minutes and then going back to laughing
with each other having a good time.
Speaker 6 (14:07):
We've we've gotten.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Really close ever since we started living with each other,
and ever since I've been back here at Washington and
it's a it's awesome to say I can go to
work with my best friend or brother every day.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
It's hard to have a b bad day when you're
blessed with you know, this, this place.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
Yeah, everything we got.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
So yeah, Well he's an old man, now you got
you got what he's got three years on you?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Is that right?
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Yeah? Three years and I'm a senior.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Okay, So if you if you wanted to, honestly, could
you whip him now or does he still take you?
Speaker 5 (14:34):
I'll let him answer that question. Huh.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
I mean, you know it's he's a strong guy.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
I'm a strong guy.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
I think the older brother intimidation factory stick around for me.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
But there you go.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Well, there's not many brothers that get a chance to
start for a team like this in a big ten man,
so soak it up, right, I mean, there's no eighth
year coming.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I assume this is it, right, this is it, This
is it, This is it? All right? Hey, good stuff,
have fun coaching the night.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Maybe a couple of full back dive with an offensive linemans.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Let the big boy carry the rock.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Why?
Speaker 3 (15:05):
I love it all right? You guys are the best
landing gear and great stuff. Thanks for coming over.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Boys, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
You bet Land and hatchet Gear and Hatchett with us
on the radio show. We're gonna break a lot more
to get to live from Husky Stadium before the annual
Spring game coming up
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Tonight right here on ninety three three kJ RFM.
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