WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 10: Universe 446 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.760 Mr Jenkins told me. Mr Jenkins told me. Mr Jenkis 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.680 told me to always make it easy for the customer. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.600 That's you alive person will always be here to answer 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.800 the phone. We're here till midnight, seven days a week, 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.080 so you never have to take off work, and it's 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.840 the same prices in the daytime. We're the ones you 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.160 want to call. We're the ones you want to call. 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:25.520 We're the ones you want to call. You're gonna love 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:39.760 these people. I GUARANTEEE. Go to Morrish Jenkins dot com. 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.599 It's time for a Happy half Hour with your friends 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:53.319 Kristen Balboni, Miles Simmons and Will Brian. That's right, it's 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:55.760 that time of the week, The Happy Half Hour Podcast 0:00:55.800 --> 0:01:01.080 presented by Morris Jenkins. Kristen here in studio with my buddies, 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.319 Miles and Will. I mean, I guess I can say 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.600 that we're all here in studio. Miles, I'm sitting here 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:08.720 looking at you right now, which is where Will was 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.000 sitting last week. But Will, because we all have to 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.240 be safely social distance is in what I can only 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.760 describe as as the booth of shame. Absolutely, it's the 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.240 booth of shame. So I don't even I can't even 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:21.600 really see Will. Can you see Will? From where I 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.600 can see Will right now? Yeah? So again, we love 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.759 doing this audio podcast format. We are just talking about 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.360 what we can and can't see, so we'll describe. It's 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.760 a it's a voiceover booth kind of in our podcast 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.480 radio studios. Yeah, it's a voice over booth. And I 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.880 was trying to describe it last week, and no one 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:39.960 quite knew where I was pointing to because I thought 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:41.959 you were pointing to a bathroom. I'm not going you're 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.720 like across, You're like way over there. Yeah, I can 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:46.720 still see you, guys, to this little window. I had 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.800 lights off so it's not blinding, right, so I can 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.320 see Will just like it looks like it looks like 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.360 a stranger peeking in yours. As I said, I take 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:56.760 a picture of that. As I said, I could not 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.120 see Will. Will was flashing the lights on and off. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.280 He was in some horror film as he is doing 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.080 right now. So just picture if you're going through a 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.920 haunted house, right and then there's this weird thing that 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:13.280 is just behind one of these dark window panels that 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:17.600 right now is Will. I cannot imagine anyone listening to this, 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:19.880 like what you would be picturing in your mind. I 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.560 don't know if i'd go quite that accurate. No, it's 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.440 literally it's like going through a haunted house. That's the 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:30.520 only thing that I can think of it. It is 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.919 a standard voice over booth. But no, it's not that 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.959 pipe down over there. Definitely a haunted it's definitely a 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.160 haunted voice over booth. Um. But okay, so I think 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.560 we should explain why Will is in, you know, the 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.600 booth of shame um looking like someone in a haunted house. 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.959 So full disclosure. We knew that two of us could 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.799 be at the table. There's usually room for all three 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.679 or four people here, but you know, we gotta play 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.560 it safe, and then one person would have to be there. 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:57.040 I gotta be honest. I've been in the stadium all day. 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.320 I had some some stuff to shoot. I got in 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.160 here a few minutes early, and I told producer Matt. 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:03.760 I was like, look, I don't want to get stuck 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:05.120 in the booth, Like I'm gonna go ahead and claim 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:06.959 my seat, like you know, get the best seat on 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.839 the bus type of a deal. So I I knew 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:11.480 you guys were coming in, you know, at the same 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.359 time to go through security and all that. I tried 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.120 to get in here quick and established my spot. I'm 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.760 gonna be honest, Well, I'm sorry. Well, Will really was 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:22.639 being polite because he waited for me to come in 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.200 because I've never been in the studio before, and then 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:27.480 you booth have shamed him. He waited for you, and 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.560 then you ran over here. That's the kind of person 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.880 that I am. It's the kind of person that I am, really, 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.680 But no, Miles, I think it's really because I took 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:41.160 the Twitter brunt for Kristen's hot Dog catchup take from 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.200 last week, and most of that game, you were on 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.320 your own with the solo relish dog. So I don't 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.920 know's weird, Ben, that was really weird. I put mustard 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.280 on it. I just eventually I took up. I didn't 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.840 eat it with no mustard. I just took a picture 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:54.920 with it. And you put you had a So what 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.000 you did was you had a hot dog with just 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.640 mustard and a hot dog with just relish, and then 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.640 you put mustard on both so that you could make 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.160 the medical which really was a smart thing by you. 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.600 But at the same time, well, I mean, yeah, that 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.160 that was enough I think to put you in the 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.680 booth of shame, regardless of whether I came in and 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:14.920 stole the seat at the table or not. Right, I'm 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:19.839 learning this idea of like Twitter, triggering for for engagement. 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.320 I'm just triggering people to to get more like you 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.000 did say you did say that you went out and 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.880 bought those hot dogs just to post after we talked 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.080 about him on the after we talked about him on 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.479 the podcast. But look, you gotta admire it, right, No, no, 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.560 not when it's will all right. Well, as much as 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.560 we could keep talking about the booth of shame and 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.279 keep the hot dog conversation from last week going, we 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:46.279 gotta talk a little something called training camp. What's that, Miles. 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.839 We are here, we are watching practices. UM training camp 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.000 is open to the media for the first time on Sunday. 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:55.400 So we have been here every day trying to learn 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.479 as much as we can, absorb as much as we 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.560 can about how training camp looks under Yeah. No, so 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:03.960 I think for for most of our fans that are 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:05.640 you know, that are on Twitter, that are following all 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.760 of our coverage on Panthers dot com, you know that 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:12.359 we've we've seen these practices are high intensity. Yesterday was 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:16.200 a big day for the defense, a lot of takeaways knockaways. 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.560 But I want to know from you guys perspective. Y'all 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.800 have been here, Kristen has been up at like five 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.960 am in the morning, Miles is here at practice. Uh, 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:26.960 you guys have been seeing some stuff. Give me some 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.280 stories from this live show that Christian has been doing 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.200 from Miles, from you being at practice. What are things 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.120 that maybe we don't know from following on Twitter or 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.400 me sitting in my house at home. Well, I think 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.880 the the interesting thing is what happens when you get 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.400 here and how different it usually would be from a 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.520 normal practice. So basically there are two groups of media, 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:50.919 and one group of media is on one side of 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.440 the field. The other group of media is on the 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.039 other side of the field on the hill. So I'm on, 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.600 I'm in basically the second group of media, and so 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.320 we gotta come in, we gotta get a vest. Watching 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.520 practice has almost become the solo endeavor, which it usually 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.320 really is not, because you have to stay six ft 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:08.920 apart from people, and you're doing that to keep people safe. 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.040 But one of the things that I've always loved about 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:15.520 watching practice is getting the different view from another person, 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.920 or comparing what you just saw to what somebody else 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.400 just saw, because sometimes a turnover happens and it's like 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.440 I was watching this part of this play, I didn't 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.600 see who got it right, and then you're kind of 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.120 stuck when you don't see it. So I think that's 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.120 one of these things that just makes it makes it 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.680 all so different, And you're not getting to know the 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.000 people who are going to cover this team alongside you 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.159 as well, because like I said, we're split up into 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:46.240 two completely different groups. So it's interesting to see the 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.599 way this team has had energy and all that and 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.400 different stuff. But it's it's also really different, especially for 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.359 a person who's just coming in and now covering the 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.400 team and has not been here for a little while. 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.880 That making practice is soul endeavor. It it it has 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.520 it's it's drawbacks. I think, what about Yeah, And I 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.960 gotta say, I really have enjoyed your articles, Um, shameless 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:06.960 plug for you. I've really enjoyed your articles and the 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.840 takeaways that you've had on Panthers dot com. Despite as 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.800 you said, it's it's been a solo endeavor. You know, 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.480 you can only just use your eyes and sometimes they're 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:16.920 at the far end of the field. That's something that 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.080 I've noticed when you were talking about it being a 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.040 solo endeavor. You know, when they're at the far end 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.440 of the field, usually we'd be able to to follow 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.400 the action a lot better. I like to not only 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:27.880 talk to the other people around me, but I like 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.000 to see what what is the coach's reaction to that play, 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.840 what are the other players reactions to that play? And 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:35.960 I think it adds so much context for what you're 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.120 seeing on the field. So that is also something that 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.280 we're losing a little bit. But I really I do 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.520 want to say I've I've really enjoyed all of your observations, 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:45.600 UM from camp so far, and I've learned a lot, 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:49.600 so you've handled it very well. UM. So from my end, 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:53.720 we're doing UM this training Camp live look in show, 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:55.880 which has been great. We have another one coming up 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.920 tomorrow and then throughout the weekend, and we're starting them 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:01.720 really early. We're all getting to the studio and so 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.080 for me, you're talking about kind of the the behind 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:07.400 the scenes of like getting to where you need to be. Well, 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.080 I get into the studio, which is UM on field 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:14.080 level of the stadium, but the only real way to 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.360 to get over there with the current setup where everything 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.080 is red lined and I can only walk in certain 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.080 places is across the field. So I'm just like, I'm 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:23.680 hustling across the field every morning to get over there 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.920 with my backpack and stuff. And then the show ends. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.480 So for anyone who hasn't seen it, we go live 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.000 when we when practice starts and when we can be 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.959 in their usually individual period there stretch. But Control likes 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.240 to change it up every day, so he there's a 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.560 lot of NFL coaches that kind of follow the same 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:42.560 general outline, the same general script um for their for 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.000 their training camp practices, and Coatroll doesn't always like to 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.520 do that. He wants to mix it up. So we're 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.079 kind of on alert whenever they are ready um to 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.439 start a certain portion of practice that we can show 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.600 on the live looking So we're kind of sitting there, 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.000 we're waiting, and uh we we get up, We do 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:00.920 the show. We get to see some of the individual periods, 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:04.840 and our camera operators have just been incredible, absolutely incredible, 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:06.520 getting to see kind of a little bit more up 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.000 close where you and I are talking about when you're 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.520 out on the field based on where we have to stand. 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.400 It's it's a lot tougher, so I'm getting some incredible lookings. 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.240 It's so fun. We've had Jake Dilom and Roman Harper on. 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.439 But so then we can only show up a certain 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:23.200 portion of practice and then they go into the team period, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:27.760 the competition period of practice. So after the show raps, 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:33.000 let's say that's you know nine, I then have to 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.839 get back to the practice field, which is I mean, look, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.559 I'm getting my steps in, so I go across the 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:42.680 regular field, back out down kind of the the steps 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:44.440 and down kind of the walkway, and then into the 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:46.839 practice field, and then I gotta go around the other 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:48.839 side of the practice field and get my get my vest, 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.840 get my credential, and then come back and let me 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.640 tell you what I've started to. You know, just bring 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:56.960 like a T shirt with me because you do the 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.960 full show and then you're running across these hot fee 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.280 olds trying to get there, and I mean, it's it's 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:05.400 quite the comedy of errors for me to get out 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.800 there from the show, from the studio to see the 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:09.880 last part of practice. But it's so worth it. So 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:11.960 this is a thing for you know, if there are 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.760 women listening that you wear something to be on air, right, 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:16.800 to be in a studio, and then that's not what 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:18.480 you want to watch practice in. Like, you know, you 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.319 got your outfit to be in a studio show, and 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:22.600 then I don't want to come out there and like 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:26.720 a heel and you know, uh, synthetic shirt. You know, 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.280 it's just not a good It's two different environments in 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:30.880 a very short amount. I gotta tell you, christ And 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.080 this is the best part about being a guy and 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.280 sometimes being on camera and then having to go straight 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.560 to practice is that you can just wear a polo 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:42.359 and you're fine. You got that's really power for all occasions. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.880 A polo in shorts for training camp is perfect and 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:46.880 that's all you need to do. And that's the best 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:51.040 part about being a dude. Have you been able to 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.480 watch the show from out on the field. Have you 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.880 looked in at all? Not really, mainly because I mean 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.240 it's going on is yeah, and you're taking you gotta 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:03.400 get your stuff right. Yeah, Like Roman Harper the other 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:07.320 day was fascinating, It was amazing, It was incredible, Like 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.800 you know, I learned, I mean, I mean, you know, 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.559 I think we all learned tons of stuff and I 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.600 was kind of monitoring like the Facebook feed and all 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.640 of these fans, you know, typically it's been kind of 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.440 like all over the place with comments. Everyone was like, 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.040 oh my god, Roman Harper is incredible. We want more 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:23.880 of this. So it was it was really cool the 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.120 way he was breaking down like quarters defense and talking 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:29.200 about you know, opening hips and the way you attack 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.840 the ball from you know, the certain side depending on 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.360 your coverage, and all the things they were working on 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.920 as you were watching it, you know, really up close 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.840 and seeing like rules you know, uh, you know practice, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.600 uh you know way you know, both within in the 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.520 bubble and outside the bubble. I mean, I I just 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.080 I thought it was incredible, um, incredible content. Yeah, or 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.440 just even when we couldn't have a camera on something, 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.920 he would talk about proper elbow positioning for you know, 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:55.600 doing a punch out, you know, and he I mean, 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.040 and you didn't even need to see him to know 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.080 what he was talking about. He explained it that well. 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.520 I was like, gosh, I wish he could, you know, 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:04.480 I wish he could have taught some of my college classes. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.839 Like he mainly broke everything to Jake learned, you know, 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:10.440 and Jenks alone loves football studies. Football is you know, 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.920 it takes every opportunity to be involved, and it was 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.440 a great player himself, but he was like I learned 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.240 a lot. I was like me too. It was just 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.679 it's really he's got a great gift for for making 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.360 it all digestible and interesting. That's awesome. Congratulations to Roman 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.200 Harper though for getting hired on at SEC Network. So 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.400 maybe hopefully they're very lucky to have him. Yeah, hopefully 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.800 between the time he's got to go on there, maybe 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.199 he'll have some time for us. Mr Jenkins told me. 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.560 Mr Jenkis told me. Mr Jenkis told me to always 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:45.160 make it easy for the customer. That's you. A lad 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.959 person will always be here to answer the phone. We're 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.680 here till midnight, seven days a week, so you never 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.480 have to take off work, and it's the same prices 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:56.960 in the daytime. We're the ones you want to call. 0:12:57.440 --> 0:12:59.760 We're the ones you want to call. We're the ones 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.439 you want to call. You're gonna love these people. I 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:09.240 guarantee gotta Morrishtinkins dot com. So after we finish up 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.480 with the training camp, in the actual practice part of it, 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:17.359 they have been making players available, players and coaches available 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.920 to the media, and we've heard just some great, great 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.200 quotes over the last week. And we did this segment 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:24.920 last week and we got to bring it back again 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:32.480 this week. It's called overheard something overheard, all right, So 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.400 the three of us each picked our favorite quote from 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.679 this week. I'm going to start us off. Coach rule 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.319 was asked on Monday, y KK short and Mike Davis 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:44.160 showed up late to practice, and here's what he said. Yeah, 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.240 they shut up late because I gave him the morning 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.200 off to take their kids to school for the first 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:52.040 day or be with their kids. Virtually, I gave every coach, 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:55.360 staff member and player who has kids I think should 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.320 be there for their kids first day of school, even 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.280 if it's virtual. They should have breakfast with them and 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.640 and help them get on the computer. They should drive 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.760 him to school or whatever. So a lot of times, 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.360 a lot of times people say they believe in stuff, 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.199 they don't really do it, you know. I I believe 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.520 very much in family, and I think being a father's 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.520 and one of the most important is the most important 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.280 thing that that I am and our players are. And 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.520 so I asked the players to please take that time 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:22.760 and I made a point to the team at the end. 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:24.800 You know what a pro KK is and what a 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.760 pro Mike Davis is that they did that and then 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.440 they were there for you know, they were there for 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.000 the beginning of practice pretty much. And it's like just 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.800 at the first period. Um, you know, they didn't stop 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.080 at Starbucks and get a coffee and relax. You know, 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.800 they got there. Absolutely love that. And look, none of 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.200 us here in this room have kids that I know of, 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.200 but it still hits you. It's still what I'm saying, 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:48.320 You don't have to have children for that to to 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.440 hit you in a certain way. And I just thought, well, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.880 I thought that that was just a really cool thing 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.440 to do and to to set the tone. I think 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.120 that and we we have to plug another thing. We 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.480 put out the preview for the next episode of Road 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.480 to Restart Okay on Panthers dot Com and he mentioned 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.200 that again, you know of you know, how do you 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.320 be a man, a husband, a father, a professional and entrepreneur. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.240 You know, it's about doing your job, doing it well, 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.440 and then doing it longer than anybody else, you know. 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:18.440 And I think that that that that speaks to what 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.560 he's trying to say of it's it's all. It's all 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.120 great to just say stuff, to say things or tweet things, 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.000 or you know, make a point of like, ah, you 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:26.400 know this is the right thing to say, you know, 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:30.560 but to like literally coaches are so adamant about every 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:34.280 rep in practice and to let you know, veterans say hey, no, 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.560 do this for your family first and then come to practice. 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.440 I mean, that's that's a huge thing for an NFL coach. Yeah, 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.960 I thought, I think I think it's so great, um, 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:45.320 And you know, it's interesting to all of us working 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.680 in this business. We have incredible jobs, and I know 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:49.760 the players and coaches feel that way too, But there 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.200 are a lot of things that you miss. So if 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.560 this were you know, normal training camp or normal preseason, 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.800 you wouldn't have that opportunity. And so he said, look, 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.400 I've never been able to let my daughters, um, walk 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:02.960 my daughters to the bus stop, which is something he 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.960 plans on doing tomorrow morning Thursday morning before practice. Said 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:07.240 so I'm going to take advantage of it, and I 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.560 want everyone else too as well. So I I thought 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.840 that was really special. I think it's it really does 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.720 speak to the character that Matt Rule has. And you know, 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.720 I I like that kind of thing because to me, 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:25.960 I remember, um, this was either in there was a 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:29.640 player whose grandmother had died on the on the Rams, 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.760 and what Jeff Fisher, than the head coach of the 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:34.600 Rams allowed that player to do. His name is will Hayes, 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:38.120 defensive end. So he his grandmother was super important to him. 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.840 He went to the he went to the funeral, and 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:42.840 he spent time with his family that week. And the 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:46.560 thing that I remember Jeff Fishers saying was that is 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.240 more important than what we're doing here. And I think 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:55.040 that whenever coaches can really show that that it is 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.480 more important than what they're doing with it, it's football, right, 0:16:57.480 --> 0:16:58.640 At the end of the day, it's a job. And 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:00.600 I know it's a very important job and the entertainment 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:02.920 and all that, and players make all money. But at 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:04.960 the end of the day, there are more important things 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.679 to do. And that's why I love that philosophy, and 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:11.280 I'm glad that that's something that Matt World has. I agree. Alright, Miles, 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:13.240 what was your sound bite this week? Yeah, it comes 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.280 from Teddy Bridgewater and I did write a story about 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.240 this at Panthers dot Com. You can go and check 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.480 that out. If you'd like, there's another plug, because that's 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.920 what we do here on the Happy half Hour. But yeah, 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:24.920 Teddy bridge Water, I think he's he's an interesting guy 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.040 in general, and I think that if you've heard anything 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.800 about the Panthers throughout the course of this offseason and 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.120 especially now that we've gotten into training camp, you know 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.040 how good of a leader he is. And so he 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.359 was asked what advice he's been giving to Will Greer 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.320 and p J Walker as backup quarterbacks and what it 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.159 takes to be a backup quarterback. And here's what he 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.840 had to say. I shared a message with those guys 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:51.040 a couple of days ago about how when my opportunity 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.160 came last year against the Rams, and I wasn't prepared 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:56.960 and I had my mind made up that man, I 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.920 was behind Drew Brees previous year. He never missed the game, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.880 and man, I'm never going to play. That was my mindset. 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.120 But and you you can always talk to talk talk 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.040 to talk about hey, man, I'll be ready when my 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:10.480 number is called, but you're never know until the opportunity 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.080 posess itself. And that's something that I told those guys 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.920 that man after that game against the Ram flash year 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.760 like I was embarrassed. You know, I had to hear 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:20.680 from my family, I had to hear from the fans 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.359 and just everyone, and and I told myself, I never 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.000 want to experience that again. So my message to those 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.560 guys was just always stay ready. You know, it's easy 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.439 to say, oh, man, I know this, I know that, 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.879 but when you're out there a live action, you know 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:36.359 you're truly ready. You Know. What I love about that 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:39.960 is just the candor, because a lot of times, I 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.320 think quarterbacks in this league are full of it right there, 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.320 And there's a reason for that. You don't want to 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:49.280 necessarily be the guy who goes and he says something 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.439 that you know, makes all the headlines and embarrasses somebody 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.200 else or what have you. You know, at quarterbacks are 0:18:56.320 --> 0:19:00.440