WEBVTT - Sitdown with Team President Neil Glat (10/3) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.200 The game is over, New York Jet the world. You 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:09.479 play to win the game. He's got as Jet locks down, can't. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.480 You're listening to the Official New York Jets podcast, a 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:25.919 Jets three sixty production. What's Up Everybody Ethan Greenberg and 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:29.960 Eric Allen here in the Official Jets podcast studios. So 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.120 this is what happened. We had an interview where we 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:35.440 sat down, should I say, with President of the New 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.120 York Jets and Neil Glass, who is a big podcast fan. 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:40.559 By the way, Yes, he's probably listening to this right now. 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.919 I'm not just saying our podcast. No, he loved all podcast. Yeah, 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.160 we talked about podcasts a lot a lot of times 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.920 in office. And so with a three game homestand coming 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:53.279 up Broncos on Sunday, the Colts the week after, and 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.520 the Vikings the following week before the Jets finally get 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.120 on the road in the month of October, is we 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.960 figured should repurpose this interview because we actually spoke to 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:06.600 Neil leading up to the Cleveland Browns. Yeah, and it 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.840 was the Brown's game preview, So the lead on that 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:15.200 is a little dated, but the information with Neil was 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.040 really good because we touched on a number of subjects. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.360 And since we're heading into this homestand we gotta play this, 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:27.280 the information is very timely impertinent because we talked about 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:32.200 mobile parking, mobile ticketing initiatives at these next three home games, 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:37.480 and uniforms, the whole uniform spoiler alerting. Uh, we talked 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.360 about uniforms. Yeah, we talked about a whole lot of stuff. 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:44.880 But it's his, his entertainment preferences. But like we were 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:47.960 talking about before, his he's a fan of podcast and 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:54.120 he knows what's up, whether it's books, movies, TV shows. Uh. 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:59.200 Really enjoy or time with Neil, even away from the podcast. 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.320 But he came in the studios and he was happy 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.840 to give us some time. So that's cool, right, And 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.200 not not only did we talk about initiatives, well not, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.320 we also talked about you know what a what is 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:11.880 a day in the life of the president of the 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:15.400 New York Jets and a little bit. Yeah, so we 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.080 talked about a whole lot. So, without further ado, this 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:22.880 is our sit down with Neil Klatt. All right, there 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:26.400 is a very special time on the Official Jets podcast. 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.959 You know, e A and I are always here. Now 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.560 we have Neil Glatt, the president of the New York Jets, 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.720 in the studio. Thank you for coming, No, thanks for 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:36.560 having me. It's great to be here. Well, you are 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.080 a loyal listener. It is overdue for us to have 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.800 you on the podcast. Neil, you're a president of the 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.760 Jets for more than six years. His time flown by. 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:50.360 It does fly, it does fly. But it's great to 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:51.840 be part of the Jets. It's great to deal with 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.960 Jet fans. They are terrific, they're loyal. Uh and UH, 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.320 every game is different, every season is different. So no 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.520 days or all. What is for people that don't know? 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.120 As you started out in the league, so what what 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:10.240 was intriguing to you about going from a league perspective 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.480 to a team perspective. So I think at the league 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.760 you're dealing with a lot of league level strategic issues 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:20.480 that implicate all thirty two clubs. When you come to 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.519 uh the Jets, or come to an individual team, you're 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.560 all in. It's one team. It's all about winning on 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.120 the football field. I spend more of my time thinking 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.400 about how do we enhance the fan experience and how 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.000 do how do we do great things off the field. Uh, 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.680 And it's just being part of a small, nimble group 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.640 the league experience was terrific and fantastic, and I wouldn't 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.400 trade it for anything. Those issues are big, broad issues, 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.200 and you read about a lot of those in the 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.520 paper as well as what you read about at the Jets. 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.320 But for me, it was the opportunity to be part 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.640 of the organization that Woody Johnson already built and hopefully 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.840 contribute in some way. Just for fans that don't know 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.520 you talked about that you're thinking about ways to enhance 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.480 the fan of experience, Well, what what is the day 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.920 in the life of Neo Glatt in the office life? 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:08.880 Every day really is different. Um, We're in a business 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.520 that there's a lot of uh intensity to the business. 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.839 Fans are incredibly engaged. So it could be after a game, 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:17.640 you could be dealing with things that went well on 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:19.359 game day, things that didn't go well. How do we 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.400 address it so by the next game. If there was 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.080 something that happened uh at the stadium that you want 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.560 to improve upon, If there was something on the scoreboard 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:28.680 that a feature that worked, well, let's do more of it. 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:30.919 If there was something that we didn't think we got this, 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.560 the fan reaction wanting well, let's let's let's think about it. 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.479 So after a game, there's always a lot of recaps 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.800 and strategizing and planning. Uh, it could be something that 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.720 is in the media. It could be something involving working 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.320 with the players on a community relations issue, so you 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.960 really don't know. It could be a sponsor is looking 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.479 to activate in a different way. So the great thing is, uh, 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.920 you know, it keeps it extreme incredibly exciting. Is the variety. Um, 0:04:55.960 --> 0:05:00.000 but it is a singular focus on winning football games. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.240 Anyway that we focusing on the business, I can help 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.640 the football team and then obviously the fans, well you 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:10.119 you keep us on point. And I always tell folks 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.240 about this because when you have an opportunity to meet 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:20.880 Neil and maybe express concern or also express hope or 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:25.359 optimism or happiness with something that's going on, Neil always 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:29.680 relays things on two people within an organization. So with 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:34.160 that being said, if somebody comes up to you and say, hey, 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.799 you know, I saw something at the stadium that didn't 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:41.719 look right, you follow up immediately with within whatever department 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:45.360 you have to reach. You have that personal interaction, and 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.839 I think that's a great quality to have because you 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.840 don't let it go either. Anytime you speak to you said, 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.760 I've been this, I'm going into my seventh season. I've 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.520 been at the Jets over six years. Uh. When I 0:05:56.560 --> 0:06:00.479 came in, it was impressive how much people cared. And 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.680 so if if you see people who work for the 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.440 Jets on game day or at an event throughout the 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.440 year and they hear something from a fan or a 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.440 business part and that's not working, well, they're not gonna 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.840 say it's not my job. Uh. And that and that 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.240 starts with me. If there's something that we can do better, 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.000 we're going to try and do better. We will follow 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.680 up on it. We have uh you know, every three 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.200 to six months, we'll have a fan of what we 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:26.360 call a fan Advisory Board, will invite anywhere from twenty 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.719 to fifty fans. Usually we'll do it here at the 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.520 at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Often they'll have 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.200 a chance they'll be an impromptu stop by by by 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.720 coach Bowls or or or by Mike mcagnet. So they 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.159 get a little bit of of fun football stuff. But 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.200 we're really it's serious business for us at that fan 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:45.360 advisory board. We really want their feedback on what's working. 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:49.320 What's not working, and you'll see, including me, everyone's taking notes, um, 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.839 because we certainly want to get their perspective on what's 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.599 working and what's not working and UH, and those conversations 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.320 are critically important. And what they don't see after that 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.720 meeting is there will be a number of follow up 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:02.920 meetings where we're just going through it to do list 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.240 and a checklist based on what that fan. And speaking 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.280 of that, you just came out of a meeting where 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.880 you guys did Basically you're after action report of what 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.800 happened at the season opener, and we do that after 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.280 every game and can't leave me do it after every event. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.880 So when we finished training camp, what worked well at 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.160 training camp, what worked well at Green and White? And 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.360 then what would you do differently next year? Because the 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.520 season is fast and furious, the offseason fast and furious. 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.960 So if you don't really take that time when it's 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:34.120 fresh in your mind on how do we improve, sometimes 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.080 that gets lost in translation. Come next year when you're 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.280 ready to do it again. You have such a before 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.120 we jump topics here, I think you have a really 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:45.840 unique perspective now after six seasons here and then fifteen 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.040 at the least so you're talking about just kind of 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:51.120 what goes on through your head on our game days 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.920 at MetLife Stadium. Well, I want to know is when 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.600 you're on the road, are you looking at what different 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:00.400 stadiums and organizations due to potentially and it's the fan 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:02.840 experience Like you talked about before, like how how do 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.840 you take in a game? Not at MetLife Stadium, It's 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.200 exactly what you said. We are looking at what they 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.120 are doing, so what kind of music are they playing 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.880 before and during the game. We will look at what 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.520 their concession offerings are. We will look at their prices 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.240 to see how we compare to their prices. We have 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:21.800 a new initiative that we call our Bump fifty fifty 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:26.280 where fans can buy essentially raffle tickets and when some 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.320 jackpots well the choit's done a great job of that. 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.280 So we were out in Detroit, that was something we 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.920 kept our eye on. So for us, the great thing 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.000 is everyone competes in the NFL pretty intensively on the field, 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.559 but off the field, it's pretty collaborative organization and so 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.679 clubs all want to get better. We want to get better. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.319 So if they're working on something, uh, we're gonna go 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.280 out there and ask a lot of questions and look around. Similarly, 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.720 we rolled that when we rolled out our rewards program 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:54.320 and our digital ticketing solutions four or five years ago, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.120 every club that came in was asking us how it went. 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:01.240 We gave them tours. Uh, and you know, we're happy 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:02.800 to help other clubs in the league similar to the 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.800 way they're helping us. All Right, So much to get 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.320 to because we got to talk about what's new on 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.240 game day at Mentley Stadium. If you're our Jets fan, 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.199 are you're gonna be attending Jets game this season? And 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:19.040 we want to talk about the new uniforms. But first 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.679 we gotta ask about Christopher Johnson. Whatdy Johnson? Of course 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.000 serving as the US and bestor Great Britain in Northern Ireland. 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.760 What has Christopher been like? It's the CEO and your 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:34.520 interactions been like with him? For people on the outside, 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:38.079 they see Christopher and he's a likable sort, but you 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:43.120 have an intimate knowledge. It's his passion. I think the 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.000 fans have heard from him and seeing his passion for 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.240 football but also his passion for the fan experience. So 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.440 Christophers out in the parking lots a lot similar to 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:55.319 our fan advisory board, He's talking to fans constantly and 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.840 similar to us taking notes when fans raise issues, he 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.920 will act upon it either directly or share that with 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.800 others in the organization and get us going on it. 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.120 It's been a fairly smooth transition. Uh. You know, he's 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.680 a terrific person, and you know first and foremost, but 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.840 as somebody to work for, you can have a conversation 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.240 with him, you can problem solve with him, and so, uh, 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.920 you know, nothing but kudos in praise. He's on top 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:26.199 of a number of things organizationally, but also he's also 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:32.040 into the latest workouts and a sharp dresser. Christopher Johnson Yetta, 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.439 he gotta get a lot of He's got a lot 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.240 of passions, um and in terms of a lot of 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.840 things we're doing with the players, in terms of off 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.480 the field issues, he's developed a great rapport with the 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.200 players and so we're working with them on a number 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:51.520 of social initiatives and other community initiatives, and Chris's leadership 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.160 in that area has been terrific. There was a great 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.160 photo last week of Christopher down on one knee and 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:58.960 Jamal Adams down on one knee and those two just 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.520 talk in at PRAC. This is pretty cool. Actually, before that, 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.680 Christopher Johnson as the team was stretching, he was on 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:10.280 one of the bikes. He was getting to workout and 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:16.640 while watching practice, he's putting pressure on all of us. Exactly. Okay, 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.640 So we've talked about game day a little bit. Here 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.839 is just to dive into it is, if you're going 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:23.880 to the Jets game this year, what is new about 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:30.360 the eighteen season? From the experienced standpoint summer, subtle um, 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.520 but more dramatic. So a couple of years ago, we 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:35.920 put out what we call pilot Vision. So we understand 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.520 that fans are coming out, they want to see the 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.600 action on the field. They want to see the highlights 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.880 and the replays of the game that's going on. But 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.400 we then have pilot vision. They also want stats. They 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.040 also want to see the out of town scores. They 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.040 also want to see the red zone from time to time. 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.800 So how we program that. We're always trying to think 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:53.800 what is the fan today? How do they want to 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.559 consume the game when they come out to the stadium. 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.400 But it's different. You have eighty thousand people out there. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.480 Some want to be on their smartphones, a lot others don't. 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:04.839 Some grew up, you know, sitting in an upper deck 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.679 listening on a transistor radio. Others don't know what I'm 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.240 talking about when I mentioned a transistor radio. So you 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.400 try and strike that balance. And uh so, a lot 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.880 of it is the scoreboard features, so those are those 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.960 are new and different this year. We're also doing uh 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:23.559 some different things with music. Um so we announced probably 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.880 about a month ago, we have a partnership with Deaf 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.640 Jam Recordings and they're great partners. So that's you said 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:33.640 mentioned the stadium, So the runout song was done by 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.839 some of their artists and so that's been a lot 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:39.840 of fun. We in fact had Marcus May and Jamal 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:44.480 Adams going to the studio with with Jada kiss Um 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.360 and they were working on some some music opportunities together 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.840 and what we call our hype videos. So when we 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.200 get videos out on social media and Instagram and the 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.000 like on a Friday before a game, a lot of 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.679 that's going to involve Deaf Jam Recording. And I'm in 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.079 the studio of Jets three sixty Productions, so a lot 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:07.040 of that's produced by by the excellent guys and women 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.720 in this organization who produced that content, including the two 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.320 of you. So that's that's gonna be a lot of fun. 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:16.840 We also are having a kid today coming up on 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.559 October seven against the Broncos, and so we're gonna have 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.120 a lot of fun things for the kids, including w 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.320 W E and they bring some of their superstars out 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:26.320 and their terrific entertainers and there are a lot of 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.560 fun and we had the miss at our what we 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:30.760 call our up front where we kind of introduced a 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.320 lot of our our new events and new activities, and 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.600 the last one our game against the Vikings. We're doing 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.680 some things with Marble and so that's obviously an amazing 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.280 entertainment company and we're thrilled to be working with them. 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.800 So the first number of people coming in the building 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.400 and get a bobblehead coincidentally, maybe not that coincidentally, we're 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.880 playing the Vikings, so it's kind of going to be 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.440 holed versus four Okay, so we're doing a little bit 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.520 of that. So we we spent a lot of time 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.720 thinking about we know what the action on the field is, 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.000 what people really care about, but anything we can do 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.120 just have a little bit more fun when you come out. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.400 We we we know people investing a lot of their time, 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.880 so we we try and get creative and some of 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:16.600 that we do on our own, and some of that 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:17.960 is doing with some of the great partners that I 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.600 just mentioned. There are a ton of exciting um game 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.800 day themes for the Jets throughout the two thousand and 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.920 eighteen season. What is the genesis in the new uniforms? 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:33.720 Everybody's asking the genesis of the uniform? Why, like the 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:37.560 hottest button it is? And we have the man himself. 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:43.560 It starts with uh, Woody Johnson and his vision for 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.920 wanting to do something different with the uniform and so, uh, 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.560 you know, he put together a working group internally but 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.760 working closely with people at the league who have worked 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.760 through a number of uniform changes over the past x years. 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.280 And so this is years in the making. This is 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.560 years in the making and also working with Bikey and 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:05.320 they do terrific work. And uh, it's a real iteritive process. 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.320 I mean it's been it really has been years in 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.520 the making, and it's looking at everything for all kinds 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:14.880 of different designs, all different kind of logos and other 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:19.120 things that might go on the uniform and uniform changes 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:25.640 are subjective. Uh. Ownership loved it. Um Some of the 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.120 people on the you know, on the football side who 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.920 have seen it love it. And but hopefully the fans 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.960 will love it. And so it'll probably be officially launched 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.280 in March. Um and we're gonna try and make a 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.440 little bit of hoopla out of that. Um Uh. Again 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.760 it's subjective, so just one man's opinion, but that I 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:44.920 think the fans will like it. I do think you're 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:50.000 gonna see the Jets go through basically all their uniform 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:53.160 combinations here in two thousand and eighteen. Because you've already 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.440 seen the all white with the white face masks against 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.880 the Detroit lines. You're going all white. Bet we know 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.600 of that. We got I think it's the great Dapes mask. 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:06.080 Also for the cold scam. Yeah yeah. And we had 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.880 the green out like we mentioned against the Minnesota Vikings, 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.840 the traditional green and white against the Miami Dolphins for 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.440 the home opener. I know we'll see the green pants 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.640 and the green Out's gonna have the color Rush uniforms. 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.640 So the knee the one that we originally was rolled 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.440 out on Thursday nights that pop. I think we played 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:26.720 against the Bills a couple of times with that Um, 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.280 those decisions, you know, are really made by coach. Interestingly, 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.520 it's a coach, you know. I think he's always trying 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.760 to anticipate what's what's the best kind of coach. He's 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:38.200 got a lot, He's got his little private label down there. 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.960 He's got the hands. Sometimes I see coach on the 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.960 slide that we gotta get that, you know, we got 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:45.920 we gotta get that to fans, we gotta get that 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.360 to other people in the building. He has some great stuff. 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.800 He's watching the press conferences and you know, he always 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.200 comes up to me, he says, Yep, coach got a 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.240 new label today. Yeah, yeah, people are asking me about 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.760 We respect his style. Yeah, we like it, and so 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.240 I think he'll have I think he'll have a lot 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:05.240 of fun with the new uniform. Also, we gotta go off, Yeah, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:08.520 we gotta go off the field. And we know you're 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:13.040 big into movies, into TV shows. So for fans that 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.760 don't know, one, what is your favorite all time TV 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.200 show and movie? And two is well, what are you look? 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.160 What are you watching now? My all time favorite TV 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.960 show it probably a Seinfeld. Um, do you still watch 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:29.400 it in syndication? Watch it every night? Well? I do 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.080 I actually record him and then I watch him in bulk, 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:33.919 you know, at the times and uh, you know, so 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.480 I might be watching not a jet game of sporting event. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.080 I'll pause it for a little bit and go watch 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.520 an episode and and then come back and catch up 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:44.000 on the game. What was your conversations like with Larry 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:47.439 David when he came around? You know, just listen he 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.440 you can just see the brilliance. Honestly, you can see 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:55.360 the creativity. He is laid back, relaxed, um and he's 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:59.240 actually he's an enormous jet fan. Yeah, but he's funny. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:03.680 He was very impressed with how clean the launch area downstairs, 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.520 and you could just see he'd be you know, he's 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:08.920 one of those guys. Pull up, pull up a seat 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.840 and you'll you'll enjoy yourself. Yeah. What about what about 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:18.960 the movie? The movie, uh, Gladiator? Gladiator is probably that's 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.080 one of those movies. Whenever it's on, you know, I'll 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:22.720 get sucking for a half hour. What's been on a 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:25.160 lot lately? As Good Fellas? You kind of see kind 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.439 of my my demo at work here, but kind of 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:31.760 good action oriented. Are you a big Russell Crow fan? 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.720 I like Russell Crow. Yeah, Yeah, he's great. And Gladiator. Yeah, Gladiator. 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.280 I actually saw both of those movies for the first 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.760 time like two years ago. Behind the April. Yeah it's great. Yeah, 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:46.800 a little history, little dramatization, good action, get you ready 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:49.040 to run through a wall, kind of every emotional state 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:52.639 you can get. Okay, how about streaming series? Me? Sometimes, Neil, 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.439 we'll go on a plane and you'll catch up on 0:18:55.600 --> 0:19:00.480 something and you'll get into a series. What's some of 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:02.439 the coach that some of the coaches will recommend some 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:08.160 shows at times? This summer, I did Sneaky Pete. Okay, 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.080 this series I'm waiting to come back in October? Is 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:15.160 ray Don? Yeah, you're gonna. I've always seen a couple 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:22.160 of Right the game, So it's Green's top shows that Yeah, 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:24.720 and he's a real gentleman. And he's the voice of 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:29.040 Hot Knocks. Yes, so he among others. But he's got 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.800 a lot of the HBO sports stuff and when you 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.280 hear his voice, it's one of those great voices. It is, 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.000 So what were you about? Yeah? What what do you guys? Streaming? 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.000 I'm always kind of what what could mean? What what 0:19:39.040 --> 0:19:40.479 can we stream? In the off season when I kind 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.240 of gets in the busy season. I think I've told 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:46.080 you about this before his Peaky Blinders Netflix. A big 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:50.520 Peaky Blinders fan. That your culture, that's like ninth turn 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:54.639 of the century British, you know none of this pretty 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.960 Los Angeles. He's like our Sam Donald here. He's an 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:01.520 old soul, right, I hear great things about that. I'm 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:06.760 all in on Peaky Blinders. Um. I watched in college 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.000 The Sopranos, and I like that a lot. Believe it 0:20:10.080 --> 0:20:12.040 or not. I have not done the entire Sopranos, and 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:15.960 I've kind of probably seen a season and a half. 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:18.919 Of people have said to me, I wish I could 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:21.159 replicate watching it again when you get the chance to 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:24.040 watch it. So I'm looking forward. I asked him about 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:26.600 that ending when he started mentioned but we'll have to 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.680 I did see the last episode. What was your thought? 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:32.400 So I just saw the diner scene, and I don't 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:34.040 I didn't know enough. I didn't have the same investment 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:36.000 yet because I didn't commit the number of years to 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:38.040 the show yet. Neil, let's bring a full circle. Come 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:41.680 back to the Jets here. You talked about it. It's 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:44.160 all about what happens on the field, and we're trying 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:47.800 to enhance that. Um, do you like what you're seeing 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:54.120 as far as this team coming together, having some young pieces, 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:57.760 drafting a quarterback was performed well early on in his 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:02.040 career and Sam Donald and you you're set up salary 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:05.640 cap wise. I believe Mike has said it. You get 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:09.000 the most cap room so you have the financial flexibility 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:12.960 following this season, we think about some young pieces on defense, 0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:16.119 whether that p Jamal Adams or Leonard Williams or Darren 0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:20.240 Lee an offensively quincy and noone went back and yeah, 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:23.119