WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 36: Hey Darnold! (ft. Jake Delhomme) 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:09.400 It's time for the Happy Half Hour with your friends 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:20.919 Kristen Belboni and Will Brian, presented by Morris Jenkins. Welcome 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:23.400 to the Happy Half Hour podcast presented by Morris Jenkins 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:25.480 and Mr Jenkins told me his plumbers and a c 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:29.360 text secretly where Panthers jerseys under their uniforms. When you're 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:31.800 plumbing your air conditioning is acting up, called Morris Jenkins 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:35.199 or visit Morris Jenkins dot com. Well, well, you know, 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.440 we're just doing this episode, no real reason we thought 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.880 we'd do, and an off season update. You know, how 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.680 is your holiday weekend? Pretty quiet? Right? Yeah? Very quiet? 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.720 I was reading about the NFL rule changes, like That's 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:49.520 what I've been doing for the past month. I'm really 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.160 excited about this new onsete kick format and we're gonna 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:54.360 spend thirty minutes talking about that today. We thought it'd 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.720 be a good a good focus. Really, you know, not 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:00.640 a lot going on in the Carolinas, not at all, certainly, 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:06.440 not quarterback wise. But yes, as every Panthers fans certainly knows, 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.680 certainly everyone who's listening to this podcast, is that the 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.640 Panthers traded for Sam Donald on Monday, which was a 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:18.080 company holiday which was fun. Where were you when you 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.520 found out? I was when when when you when you 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.360 got a push on your phone? Found out before the 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.119 bush Will? But yeah, if you ever get a push 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.679 notification from the Panthers, just know that it is at 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:32.720 Panthers stats guy Will Brian on the ones and twos 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:37.720 pushing through time there's a there's an apostrophe error, or 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.840 there's a misspelling, you know where it came from. I 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:41.560 still think it's cool though. We were talking about this 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.240 the other day when I get a push notification like 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:48.000 that's Will, that's that's Will. Um. I was at home, 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.840 which was odd because I'm always here, you know, I'm 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:56.800 always at the stadium, And because it was a holiday, 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.360 I said, you know what, I'm gonna hang out. It 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.600 doesn't seem like anything's happening, and um, it kind of 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:07.320 gave me so Actually, April six was my one year 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.800 anniversary and it kind of reminded me of being starting 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.880 work at home. You know, it's been a while since 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:17.799 I've been at home and some big news broke Panthers wise, 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.040 because I worked in the stadium, is very lucky to 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.359 be able to come in and be part of the testing. 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.799 Um since training camp. So it's really the first time 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.400 in eight or nine months where I had been at 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:33.160 home working on this big thing for the Panthers, and 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.720 it felt it felt odd. Where were you tell me 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:40.680 your story driving Range. I had spent the entire weekend 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.480 just kind of chilling, being at home, you know, doing 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:45.960 some odds and ends work. And then Monday I was like, 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.320 you know what, it's a beautiful day. I'm gonna get 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:50.240 up a beautiful day. I'm gonna go. You know, I'm 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.840 not gonna play eighteen, not gonna play nine, just gonna go, 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:57.320 you know, get some swings in. And you know, I 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.320 was told get back to your computer immediately. Yes, First 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.200 of all, well why would you ever not have your 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:08.160 computer on you? Honestly, almost everything you do. I almost 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.320 did bring it with Is it not handcuffed to you 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.400 at all times? It's right here? But no, I almost 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:15.000 did bring it. But then I was like, you know what, 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.280 I'm only like ten minutes away, five minutes away. I 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.360 can get back if nothing happens, and I didn't need 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.120 it to. We're gonna get into all of that, and 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.960 we've got an incredible guest coming up. If you want 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:28.280 to end depth analysis on Sam Donald and this trade. 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:29.960 I mean, who better to talk to than Jake tooloone. 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.200 We're gonna talk to him in just a little bit 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.880 and we'll Brian pantherstan I obviously on Twitter. I think 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:37.520 I think you were looking at me, and I think 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.200 you might have thought I was gonna say you, and 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.800 then I said Jake, and you kind of just like no. 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:47.839 I was like, okay, it's the real quarterback. Um. So 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.360 you know, really really big news. We're going to break 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.040 all of that down, but first, and we got to 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.680 talk about you know, even bigger than the same Donald 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.720 trade in Panther's news is the fact that our very 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:02.000 own producer, Matt Hogan got married. And this is the 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:03.840 first time we're getting a chance to see you after 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.400 after the big event honeymoon. How was everything? It was, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.200 Thank you will, it was it was great. Um. I 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.680 came back today and you handed me a gift from 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.720 the Panthers digital team, so that was a nice little 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:16.600 I don't know. I was telling my friends and like, 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:18.000 how does it feel to be married? And I just 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.719 said that I feel less important now because the week 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.159 in two weeks a month before I was the guests, 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.200 you know, the guest of honor and everything, and now 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.839 I'm just like a regular working guy. Now it is funny. 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.320 I'm I'm married as well, and there is this like 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:33.919 V I P thing that comes along with it. And 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:35.960 now you walk in back to work and you're like, 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.839 you know, does anyone want to get me anything? Like, 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.599 does anyone want to you know, take my jacket from me? 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.039 And make sure I don't need anything? Photographer following me, 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:49.000 my egos shrinking. But it's nice to be back. Welcome back, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.239 congratulation you we are. We are so happy and happy 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:56.039 to see you. But but back to the Donald news, 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.400 the second biggest news of course. So well we gotta 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.640 do you know, like I said, gonna talk to Jake 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:02.280 in just a minute, but we got to bring back 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:10.240 will Staut of the week. What is your Donald's statist 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:15.239 of the week. Well, there's a lot of Donald stats, 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.640 so I'm gonna go with this one. Um. The Panthers 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.480 have not been known as a team that's been a 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.120 trader or very big in the trade market over their 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.440 last twenty six years. Donald's only the third quarterback they've 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:31.880 ever traded for. Really yep, and the other two weren't 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:37.800 you know, big names. It was Jeff Lewis four from 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.840 Denver for a couple of late round picks, and then 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.800 Josh McCown. Okay, Josh McCown's a big name. Don't disrespect 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.599 Josh McCown is a big name, because that was we 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.240 traded for Josh McCown in two thousand eight, thinking, you know, 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.599 here's this you know, veteran, you know, kind of you know, 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.000 second half of his career. No, he was just beginning 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.039 in two thousand eight. You're kidding me. Um, So Josh 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.840 McCown obviously, like he knows Sam Donald, he's the Jets 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:02.880 like a couple of years ago. I mean, Josh McCown 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:06.200 has been playing football for forty five years. So but yeah, 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:08.280 the pant has traded a seventh round picked for him 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.760 back in two thousand eight. So Josh McCown, Josh mcown, 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:16.120 Pa the Lowe. You gotta ask you gotta, we gotta 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.560 ask Jake about that. Yeah, that's awesome. You're gonna blow 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.520 his mind with that. Dad. I love that. You're you're 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.760 laughing so hard at your own discovery. Right, that's going 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.680 to make a great tweet later on Panthers At Panthers, 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:28.839 dat I gotta I gotta figure out whether McCown was 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.719 still in New York or if he had just left 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.960 when they drafted Donald. I mean, he was close, he 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.479 was there. It feels like he was there. But what 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.640 do I don't have I don't played there in the 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.320 year before they drafted Donald. I'll check, I'll check the 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.120 math there, all right, So let's go back to to 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.800 what Monday looked like. I love doing these behind the 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:52.919 scenes kind of um look into what your job looks 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.960 like or what my job looks like, our mats when 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.520 something like this happens, because of course, when the news 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:04.320 is announced, there's articles, tweets, gifts, memes, um coming out 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.120 at a rapid pace once it's announced, and it's really 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:11.400 incredible to see. And you know, I was helping a 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:15.600 little bit in terms of some production stuff and and organizing, 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:19.160 but but really, because Sam was not available for interviews, 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.559 my role on Monday was was much less than yours. 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:26.000 And you are right in the thick of everything, as uh, 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.920 someone who's controlling the website and and push notifications and 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.160 editing and all sorts of different stuff. So what does 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.840 that look like? You're at the driving range. You get 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.240 the call that says like, how dare you leave your 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.400 computer for less than three minutes? It should be you know, 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.080 attached your to your hands at all times. I'm just 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:46.120 kidding that would never happen. But what happens after that? 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.880 So thankfully for most of us, we've we've been through 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.000 things like this before. You know that this kind of 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.080 the vets of this group. You know, you've gone through 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.080 so many breaking news events that you kind of know 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.600 what what the elements are, what the buttons to push, 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.200 you know, kind of the order of things, how it 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.000 all works, and knowing that when it happens, it's going 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.200 to be a fog. Like I think part of the 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:10.960 things that I think some some people when they come 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.640 in there, like what's the you know, what's the process? 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:15.960 You know how what's the you know, who has to 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.679 approve what? It's just kind of like you do your best, 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.720 but it's a fog. Like you're just you're you're gonna 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.320 double check things as much as you can, but quick, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.720 quick has to happen. It's got to be quick. So um, 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.480 you know when you know, when when I got back, 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:34.320 you know, you're working on building photo galleries. Looking at 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.720 it highlights one of the things that you know, there's 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:40.000 this whole kind of back end of NFL highlights that 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.600 I was trying to find. You know, Donald's career long 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.560 pass was a yard to Robbie Anderson in two thousand nineteen. 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.520 But the problem was it wasn't still on the NFL's 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.000 back end. So it was like, well, I really want 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.040 to have this video published as soon as we go 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.000 live with this, but I don't want to alert anybody 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.480 because the NFL, they would have found it and put 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:01.520 it in our back can immediately, but it's like, I 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.400 don't want to tell them yet. So I mean, and 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.240 this is you know, this is when we're we're just 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.559 finding out. You know, it could happen any minute, you know, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:09.640 so we're just trying to go as quickly as we 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:13.640 can to get all this uh this content and uh 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:15.640 so you know I'm waiting on that and just trying 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.960 to get everything in places. Bio gotta write a bio, 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:21.720 gotta photoshop his his jet's head shot into a panther's jersey, 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.920 you know, working on all that, um, you know, knowing 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.000 that there's a whole other crew in some other space 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.200 doing all the things for social and getting all those 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.920 things ready and um you know, videos all that stuff, 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.360 and then just kind of you know, having a couple 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:36.760 of calls with hey, we're gonna do this, We're gonna 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.040 do this, all right, We're good the story, gonna get 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.320 the story, okay, and then it's like boom, it's happening. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:44.760 You just get the text is happening in five minutes 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:49.040 like that, that's what you get. Um, and and then 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.320 you just kind of go to work. It's it's push 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:55.320 unifications to the web, to the app. Um, it's bio published, 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.600 it's putting breaking news alert all across the website. It's 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.720 uh photo gallery. It's then getting the videos from the NFL. 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.680 It's looking for more ones. It's fighting a tweet for 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.200 Panther stats guy, which um, I wish there was a 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.160 Twitter edit button. I'll just say that for all of 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.760 my my great followers that pointed some things out to me, 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.760 it was passerrating and not completion percentage. For those that know, 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.680 um oh that that would be a big difference. I 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.200 did not get to see that in the midst of 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.280 It happened very quickly, and by the time that I 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:27.560 really break, you're doing eight thousand things. So that's what 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.720 it was, guys. It was eight eight point five passerrating. Um. 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.520 But yeah, so you and then you're looking for stuff 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:37.280 like that, you're completion need. Yeah, it's I mean, we 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.720 need to edit button on Twitter, right, I think that 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.760 could lead to that's a whole different rabbit hole. But 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:47.480 for but for honest, hard working people like you, Yes, 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.960 like you could have one, but not everyone. You can 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.400 have the you can have the first and only. By 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.400 the time I saw it, it was like we're already 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.520 way down this road. I wasn't going to delete it 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:01.000 at that point. I just can't. So um. But yeah, 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:02.560 I mean, so there's a lot going on. And then 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.680 it's like, okay, now you're you're trying to look at 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.400 you know, now we have Scott Fitterers press conference, and 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.840 you're really trying to think, Okay, what's the analysis here, Like, 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.240 what's the you know, what are the because I'm also 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.320 I'm writing copy for everything that's going on the website, headlines, 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.440 you know, byline, subheads, you know, for all these videos, 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:20.960 and you're trying to figure out, Okay, you know, what's 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.280 the you know, what is really the tone? You know, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.600 how are we projecting this? What's the uh, the way 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:28.960 that we're analyzing this, and I think that was such 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.960 an interesting part of the afternoon, was you know, going 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:34.800 through Okay, you know, it's it's this sixth round pick 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.800 this year, which is really just a gift because that 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.439 was a cop pick, so we weren't even expecting that anyway, 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.280 and then you have a second and forth next year. 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.640 But then when you hear Scott Fitter talk about it, 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.199 you know, now I'm started going into a little analysis 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.040 of it. But you know, you talked about the optionality 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:52.160 of you know, now you're at eight with with all 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.920 these different options, including getting a quarterback, trading back, you know, 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.719 getting you know, defensive offensive line, cornerback, all that kind 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:01.400 of things. So then you're trying to integrate all that 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.720 into the tone and kind of the perception of the 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.520 things you're publishing, you know, because then you have you know, six, seven, eight, nine, 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.319 NFL Network videos coming through with Kurt Warner and Jerdy 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.840 Batista and all these people analyzing the stuff, and you're 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.760 really trying to make sure that that's, um, you know, 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.160 that that's going out at the right rate and all 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.120 that stuff. So, yeah, it was it's just in a 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.040 whole afternoon, the whole day, and then you get all 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.320 these people that are texting you like and I'm like, 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.640 hold on, hold on sending out the push notification. That 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.200 is a really interesting What you just said is something 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.600 that I went through on Monday night as well. And 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.360 this might be just specific to the people in this room, 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.240 but the fact that you said it. I don't know 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:45.040 if you know anyone listening also understands this, but when 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.880 you're so in it, and that's not to say we 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.440 have any type of of knowledge, but we're you know, 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.520 you're in the you are in the mix with with 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.199 putting all of this stuff out and and writing and 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.679 making sure you know it's going out concurrently with with 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.000 what the social media team is doing, and you're pulling 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.480 all these clips that I found myself on Monday going Okay, 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:08.280 what's the what's the hundred foot view of this from 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:13.439 everyone else? Because we are so embedded in panther Land? 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.559 You know, did you find that as well? It seems 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.200 like that's what you're saying, which is like, I'm making 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.520 sure when I'm writing copy on everything that I not 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:23.880 only have all the facts, I'm seeing what other people 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:28.440 are saying and and getting a sense of kind of 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.280 the overall view from everyone else to that. I think 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.560 I think it certainly helped that, you know, that Scott 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.160 Fitter of the GM, you know, spoke to kind of 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:42.240 set that on on Monday, so that there were, um, 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.480 maybe not answers, but at least you know, an approach 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:48.360 to context. Context. I mean, the context of this year's draft, 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:51.000 the context of next year's season, the context of the 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.000 QBS on the roster, you know, all of those things that, 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.320 um that you you kind of need that guidance from 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.400 because I think you know, certainly, yeah, within our bubble, 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.800 we certainly know um in general. You know, we saw 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.040 the trade rumors. We know all the rumors that are 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.920 getting tweeted at us every day. We've got these, we've 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.000 got the Google alerts and trater alerts on. You know, 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.280 we certainly know all the things that are out there. 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.960 And you know, honestly, like I thought, this month could 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.720 go any number of ways, and there's it still can 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.080 there's still a number of other ways it can now go. 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.600 But you know, you kind of prepare your mind a 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.560 little bit too. Okay, So what is this month with 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.760 this this trade or this trade not happening? Or this 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.160 draft pick happening, and then this trade happening after that, 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:36.480 you kind of look through all these scenarios that you 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.560 know that you try to prepare for. Okay, what does 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.800 this mean? And then what does this mean going forward? 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:42.560 And I think all of a sudden, it just kind 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:44.880 of hits you on Monday. It's like, Oh, this is it, 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.360 this is this is the scenario. And then you're kind 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:52.400 of working back from there. Do you ever get a 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.640 little do you ever get butterflies in your stomach when 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.400 you press send on a notification? Oh my gosh, yes, 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:01.320 like I because I feel like you're so calm and collected, 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.520 and I would be nervous to do that. Oh you 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.080 haven't seen me on days like that. Then I closed 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.680 I'm upstairs. I closed the door, I put my phone, 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.800 I put all my notifications on mute, because I know 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.480 that not only because you get Yeah, you gotta focus 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:16.560 in on the thing that you're doing. Getting it with texts, 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.080 I'm getting it with like Bleacher Report, ESPN, Like every 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.160 single push that you're getting from everyone else that's all happening, 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.520 you know, knowing that you're just gonna get flooded, and 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.680 so it's yeah, it's having to kind of be calm. 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:29.080 Like there is a time when I used to like 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.320 wear my Apple Watch during these things, and I my 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:36.720 blood pressure was so high because I kept getting I 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.520 just took it and through it against the wall because 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.600 I I can't handle it. I do that sometimes I 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:45.840 don't think it quite compares because there have been a 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:47.200 few times where I've been on the air, not in 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.960 this job where breaking news has happened, but if I'm 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.240 doing if we're doing a show or whatnot, Like I 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.520 can't even try not even look at my phone in 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:58.640 a commercial break because but sometimes we're getting like so 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.160 say we're doing the Panthers pregames or the draft. There 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.480 are things that that maybe you would say to me 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.560 or or Amy or social media manager that are important 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.640 to getting on the air. This person has won a 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:10.520 prize or whatnot. But you really have to separate those 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.680 things where unless it's something like that, I really try 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:16.640 not to look at my phone and distract myself, even 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.080 though even when the cameras are off, because it does 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.800 take you out of that mindset. And so I can't 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.760 imagine trying to press send on something and having seven 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.560 notifications on my wrist. As I'm trying to make sure 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.400 that I, like you said, put the apostrophe in the 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.480 right place. I mean, you you kind of get used 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.760 to knowing what's coming, and I think that that's been helpful. 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:36.440 I think the first couple of times that I did it, 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.760 I was, you know, with Luke, I was unprepared for well, 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:43.200 everyone was just just in that. I remember where I was. 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.040 You talked about where we were for this. I remember 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.480 as a fan, I was not. There was no inkling 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.400 that I would ever work for the Panthers. I remember 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.560 where I was sitting on my couch in Chicago with 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.560 my husband and and seeing that video. So I can't 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.120 imagine what it was like to be a part of that. 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.280 And how could you be prepared? Right? I mean, and 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:03.600 they're and they're not here today, but like you know, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.719 we've had Amy and Angela on this podcast before. Are 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.879 amazing social media team, and I think it's such a 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.760 credit for them to be able to, you know, to 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.280 pull these ideas together and to be able to execute 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:19.320 them so well, knowing that you know, hey, there's there's 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:21.560 a lot of ways you can go with this, but 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.920 let's be bold, let's really lean into it and let's 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:28.479 let's figure out ways that, um, you know, this content 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.800 exists on its own, and I think that they did 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.200 that on Twitter, so I mean and and Instagram and 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:35.679 like all the different platforms. They did it so well 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.639 that there was like the secondary story behind the story 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:40.840 of like, oh, did you see the way the Panthers 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:44.439 did this on social media? It was incredible, It was awesome. 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:46.760 As I said, I've been here for a year. It's 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:48.920 almost my one year anniversary a couple of days after, 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.080 and I still I'm my gosh. I know those people 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.320 like the creativity comes out of their brains, and of 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:58.439 course we you know, we have to include Daniel and 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:02.200 Brandon and everyone who works to make that's those social 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.960 media posts so incredible. Um, it's it's really cool to 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:09.159 see in action. And I didn't get to see it 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:11.359 as much in action this time because we were all 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:13.359 at home, which was, like I said, it that's a 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.240 that's bringing full circle back to me as I always 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:20.119 like to do. It was it was a different experience. 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.560 But like you said, there's so many times we're certainly 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.560 in your career here at the Panthers that these things are, 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.760 that these things happen, and you have to be prepared 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:29.480 for them. And then of course you have the added 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.480 experience of of the last year having to work primarily 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.959 from home. And so even though it's new and different 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.480 every single time, based on the situation, based on the trade, 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.479 based on the player, at least none of that stuff 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.360 was like in your way, like you're just getting out 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:46.040 all the things you have to do. It's not the 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:49.160 fact that, I mean, you know how to communicate from home. 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:51.439 We're all on slack. Things are happening, and I just 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:55.080 thought it was without having as much to do because 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:57.920 we weren't doing interviews. It's it's so cool to see 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.240 the way that you guys seemlessly work together and get 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:03.000 all this stuff out as soon as it's ready to 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.000 be announced. It's really cool. It's organized chaos, but there's 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:08.760 also kind of the there's like a shared heartbeat. I 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.120 think even when like you're not in the same room, 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.080 when you're not right next to each other, you just 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.040 you know what everyone else is doing, so that you 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.359 know what you're doing how that fits into what everyone 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.879 else is doing. So I think that's that's such a cool, 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.880 uh kind of learned organism. You know, it's not something 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.800 that's natural, but you know, over over time, Yeah, you 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:29.680 build it with people, and I think that's a really 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:33.080 special thing. Well, congrats to to Sam Donald and the 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:36.320 Panthers front office and Will great job. Like honestly, it was. 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:38.119