WEBVTT - The Group Chat Episode 29: Demo Day 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:03.760 Hey, groupies, it is an additional group chat because well, 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:07.480 it's been a pretty busy forty eight hours. So we're 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:09.680 sitting down and telling you what it was like to 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:13.800 cover the hiring of new Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rule. 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:16.040 Our phone is both on four so I don't want 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.360 to unplug my phone and then have the phone die 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:20.520 in the middle of this important conversation with him for 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.760 the first time, so it's on speaker phone in the car, 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:28.800 so I'm like, guys, hush, here we go call him 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:32.800 instantly it rings once. Hey, Caroline, that was what he 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:36.600 said to me. We then put a group chat spin 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.599 on what all Matt Rule has ahead of him as 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.839 he hires a staff and gets ready for the seasons. 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:45.120 Jim and Joanna we're telling him about the Browns estate, 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.640 and like before they keeven finished talking, Matt was like, no, 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:51.920 I'm not interested. So they quickly move on to the 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.880 other two choices. We have that and so much more, 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:58.320 including a huge announcement right off the top. So welcome 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:10.840 to this week's the group Chat. You've been added to 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:14.480 the group chat with your friends Caroline, can Max Senson, 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:19.920 and Will Brian. I'm back guys. Number one, thank you 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:23.240 for doing a group chat without me just kidding. It 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.480 hurt a little. I was wondering, what, how did you 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.400 feel about it? Well, I didn't even know that you 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:29.440 guys were doing it. It came. It came to get 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.440 it very quickly. Yes, thanks for letting me. I don't 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.039 think you were accessible at that time. No, I wasn't, 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:35.920 and I understand that. But the way that I found 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.480 out about the group chat even happenings when I got 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.759 on the app and there was the group chat was there? 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:47.039 I know when I fake cry, I actually get tears 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:51.680 in my eyes. My eyes, But no, that was such 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.200 a cool episode. How I actually found out about it, 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.080 It was such a whirld one on our trip that 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.720 we will get to in just a second. But Parks 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:00.680 actually pointed out, he was, hey, they did a group 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.600 chat today. He's a big, big groupie. And I was like, 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.760 wait what and he was like, yeah, they did a 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.280 group chat with a guy that broke the news about 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:13.040 rule and I was like, and then I opened up 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:17.080 my app and there it was. Got I got a 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.919 thorn and our bone to pay whatever we want to 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.160 say with you, you and you pointing to all and 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.520 actually d L. You were probably in here too, so 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.320 I've got a problem with d L as well. It's 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.600 mostly him though, yeah, it's always mad. It's always mad. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.079 It's always producer mad. Spot That's okay. Whatever, it was strange, 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.880 it wasn't the same without you. How you opened it 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:43.240 like this is this is weird? That was cool though, 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.400 it was really really cool. Another cool piece that I'm 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.920 going to say is even more cool than that particular 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.440 episode is that it's a new year. Things change, we 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.839 set goals for ourselves. It is Thursday. That's another thing, 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.600 but that's not where I'm getting. Let's see, here's the 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:05.240 thing though, it's it's Thursday. You're messing up her rhythm here. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.680 She's trying to I was going to lead into it 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.120 trying to remember because usually because usually we do this 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:15.880 on Tuesdays, so on Thursdays we're lifting the rules on 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:23.400 this ding ning ning. For those of you're listening, there 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:27.960 are actually two puns for my lack of a pun, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.720 but you went a little early. No one got the 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:35.600 other pun went too early on it. But baby steps. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.200 At least you now know what a pun is correctly 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.280 use it so much so that you put two puns on, 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.000 but no one got the other pun. So of course 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:47.080 the one pun is rule. We will be using that 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:52.720 too much. Probably the second one is left because guys, 0:03:53.160 --> 0:04:00.360 we're sponsored. Who who put all? Right? We didn't time 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.119 And I actually just heard a quote that I would 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.160 like to share with everyone. We did not say this. 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.840 This is from the outside. This is this is podcast 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.160 in radio standards here. Okay, apparently it is a good 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:16.680 show informs and entertains. But a great show is sponsored. 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.360 So I'm not I mean, I didn't say it. We 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:24.040 didn't say it, but apparently we're great. So congratulations to us. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.880 Big year for us. We got a new head coach 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.800 and we got a sponsor, and it's Lift Off and 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.120 Run lift Us, lift Us Fund and provides us with 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:38.800 a big chance to use it as puns, to use 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.320 it as segments. We'll be doing a lot of who's 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.719 in the driver's seat? Yeah, Yeah, We're gonna rate people 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:49.440 based on their you know, the way that we like them. 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:51.920 But also as a driver and a passenger on lift 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.440 you can get a rating, which is very important. I 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.880 do know someone that cannot use another company that is 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:03.040 a share ride company because they have such a terrible rating. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:05.919 They can't use it anymore and they can't get it 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.920 back up, so they're they what do they do? I 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.840 didn't ask, that's the follow up questions. I didn't want 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:16.240 to take a lift. Yeah, I didn't take a lift. 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.400 Didn't take a lift. That was problem number one. They 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.120 were probably in such a bad mood when they got 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:24.000 in that car because the lift. They were probably yeah wow, 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.080 I mean, thank god. They now have to make the 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:31.360 right decision every single time. Their spirits will be lifted. Okay, man, okay, 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:36.000 all right. Yeah, we're gonna have a really good good 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.440 time with this, but we are. We have an official sponsor, 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.800 so we're gonna be talking about them because well they 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.279 pay our bills, and we love to pay bills, so 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.200 we will be talking about Lift. I hope you guys 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.080 are excited for us, because this is a big step 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.760 for us. We said when we started a podcast, one 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:52.240 of the things is we wanted to be able to 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.200 put some money behind this and make it bigger and 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.000 more grand. And that's what happens when you get a 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.920 sponsor and I like ours. It's Lift, and it's pink. 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.440 I'm a girl and I like that. I'll let the 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.040 cars a little, a little lift things in the front. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:08.400 I agree, they're very easy to see exactly. And there's 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:12.159 a brick and mortar lift in Charlotte on South Boulevard. 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.880 What happens there? I have no idea we should go. 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.120 That's like um from the forty year Old Virgin, where 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:31.360 she has like the eBay store and wait what I 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.960 just want? You have to go on eBay? Can't I 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:37.840 just pay for these and take them out of the store. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:41.240 Oh man, so many great things like what you just 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.599 heard right there coming for you. But let's first get 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.800 to the entire reason why the group chat happened without me. 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.040 Because it's a good reason. It's a crazy reason because 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.640 none of us were expecting it on Tuesday. I know what. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.520 I woke up on Tuesday morning of this week. I 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.400 did not think to myself, go ahead and pack a bag, 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.320 because you may be going to Texas. Pretty crazy. But 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.760 I am thankful that. I will say. Some mornings, I 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.520 think to myself, I'm not going to be on camera today, 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.480 so I won't do my hair. I'll put on very 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.560 minimal makeup, just enough to walk out of the house 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.680 and feel pretty. But thankfully that morning I just woke 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:21.680 up and got completely ready, said I'm just going to 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.000 be camera ready because of this coaching search. And we 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.200 were so wishy washy if it could happen, it could 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.600 not happen. We were thinking a different, you know, stretch 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.720 of days where it might happen. So I did. I 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.080 just got up and got completely ready and thank goodness 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.440 because we had no time. Yeah, what was that like? 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:39.720 I mean that morning when all of a sudden you 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:41.480 find out and it's like, hey, well but even you 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.680 get to wake Oh yeah, it actually starts before I 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.480 ever officially knew that we were going to wake O. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.880 I walked in, I just knew something was happening. There 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:53.040 was a different vibe in the building people. It was 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.040 not panicked by any means, but there was just a 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.480 certain tension in the air where people were like, I 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.560 think everything I had on my to do list to 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.200 do today has gone out the window. And that that 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.440 was the feeling of, well, things have changed, now what 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:07.840 are we doing? So I'm kind of walking around in 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:11.200 office is knowing that we have this idea of us 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.160 going to wherever this coach is to get some stuff 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.680 on the front end. So I'm kind of walking around like, hey, 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:20.440 you know what's going on? Do we think anything's gonna 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.680 happen today? And and the answer I got was they're 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.800 supposed to leave for another interview later this afternoon, but 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.120 there's a chance that they never do that because of 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:33.120 who they interviewed yesterday it went so well and they 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.880 want him, so depending on how this goes, just kind 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.439 of be on standby until lunch. I was like, okay, 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.120 we don't make it to lunch. At eleven o'clock we 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.360 find out that we're going to wake but not so 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:46.959 much that we're going that there's the possibility that this 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.880 is who we are hiring, and if we can, we 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.959 would like to go to Waco. That was at eleven am. 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:57.079 By one o'clock we are taking off for Austin, Texas. 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.160 So we're sitting in the office kind of looking like, hey, 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:03.040 here's our options. You could get into Waco is a 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.760 very small airport if you haven't figured that out, of 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.600 how small wacoes. So there was a connection to get 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.440 there even from an American hub of Charlotte. So we're 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.720 looking and like, well, you could get in at at 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.640 five would be the earliest in to Waco, or you 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.599 could get in later around nine, but we wanted to 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.280 get there as early as possible. And someone just said, 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.559 there's a one o'clock flight. What are the chances you 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.760 think you could get on it? Well, I think that 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.960 we could do that. I think yeah. And this was that, 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:35.520 like this was the building. Yeah it was, Yeah, it was. 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.680 It was rather and we did not get t S 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:39.600 a pre check because in all of the madness of 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.040 booking these flights, they did not have mind known traveler number. 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.240 So when we get there, we don't have t S 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:48.880 a pre check. But you know, working out great and mean, 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:52.120 it was a Tuesday, the holiday, the holiday was over, 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.280 so you know, staying in the normal security line was okay. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.400 So we we got through, got on the plane, took off. 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:02.040 There was three of us, Brandon out of photographer, Carson Smucker, videographer, 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.920 and then myself. We're on the very last row of 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:09.319 this plane, and in front of us was a child. 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.280 I can't tell you the age of this child, in 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.280 my personal opinion, a bit old to still be in diapers. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.720 But I'm not a parent, so I will eat my 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:21.720 words in a couple of years when I get to 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.160 that stage in my life. A bit too old but 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.240 my feeling on kids and diapers, if you can tell 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:31.920 them and they understand, try to hold it until you 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.840 get off the plane, or you're not going to be 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.320 changed until we get off the plane. I feel like 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:41.720 they're a bit too old. That conversation was happening between 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:46.080 this mother and this child. He didn't wait. So not 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.440 only were we right near the restroom, we also had 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.480 a kid in front of us who used the restroom. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.880 It was a lot, and and it was a three 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.199 hour of flight. That would be fine. Three hour flights 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.320 are great when you know you're going on them, but 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:02.920 when you wake up that day and you're like, no, 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.520 I mean, just not prepared for that type of trial. 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.480 I didn't have my headphones, I didn't bring a book. 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:09.920 We did get the WiFi to work, so we were 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.320 kind of following along as the news was breaking, but 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.520 we weren't partaking in any of it because we didn't. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.679 You know, as the official site, you can't really say 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.200 anything until the burbage is correct in all of this. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.760 It was a lot, but we get there. It was 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.840 an amazing uh trip. We get there and get the car. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.000 We didn't take a lift, which is really sad, but 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.040 we We rent a car and we take off for Waco, 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.520 which is about an hour and forty minutes away from Austin. 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:39.680 This is my favorite part. So I've never met Matt 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.920 Rule up until this point. I have to call him 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.440 and set up, Hey, we would love to come to 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.640 your house. That's my first interaction. You don't normally say 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:51.120 that to a stranger when you meet them for the 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.720 first time. It goes a lot more casual of just 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.880 But he didn't know you guys were coming, right. He 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.280 did know that we were in Texas, like or is 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.599 a group of people that are going to be and 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.680 he he didn't know that. But still he did not 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.520 know that we were coming to his house, and that 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.080 was our ask. So when I you know, I'm like, 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.480 I'm in the car, I'm like, guys, I'm nervous, you know, 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.080 all right? And I have my phone connected to the 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.000 speaker phone in the car and we can't figure out 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:23.000 how to unplug. All of our phones were dead. My 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.480 phone was on four percent, Carson's was on four percent, 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.640 and Randon's was dead. It gives me anxiety. So Brandon 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.679 had been out of the loop for hours. Our our 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:33.320 phone is both on four so I don't want to 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.760 unplug my phone and then have the phone die in 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:37.840 the middle of this important conversation with him for the 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.000 first time. So it's on speaker phone in the car. 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:46.000 So I'm like, guys, hush, here we go call him. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:50.040 Instantly it rings once. Hey Caroline, that was what he 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.440 said to me. Hey, he already had my numbers. Say 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:54.240 he's a details guy night when I was reading all 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:56.160 about him. He's big on the details. He wants to 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.920 make sure that everything is in place and that he's 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.960 prepared in the process. Is there. Well, he did it 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.000 because he had already obviously he had my number, had 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:05.640 saved it, knew that I would be calling. But for 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:10.079 him to pick up the phone after one ring, Hey Caroline, 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:16.600 how his phone will never experience a day like it 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.240 had yesterday? Yeah? Yeah, it was crazy. So he instantly 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.079 knows my name. We talk, He's like, what are you 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.000 guys looking for? Like you know, or we're kind of joking. First. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.640 I was like, so, how's your day? And he laughed, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.400 you know, like this has been a crazy day, and 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:32.360 so we kind of joke about that. I was like, yeah, 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:34.200 I can't say that. I woke up this morning thinking 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.480 I would be in Texas, so we joked about that. 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:37.760 Then he was like, what are you guys looking for? 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.920 And I know you're you know, what do you need 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.120 from me as a coach? We would love to come 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.120 to your home. It doesn't matter what it's like, and 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:46.880 know it's probably been a crazy day. We just want 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.440 to start introducing our fans to you and your family, 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:50.880 and we would love to do that in your home. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.200 He was like, that sounds great. I'll text you my 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.600 address and you guys can just, you know, come straight here. 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:57.839 I was like, great, we'll probably be around five thirty. 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:01.000 So that's awesome. Hang up the phone. And we immediately 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:02.640 hang up the phone and I say at a Carson 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:04.120 and right now I was like, oh, we get to 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:08.440 keep him like he's ours. We get to keep him. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.360 He's so great. Was so just gracious and kind of 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.760 not what I was expecting. It has been the longest day. 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.160 He's having to balance so many things of telling Baylor 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.440 he's leaving, saying yes to Dave Pepper, and then Panthers 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.600 having to call the Giant say I'm not coming there. 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.960 He has local news stations knocking on his door at 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.720 one o'clock in the afternoon and then we're coming knocking 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.920 at five thirty. It was a lot, so we end 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.280 up getting there. Him and his wife Julia are extremely 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:37.880 welcoming and gracious and super casual. I just in my 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:41.200 mind I was expecting, you know, he would be ready, 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.120 he would be just you know, in his nice shirt. 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.440 Maybe he had been doing press all day. No, he 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.080 was super chill, and I loved it. He answered the 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:53.440 door in his like short sleeve hoodie from bail It 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:55.440 was Bailer, that's what he has. He has his Baylor 0:14:55.520 --> 0:15:00.720 hoodie on athletic shorts. His wife is in this cute 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:06.160 like sweat pants sweatshirt combo um. You know, it looks 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.280 like she had done her hair that morning to go 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.280 to the interview. But then was like, well, we're not 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.080 going anywhere, so I just kind of had thrown it up. 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.600 The kids were in the backyard playing basketball with their dogs. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.160 It was just really it was such a livable home 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:23.000 and like this is it's been a long day. Welcome guys. 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:26.160 It's five thirty at night and we're tired. They had 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.920 just poured a glass of wine to kind of mellow out, 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:34.360 and then here we come rolling in with cameras and yeah, 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.480 no we did not get a glass. No, we we 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.560 let them do that. But Julie was great. She walked 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.160 us around their home and was like, just pick a 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.800 spot that you would like to do this interview, which 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.520 was awesome. You don't normally get that. So we're walking around, 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:48.360 we pick a spot that, you know. The guy started 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.120 setting up cameras and how they wanted to look, and 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:53.880 I'm just filling a little bit of like, Okay, how 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.600 before interviews you like to do it? You need to 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.200 talk to them and see like what's ther level of 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:02.520 comfort about talking about this, talking about that. Just build 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:04.200 a rapport with him before the cameras come on. So 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.320 that's what I'm doing with him and his wife. It's 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:10.800 very cool, very awesome. He's constantly on his phone. His 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.600 phone is just blowing up. He can't sit still. He 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.840 sits down in the chairs for the interview, and we 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:17.720 kind of mentioned like, okach is probably gonna be about 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:19.160 ten minutes until we get this. Here's all right, I 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.280 gotta get up, and he gets up. He gets up 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.080 and just kind of paces around on his phone. Um, 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:28.960 he tells this hilarious story about when he was getting 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:31.600 ready to leave to go interview with the Giants. He 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.840 gets the phone call. He has everything on but his jacket. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.640 Julie is like putting on her dress to go get 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.320 They get the call, he sits down. He doesn't move 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:45.400 for four hours, just phone call after phone call after 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.160 phone call of calling the president of Baylor and then 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.880 the athletic director and calling all these people. He didn't 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.840 move until eleven. Yeah, I'm just laying there. And then 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:55.480 finally he's like, well, I guess I can change out 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.400 of these clothes now and get a little bit more comfortable. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.800 He did the Baylor the local Waco to Texas media 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.119 in the sweatshirt that we saw him in. It was 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.480 just very I loved that about him. That the first 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.640 thing that he he wore in an interview with us 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.119 was essentially a zip up hoodie and he and he asked, 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:14.960 he said, this is fine, I said, coach, that's great. Yeah, 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.720 I love this, And this is this is who you 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:19.359 are where in your home, you're relaxed, you feel really 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.560 good about the decision. You're not trying to be anyone 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:23.600 like if that's who you are, that's that's what I want. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.400 So he was awesome him and his wife are great. 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.600 I just loved that his kids. His kids are outside 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.359 playing basketball just with the dogs. They have two dogs, 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.200 two puppies they decided to get in season, which Julie, 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.920 his wife, said, I'm not sure what we were thinking that, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.800 but they have a Jack Roulse, a six month old 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.000 Jack Russell, and a three month old German Shop So 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.560 it's a crazy household that they're so great. And then 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.359 we said we get done. We probably spent about two 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.480 hours there with them. I was like, what time are 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.200 you guys leaving in the morning and they were like, ah, 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.879 we don't know. Do you know do you have do 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:57.720 you have the itinerary? We haven't even gotten to that 0:17:57.720 --> 0:17:59.200 part yet. So we kind of walked him through what 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.840 the next day would be like and they said anything, 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:03.439 anything you guys want in the morning. So we were 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:07.280 back at their house at six in the morning, Miking 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:09.600 coach Op again putting a mic on him walking him 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.240 out the house. That the cat ran out the door 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.400 and they were trying to get the cat back inside. 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:16.520 It was all black cat, to which they said, oh, 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.320 it's like one of his little daughters, Like, oh, it's 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.679 like like a panther. Um so that. It was just 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:23.879 it was very cool to see such a such a 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:27.800 real and down to earth family load up to go watch, 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.639 you know, their husband and dad be introduced as the 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.800 head coach at the Carolina Panthers. It was very cool 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.080 and we appreciate them so much for letting us in 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.960 on such a really intimate family moment where their lives 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:41.359 are changing. And they allowed cameras there and allowed us 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:45.600 to be nosy and to literally follow them from hours 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.880 after making the decision up and really until this point 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.760 we've been following them with cameras. So we we we 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.760 go to the airport with them. Uh, you know, three 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.520 kids walking out on their the fifteen is the oldest. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:18:58.960 Then they have a four and a six year old 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:02.720 little girl. So there I mean private planes, and they're 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:04.800 kind of looking around like, wow, this is so cool. 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.080 They get a great family photo and then they you know, 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.000 they get on the plane and I will say, I 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:11.320 don't think it was their first time on a private plane. 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.959 I think I think they kind of knew what they 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.040 were doing, but it was still it was it was 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:17.439 just a very cool moment. And then they get on 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.040 the plane, coach turns around, shakes our hands, and said, 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:22.560 you know, our photographer was getting on the plane with them, 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.600 but Carson and I said, guys, well seeing Carolina, you know, 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:27.280 checks your hand, says thank you very much and gets 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.240 on the plane. And it was awesome. And then we 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:30.800 we kind of finished up and we had to race 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.919 back and get on a get back to Austin and 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:36.320 get on a plane. We landed as the press conference 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.359 was going on. You're gonna have to pick up from here. Maxieville. 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:41.400 If we we last time we saw him, we shok 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:42.920 his hand and said have a great day. Yeah. I 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.760 think when Matt got to Charlotte he seemed a little 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.600 shell shot. Yeah, it was a lot that had just transpired. 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.920 And he was great going through the car wash here 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.280 because of course we put him through a lot. I 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:57.320 mean there was a photo station here and you had 0:19:57.359 --> 0:20:00.280