1 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Miss is the OTP, the Official Titans Podcast, Mike Keith 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: joined by Amy Wells. Welcome once again, Miss Wells. Hey, 3 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: Mike is going to be here. Welcome back from Orlando. 4 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: It was lovely. It was very sunny and nice. Thanks 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: for sharing. Yeah, just along. But it was sunny and 6 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: nice all day Wednesday, and that produced a big crowd 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: for the uniform unveiling in downtown Nashville Wednesday night. And 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: so everybody's seen him, everybody's talking about him, and we're 9 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: going to talk about him on the OTP with Amy 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: Adam Strunk, Titans controlling Owner. Welcome to your podcast. Well, 11 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: thank you, Mike, I'm happy to be here and hello Amy. Hey, Amy. 12 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: All right, so let's go through the process. Let's let's 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: tell the story today about the uniforms as we saw 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: in the video on Wednesday night, that was done through 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: the team in the league. The process started actually in 16 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: two thousand and fourteen, and then for a moment, you 17 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: hit the pause button on it kind of explain what 18 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: was going on and why you decided you wanted to 19 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: wait just a little bit after you became the controlling 20 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: owner in March of twenty fifteen. Well, we started in 21 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: two fourteen, and we were heading down to an area 22 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: that would have been interesting but didn't really feel the 23 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: right place for us. And when when I became the 24 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: controlling owner, I thought, well, you know what, I need 25 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: to concentrate on what's going on with our team right now. 26 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: In the uniforms just have to take a back seat, 27 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: for sure. So I felt like once we kind of 28 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: got things back trending the right way, it was time 29 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: to revisit the uniforms, and that's what I did. We 30 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: picked back up with Nike and with the league, and 31 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: away we went. Now when was that you that you 32 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: picked up? When did that factor in? I think that 33 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: was late maybe twenty fifteen. Okay, So when you make 34 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: that decision, who's the first person you call? Who do 35 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: you reach out to to get that ball rolling? You 36 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: definitely call the league office, And I think my first 37 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: conversation might have been with Jonathan Wright of NFL Property. 38 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: So we um discussed where this was going. And you know, 39 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: I kind of kept things actually in Houston because I 40 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: just did not want anything getting out that that's the 41 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: direction we were going with new uniforms. Yet we were 42 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: just kind of picking back up and exploring now where 43 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: we were going to go. Were there any elements from 44 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: the first go around in twenty fourteen that kind of 45 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: stayed in the design process moving forward or did you 46 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: take that, throw it away and start over now. Definitely 47 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: there were design elements that stayed with it. I mean, 48 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: the the the name Titans. You know, you bring in 49 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: all that, the Greek mythology, and I'm a history major. 50 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: I love that. I love what a Titan is. The 51 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: Titans were um, Greek deities that were giants, strong, immortal. 52 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it had a good it had a good feel, 53 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: and I felt like when we were when we moved 54 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: to Nashville that um, we didn't really explore or or 55 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: embrace that part of being a Titan because we had 56 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: to go so fast. We had to go so fast, 57 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: we had to go so fast. So I really was 58 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: excited about that element of being a Titan. I mean 59 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: the imagery, the strength, the you know, going to battle. 60 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: I mean, let's face it, that's what you do on 61 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: Sunday for a football game, an NFL football game. You're 62 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: going to battle. And I liked that that feel of it. 63 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: So we did take that and let's face it, I'm 64 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: an Adams I love I love tight and blue, so 65 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: you know, I wasn't we were not going to ever 66 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: get rid of that. But the navy was something I 67 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: always you know, it seemed like players love being in 68 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: that all navy, and it's to me was strength. And 69 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, Nike wanted our uniform to have the feel 70 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: of armor. You know, you're going out in armor, and 71 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: the sword became important. And you can see on the 72 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: shoulders that you know, the sword took off on the shoulders, 73 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: on the pants, on the helmet. I mean, we have 74 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: elements of that sword. And that was important to me 75 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: because that felt like going to battle. So when you 76 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: started this design process, you had had very specific ideas. 77 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: How often did you had to have to guide people 78 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: back on the right track? Now, let's be on, I 79 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: didn't have any ideas. Nike is amazing and they kind 80 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: of took that Greek mythology and kind of planted that 81 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: idea in my mind and then it took off. Okay, yeah, 82 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: that definitely so. And you had designed elements too in 83 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: mind with the state of Tennessee. Oh absolutely, you know 84 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: that's what our logo took off in the beginning from there, 85 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: and you know, Nike always loves putting something on the 86 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: inside of the jersey up at the collar, and that's 87 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: where the stars came. We love that, and you know 88 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: it's a paying homage to the fans in our state. 89 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: It's the right side of the number. Yeah, it has 90 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: that extra edge, which is the eastern part of the 91 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: state of Tennessee, which people wonder, why is it a 92 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: little bit different in the number. It's about the state. 93 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: It started with Greek lettering. But as we were looking 94 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: at it, we were like, wow, that looks like you 95 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: know that's up there and I too outsiders to people 96 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: outside our state, they're like, well, what is it? Why? Well, 97 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: I'm hoping the people in Tennessee they know and will 98 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: embrace it. And hey, we don't care what y'all think. 99 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: It's it's it represents us. I like that. You don't 100 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: know unless you know. You don't know unless you know. So, 101 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: you know, the whole story of the uniform needed to 102 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: come out to make sense when you take it apart 103 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: and you don't understand Tennessee, or you don't understand Greek mythology, 104 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: or you don't understand being a titan. You know, people 105 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: talk about people being a titan in business. Well, that 106 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: means you're a superior business person. And that's what I 107 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: wanted us to feel like, we're strong, we're superior, We're 108 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: gonna go kick some serious you know what. How many 109 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: different prototypes through the process did you see and when 110 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: were you finally comfortable that this was the look? From 111 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen on, we saw some different versions and when 112 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: we took it back to two tone blue, because let's 113 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: be honest, one tone blue doesn't have the same ring, 114 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: does it? Right? No? No, very true? And we're two 115 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: tone blue. Were the two blue we are, so you 116 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: know that was important to me and we just kind 117 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: of we'd kind of gotten the elements of the sword 118 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: and the the um, the lettering, the numbers that this, 119 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: and it just seemed kind of right and it really 120 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 1: came together pretty fast, pretty fast. Was there an element 121 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: that you had to revisit multiple times? Too? Good? Questions? 122 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: Finally get tweaked just right? The helmet? Oh? Really, the helmet? Yes, 123 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: you know, we knew we wanted to go off the white, 124 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: that was for sure, and we kind of played around 125 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: with some different colors and we played around with you know, 126 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: a stripe down the middle and you know, it just, 127 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: you know, I had to get back to that sword 128 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: because we did multiple stripes, we did, we did a 129 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: variety of things, and it just it wasn't there. It 130 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: wasn't there. But when they came up with the sword 131 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: which starts and the right and goes to the back, 132 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: way back, white and silver, yes, there it was. The 133 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: silver is because when we started hearing you said early 134 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: on the helmet color was going to change. You made 135 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: that public. You didn't try to hide that, and navy 136 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: blue was the obvious when the thing I worried about 137 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: was the logo not showing up, but with the silver 138 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: and accenting the silver, it really passed. How long did 139 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: it take them to get that to where you said? 140 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: And the silver face masks? Dude, how long did it 141 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: take all of that? You know, I don't know exactly 142 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: how long. It was months of kind of talking here 143 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: and there, and they would send me prototypes of the helmet, 144 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: and you know, we actually brought models in and put 145 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: the helmet on them, and you know, the big, the 146 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: big tight and blue going down the helmet just it 147 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: didn't look christ. It was not right. And there were 148 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: other things. I was like, oh, it's not right. And 149 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: we went to a mad helmet, and then we went 150 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: to the high gloss, shiny helmet. I didn't, so we're 151 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: in between. We're definitely in between. We're not mad, and 152 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: we're not the highest gloss she can be. We're in between. 153 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: It pops them. Yeah, it's good. It looks it's good. 154 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: And I loved the silver face mask. I mean that 155 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: just set off the whole thing. It brings it all together. 156 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: It does. It just brings a whole thing together. So 157 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: you finally get the pieces in place the way you 158 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: think that they should be. You get the product you want. 159 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: Who was the first person that you showed the complete 160 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: finished product too, well, I would say Kenneth Adams, and 161 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: then we went to John. Mike wasn't here at the 162 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: time yet, so he got to see it later on. 163 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: But I guarded it with my life. I have to 164 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: tell you, I never sent an email out with anything 165 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: in it. I never This was so important to me 166 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: because I knew this would be such a fun thing 167 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: for our fans. Oh yeah, if we could keep it 168 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: a secret. Now what I'm hearing you say, though, is 169 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: so some of us have gotten the impression that maybe 170 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: this got done two or three months ago. This has 171 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: been completed for quite a while, this project like back 172 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: to last summer even. Oh yes, because it has to 173 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: go into manufacture. They have. You had to sit on 174 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: this for almost a year. Oh my gosh. Yes, yes, 175 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: you're sneaky. Sneaky. So that's why I kept it out 176 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: of Nashville. We didn't have the meetings here, We didn't, 177 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: you know, I kept it. You know, you saw it 178 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: from the video last night that you know they tested 179 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: it in a different city, and you know when it did, 180 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: you know, we had the models come to Houston. We 181 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: got to see the uniform, the complete uniform with the 182 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: helmet on models, and you know, so it was we 183 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: did that because I just I wanted it to stay 184 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: under rats. Well you did a great job. All this time. 185 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: Everyone was poking around the wrong city. Yeah, we were 186 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: looking at the wrong place. Well let me you kept 187 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: the logos though, you kept the fireball and the sword. 188 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: You did those things, And me, why did you decide 189 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: to change the uniform design and not change the logo. 190 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: What sort of stuck with you in making that decision? 191 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: That's our history. I was not going to change the logos. 192 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to bring in our secondary the sword to 193 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: more prominent. I wanted it to be prominent, but I 194 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: still wanted to keep our history, and I thought the uniforms. 195 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: I loved our uniforms, but it was time for you know, 196 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: a reset, a refresh, a new generation of uniform and 197 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: that's where it all started. You know. It's funny when 198 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: you released the twentieth anniversary logo and it was the sword, 199 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: people thought that was the big hint that you were 200 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: going to the sword as the primary logo and the 201 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: fireball was somehow going away. Was that intentional? Yeah, that 202 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: was it. Really. They they came up with about eight 203 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: twentieth anniversary logos and maybe half of them were the sword, 204 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: and I immediately went to the sword. I love the sword, 205 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: but I love the flame ball too, so you know 206 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: it the flame ball. You know, I have a lot 207 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: of respect for my dad and he loved that and 208 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: he wanted to pay homage to the state, and I 209 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: wanted to stay with that Throughout this whole process. There 210 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: have been so many different pieces. What has been the 211 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: most enjoyable part for you? I definitely from the very 212 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: first meeting in twenty fourteen, when we were talking to Nike, 213 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: you know, I think they came in with eight or 214 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: nine people, and the league came in with four or 215 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 1: five or six people, and you know, we were there 216 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: just talking about it. You know, it was getting to 217 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: know all those guys. It's a it's a fascinating process 218 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: on from the first questionnaire they gave us on what 219 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: you know, why are you changing? How much of a 220 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: change do you want? You know, it's kind of getting 221 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: the feel for what you're envisioning. And so I think 222 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: as time went on, you know, I developed friendships with 223 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: these gentlemen and ladies and it was just a lot 224 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: of fun. It was just, you know, it was a 225 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: creative process, but it was a you know, team creative 226 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: process from all fronts, and that that was fun. It 227 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: almost mirrors your three plus years as controlling Odor in 228 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: terms of you start out at a certain place, You're 229 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: very interested in obtaining knowledge, learning and growing. You came 230 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: into this thing saying I don't know everything, but I 231 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: know what I want and I still don't. Well, but 232 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: the point being, this is what the Titans fan base 233 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: has seen you do through the entire process, and it 234 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: sounds like it's the exact same thing you did on 235 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: this you're almost an expert on it now, or a 236 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: certain kind of expert to where at the first you 237 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: were starting at ground zero. Absolutely, It's just kind of 238 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: my personality. When I get passionate about something, I'm going 239 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: to find out everything I can about. It may take 240 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: me a while and I won't be an expert, but 241 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: I'll have a working knowledge of things, and it just 242 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: you know, whether it was becoming a controlling owner. Yes, 243 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: I'd been around football all my life, and no, I 244 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: had not run a football team, So you know, I 245 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: know that I frustrated the fans in the beginning that 246 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: I was not out front and center, but you know, 247 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: I had to get kind of my feet planted and 248 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: kind of figure out what we were going to do 249 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: and what direction we were going to take. You know, 250 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: I took over that March and things were pretty much set. 251 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: I had to go with what was there and then 252 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: I started, which was actually good. It gave me time 253 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: to kind of learn and figure out what I needed 254 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: to do or what I thought I needed to do. 255 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: I don't I don't ever think I have all the answers, 256 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: but you know, I own them when I make decisions 257 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: their mind, So I go with it, and so far 258 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: it seems like we're kind of we're working towards that trophy. 259 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: We gotta keep at it. Though. You keep talking about 260 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: history and the history of this franchise and what it represents. 261 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: Has it occurred to you yet that this is your 262 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: mark on Titan's history. This is going to be a 263 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: very visible, tangible Amy Adams Strunk created this. Well, you know, 264 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: thank you, Amy. I hadn't thought of that, but yes, 265 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: I guess you could look at it that way, and 266 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: I'm proud of that. I'm proud, you know. I hope 267 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: our you know, fans, it seemed like it got a 268 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: good reception and that they loved it, and I hope 269 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: they once they keep hearing how we got there. We 270 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: just you know, we didn't pull the font out of 271 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: our hat and just go, oh, we're gonna you know, 272 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: there was some meaning there, and so when they see 273 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: and hear and it grows on them, you know, people 274 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 1: knew as sometimes difficult for people, they have to get 275 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: used to it, but you know, I think they're gonna 276 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: love them. You know, I wanted our players to feel 277 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: like they walked out and they were proud, and they 278 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: had their armor on and you know, I wanted to 279 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: be very classy and very something they were proud of. 280 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: I love John Robinson's one word answer to describe them fearce. 281 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: I think, would you would you see the all navy 282 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 1: blue and they come out in the blue helmet. I mean, 283 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: it does look like armor. It does look fierce. That's exciting, 284 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: and I think John had a big part in kind 285 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: of bringing to mind. To my mind, Oh, I want 286 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: to be fierce. And you know you heard in the 287 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: video last night Amy thought they were a badass. Well, 288 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: I thought they were a badass. So you know, that's 289 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: kind of what we want to be sure we want. 290 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: I think winning teams have attitude, and I wanted us 291 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 1: to walk out with an attitude, and I want our 292 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: uniforms to have attitude, and hopefully everyone thinks I accomplish that. 293 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: It's interesting how many things went into this from the 294 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: standpoint of what you were trying to do. You're trying 295 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: to honor the Oiler's history to a certain extent, and 296 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: honor your dad. You're honoring the Titans history because, as 297 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: you said, there was nothing wrong with the old uniforms, 298 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: it was just time for a change. You want to 299 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: honor the state you want to honor the mythology behind Titans. Man, 300 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: it must have been hard to pull all that together 301 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: in your mind as you saw all the different mockups 302 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: and all of the different elements. Well, you know that's 303 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: where Nike in the league comes in. I mean, they're 304 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: just geniuses at helping you get to where you can 305 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: see what they're trying to create. And so they were 306 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: obviously a huge help in helping me get to that 307 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: point going forward. Are you always going to notice different uniforms? Now? 308 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: Is this going to be a bug that's gonna be 309 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: planted in your head? Absolutely? I mean before I guess 310 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, my son is like so on top of 311 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: everybody's uniform and faunt and this and that, and I 312 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: guess before all this, I was just never really paying 313 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: attention to other people so much. But absolutely now I'm 314 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 1: always looking, always looking. Okay, So the Navy on Navy 315 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 1: is the home look. Originally you had given the hint 316 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: to media that the Titans would go back to Titan 317 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: blue in some specific form as the primary color for 318 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 1: the home book. What changed your mind about that? Well, 319 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: I think just talking to players about, you know, in 320 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: seeing what they always for the biggest games at home. 321 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: They always wanted to be in blue, so they that 322 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: must have meaning to them, and you know, I wanted 323 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: them to be pleased with what I chose for them, 324 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: and that's where that kind of that Navy. I love Navy, 325 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: but I love Titan blue, so you know with the 326 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: color rush, and honestly, I love the all white. It's crisp, clean. 327 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: It's much better than the former all white, either for 328 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Oilers or for the Tennessee Titans. It popped. 329 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: I don't what is it about it pops more. It 330 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: doesn't look as like is it the helmet? Yeah it 331 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: might be? Yeah, thank it. I love it and it 332 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: looks good. I know that UM coach Frabril was like, well, Amy, 333 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: do you I hear you don't like all white? And 334 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: I was like, I love all white, but I like 335 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: to win too, and I felt like there were sometimes 336 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: last year that the all white didn't didn't work for us, 337 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: so I was like, oh, but you know, it's a 338 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: new uniform now, so that's right. How much consideration do 339 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: you take not only into what players think and what 340 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: players have to say, but also some of those random 341 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: quirks and little juju things that people have, because that's 342 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: a real thing that people get. Superstitious superstition. Yeah, I'm 343 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: trying to get rid of all mine, but I have 344 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: a lot. I mean, if I have a scarf on 345 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: and we lose its history, it never comes back out again. 346 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: So you know, and I know it's silly, but I 347 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: just can't help myself. It's just what it is, all right. 348 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: I have to ask the red question. Yes, because the 349 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,479 Speaker 1: red question when we first started in ninety nine April 350 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: thirteen ninety nine, put to jerseys out. Shortly thereafter, the 351 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: pro shops start selling a red jersey. It was just 352 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: a novelty jersey. And there's a there's a group of people, 353 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: even some of my friends, who swear to this day 354 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 1: that they're too that there was a hidden jersey somewhere, 355 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: which I have no knowledge of if there ever was. 356 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: But in this process, the things that you saw and 357 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: read it, and the different websites that were showing that 358 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: there was always something red. There was a red jersey, 359 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: there was red pants, there was a red helmet. Was 360 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: there ever anything red in this process outside of the 361 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: accents that are talking about was there a red jersey? 362 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: Because everybody swore there was. Well, actually there was a 363 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: thought of going to red at Color Rush, Okay, but 364 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we're not a red team, right, 365 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: We're not a red team, So that would have been 366 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: going completely out of the box. And you know, people 367 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: that see me always see me in a red cat. 368 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: There's I just happened to like the red cat, right, 369 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: There's nothing hidden there about going to the red But 370 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 1: there was a thought. But at the end of the day, 371 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't gonna It just wasn't in us. It wasn't us. 372 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: So there was really never a red jersey. I don't 373 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: think I realized that there was never. I thought that 374 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: this was just a moment in history that I had 375 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: always missed. They're like, oh, yeah, sure, at some point 376 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: there was a red jersey. There never has been. Well, 377 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: I was told, and I thought the same thing you 378 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: thought Amy a long time ago, that there had to 379 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: be some red because why would we sell a red 380 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: jersey and the pro shop. Yes, my son had one 381 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: and he wore it until I see it on our fans. Yes, 382 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: see Eddie George red jersey was it was just it 383 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: was just a novelty jersey. But there are people who 384 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: think there's a conspiracy and that that really was a 385 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: thing and that we just never brought him out. You know, 386 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: I had to go to hoss to find it out. 387 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: Was there a red jersey and he says no. Hoss Naska, 388 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 1: long time equipment supervisor dating back to the Houston Oilers days, 389 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,719 Speaker 1: hoss Nasca says there was never a red jersey. He 390 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: said that there was talk of at Christmas time one 391 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: year of bringing out a red jersey, and but at 392 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: the last minute, my dad said absolutely not. So really, yes, 393 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: dispelling myths here on the OTP, that's what we're all about, 394 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: investigative journalism. Well, I just I tell you what I like, 395 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: because there is red in it. You know, we do 396 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: see we do see some red. The swoosh is red. 397 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: I think it's sharp. But the further accent of the silver, 398 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: which has always been one of our colors colors but 399 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: was never highlighted, I love it. I love it in 400 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: the shoulders, yes, it's I love the two two tone 401 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: silver on the shoulders because that's a sword. It's a 402 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: sword when you see it on when you see it 403 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: on the pads. And that was the important thing. And 404 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: I told everybody I said, before you judge the look, 405 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: understand it's a uniform. It's not just a jersey. It's 406 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: a uniform. So as you ladies say it's an outfit, 407 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: it's an out yes, And you have to see it 408 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,959 Speaker 1: on the guys in the pads to really understand it. 409 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: You do. You just can't take parts of it and 410 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: dissect it and go I hate that, right. You have 411 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: to see with the helmet, you know. I think there 412 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: was the teaser done with Taylor and they didn't send 413 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 1: the helmet and it just, you know, it was like 414 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: what do you do? You know, he was like, you 415 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: gotta have the helmet, so um, you know, to get 416 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: the whole feel. And so we know you were there 417 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: when they filmed him on February twenty fourth. You did 418 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: that earlier in the day. We were doing the season 419 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: ticket member event at opry Land that night and you 420 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: were there with him and they filmed up a funny 421 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: video with it and everything, which is really cool. But 422 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: I think we have a career together. I think I 423 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: think you do too. I think you do it. By 424 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: the way, you have to tell him to do this 425 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: show next week, next week. Yeah, but you have to 426 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: tell you have to say, if the controlling owner can 427 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: do the team podcast, the Pro Bowl left tackle could 428 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: do it, as he turned you down right exactly. But 429 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: he's a little tough. But back to the question, how 430 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: was that morning with him when you went and you 431 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: knew that he has to keep the secret at this point? 432 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: I mean, are you a little scared because he's a 433 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: little out there? He is? But no way, I was 434 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: not scared one No. I knew he was the best. 435 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: He's great. He was so he was. It was so 436 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: much fun because you know, they had a photographer there 437 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: and they were shooting all different shots and telling him 438 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: to do model poses, and he got kind of funny, 439 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: it really did. But he was a good sport. He 440 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: was a good sport. And you know when we did 441 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: our little routine, I mean that was just us playing 442 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: off of each other. It was not scripted. It just 443 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: kind of happened and it was fun. It was fun. 444 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: How did you decide which players you were going to 445 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: use to model these jerseys for the very first time 446 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: or the full uniform? I should say, yeah, it's an outfit. 447 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 1: How did you decide which guys you wanted to Was 448 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: it solely based on body type? Was it based on 449 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: what could that be. I think, you know, well Marcus, Oh, 450 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: of course we had to have Marcus, and then you 451 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: know our team leaders and Kevin and it just there's 452 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: a cross section that we do have a cross session 453 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: section of body types there. So that was good, but 454 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: you know you had to have Delaney just there was 455 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: a natural progression on who depends. Delaney in this case 456 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: is almost our Eddie George from ninety nine. Agree. I 457 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,719 Speaker 1: didn't know how I was going to feel about the 458 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 1: ninety nine uniforms. I saw them accidentally. I walked into 459 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: Bob's Bob Hyde's office. We were in the trailers on 460 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: what is now Lot M at Nissan Stadium. We worked 461 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: in trailers. So I'm writing a script I still have 462 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: written out. Seriously, I still have the script. And so 463 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 1: I walked into Bob Hyde's office to get him to 464 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: approve what I was gonna read. And the uniform is 465 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: there on a mannequin. And I was like, because, I mean, 466 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: it was way different from anything being done in the 467 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: NFL at that time. And I thought to myself, Okay, 468 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep it in my I'm gonna reserve judgment 469 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: until I see Eddie George nit because nobody looks better 470 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: in a uniform than Eddie George. The Lady Walker is 471 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: like that night. Agree, I mean that it's a I 472 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: mean it is some guys look good, but man, that dude, 473 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: he's sharp. That was you know when there was all 474 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: the talk about is it when it was leagued, was 475 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: it the league? Da da da da da da da. 476 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: You know, I was still like just wait, you know, 477 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: let's let's not get too carried away here and let's 478 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: see them on our players on the fellows. Yeah, I 479 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: mean it. I think looked fantastic. Well, this has been 480 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: so much fun. Thank you for sharing this story with 481 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: us and with Titans fans all over the world. And 482 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: this is this was one of the reasons we wanted 483 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,959 Speaker 1: to do the OTP, to have these opportunities to just 484 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: sit and chat and talk through this in a way, 485 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: because this has been a great two months, three months, 486 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: four months, whatever of the build up to what happened 487 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: Wednesday night in downtown Nashville and the party stellar, the 488 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: weather happened, the whole thing was great. And I think 489 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: people get it now, and I think and I think 490 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: as they sit and start like seven and oz two 491 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: they'll really get I agree with you, and Hey, pressures on, 492 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: let's go for that seven And oh, I'm with you now. 493 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: I know I can't shake Amy. She will never tell 494 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: us anything if she doesn't want us to know. Yeah, 495 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: it was, it was. It was not that difficult because 496 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: it was that important to me. Well, and we knew 497 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: not to ask you. Did you know? No, you don't. 498 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: I mean you you learn after a period of time 499 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: don't ask, and then when people ask you, you can 500 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: say I don't know. I learned more when Paul Kaharski 501 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: interviewed you last year about what I'm like, we're changing uniforms. Well, 502 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: I knew there was talk of it at one point, 503 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: but I didn't I didn't know it was for real. 504 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: People think we have these memos that go through the 505 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: building and that we all know, and we don't you know, 506 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: since i'd threatened y'all with everything, that's chant Jim Wyatt 507 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: now we're talking in Orlando and he went, I don't 508 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,239 Speaker 1: want to know anything. I do not want to know 509 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: one thing. And I went, don't worry, I wasn't going 510 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: to tell you anything. So it was fun. Well, it's 511 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: great having him working with us now. Because if anybody 512 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: would have discovered eight hundred things, it probably would have 513 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: been him. I should never know. Paul did a pretty 514 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: good jo pretty good. He never missed an opportunity to 515 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: question me. And it's a great it's a it's what 516 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: he should be doing. It's a great fan question because 517 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: people they want to know, they wanted to see this, 518 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: and I think April thirteen, nineteen ninety nine, was the 519 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: first real significant day in the history of the Tennessee Titans, 520 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: because that was the day that this region got their uniform. 521 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: It wasn't the name, it wasn't the logo, it was 522 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: the uniform. And they saw their guys in the uniform, 523 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: and so then it became there. For this generation of 524 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: Titans fans and for the ones who know you, not 525 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: your dad, but know you as the owner, this is 526 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: that moment and it's special. And those pictures from last night, 527 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: I mean we've looked back to those pictures from nineteen 528 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: years ago out in the parking lot at Nissan Stadium 529 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: and their iconic I mean to see Phil bretticon standing there, 530 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: and your dad standing there, and the players are there. 531 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a moment and every all those people 532 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: look so young. I looked at my dad and I 533 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: was like, wowha, No, he was so excited that he 534 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: was so excited, so excited he said. He asked me 535 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: one question, He goes, do you know what you're gonna say? 536 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: And I said, I think yes, I think so. And 537 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: I thought because he was going to tell me, And 538 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, if he's gonna tell me now, I've got 539 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: a problem, because that's the most nervous I've ever been 540 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: in this job. Really. Oh yeah, Well, because the whole 541 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: thing was we didn't know if anybody's gonna show up. 542 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: We I mean, at that point, we weren't on a 543 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: hot streak, you know, weird it was. It was a 544 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: totally different time, and hundreds of people showed up and 545 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: they kept coming and they were excited and they stayed 546 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: and the memory of that day, just like the memory 547 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: of last night, will always stick with me because that's 548 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: their moment. And that's why you follow a ball club, 549 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: and that's why having an NFL team in this region 550 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: is so special. And for those of us who grew 551 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: up here, we never dreamed we'd have our team with 552 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: our logo and our jerseys, and to see the young 553 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: people you've given them that. Now it's all well, it 554 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: was a wonderful, special night and I thank all the 555 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: fans for showing up. And now let's get ready for 556 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: some football. How about it? Absolutely? Do you know who 557 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: we're drafting now? Do you think, oh that's right? Secrets? 558 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: She's really I'd have John after me if I did that. 559 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: All right, Well, good stuff, Amy Adam Strunk, your podcast, 560 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: the OTP. I hope you'll be pleased with it over 561 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: the years, and hopefully people have been great to us 562 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,239 Speaker 1: doing it. Jim why it's a big part of it, 563 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: and and the fans have been great. But thank you 564 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: for giving us this special credibility by taking the time 565 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: to tell these stories. I think the fans are gonna 566 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: love it. Well. I just want to say, y'all are 567 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,239 Speaker 1: doing a great job, and it was time for us 568 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: to have a podcast. And I hear this is your baby, Amy. 569 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. I've worked hard for it and I'm 570 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: glad it's finally here. It's great. Fans are gonna love it. 571 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: We'll come back anytime. I will do that. Thank you 572 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: for Amy Adam Strunk and also Amy Wells along with 573 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: Jeff Harding and Ashley Farrell. 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