Draft coverage impression

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Interested to hear what others think about the coverage.   I actually like the format.  Could be due to the fact that I spent more imo watching this year but seems like there is more depth and concentration on the players than in years past.  Some of the back stories are really good.

I half expected a total cluster and have been pleasantly surprised.

[ncstatekwi]

Loving Panther's Draft Lounge on Panthers.com!

[JawnyBlaze]

I much prefer this to watching them walk out on stage wasting a bunch of time. 

[Jaxel]

Think it's been fun.

[Soul Rebel]

I like the overall flow. I do feel like early trades didn't happen as much for whatever reason. 

I'd like to see a similar format but with scouts and organizations having full access like in a normal offseason. There's a bit of fan input that is lacking, so if they could find a middle ground that would be great. 

Unfortunately, this is a money maker since moving the venue from city to city. I dont' see how the NFL would stick with this.

[jayflip]

I thought you were going to do an impression of Mel Kiper and Booger

[imminent rogaine]

Yea I hate the “event” spectacle of the normal draft. I like this better. Players, coaches, GMs all come off as more personable and relatable. We also get to see more footage and breakdown. I’d be a fan of just doing this every year.

[LinvilleGorge]

Honestly, once it got going I thought it was fine. Leading up to the initial pick was awful. It really felt like they had no idea how to fill the time without showing crowd shots, etc. It felt like Ricky Bobby trying to figure out what to do with his hands.

[GOAT]

nah nothing beats the normal version. I had flights and tickets booked for Vegas and am really bummed it did not happen this year. some day I'll go.

 

[jfra78]

It was slow at first, but got better as the night went on

[ok2h8pep]

Watched the Zoom stream at Panthers Draft Lounge - best draft coverage ever from a Panther fan perspective.

Four people were on there the entire night :

1) Panthers Media Honey

2) Jordan Gross

3) J-Stew

4) Jake Delhomme

 

They had guests on all night popping in for about 20 minutes :

1) Some C&W music dude I never heard of 

2) Steph Curry

3) Luke

4) Ryan Kalil

5) Tepper

6) Peanut Tillman

7) Julius

8) Draft Pick Derrick Brown

 

Peanut and Pep stayed on for well over an hour until the end of the show.

Gross got talking technique and it was educational.   They went through the 'what was your' "NFL Moment" and 'Best Player you played against' and 'What's the hardest hit you ever took'.   Also related stories from the way back machine with a captains camping trip with Jerry R.

Impressions :

1) Jake : competitive to the point of being a douchebag, but pulls back just in the nick of time

2) Pep is one of the easiest going guys I've ever listened to.  Not overly bright but quietly knows he can wreck the house if he needs to.  

3) Kalil - a-hole.  Always thinking he's the smartest guy in the room

4) Peanut .  Actually is the smartest guy in the room.

5) Gross - cannot put this guy in a category.  Hard to believe he played left tackle in the NFL - he's just too small and not nasty enough.

 

 

It was good.  The skirt was pretty good to - she didn't have many football stories but never tried to make it about her.

[GRWatcher]

6 hours ago, ok2h8pep said:

Watched the Zoom stream at Panthers Draft Lounge - best draft coverage ever from a Panther fan perspective.

Four people were on there the entire night :

1) Panthers Media Honey

2) Jordan Gross

3) J-Stew

4) Jake Delhomme

 

They had guests on all night popping in for about 20 minutes :

1) Some C&W music dude I never heard of 

2) Steph Curry

3) Luke

4) Ryan Kalil

5) Tepper

6) Peanut Tillman

7) Julius

8) Draft Pick Derrick Brown

 

Peanut and Pep stayed on for well over an hour until the end of the show.

Gross got talking technique and it was educational.   They went through the 'what was your' "NFL Moment" and 'Best Player you played against' and 'What's the hardest hit you ever took'.   Also related stories from the way back machine with a captains camping trip with Jerry R.

Impressions :

1) Jake : competitive to the point of being a douchebag, but pulls back just in the nick of time

2) Pep is one of the easiest going guys I've ever listened to.  Not overly bright but quietly knows he can wreck the house if he needs to.  

3) Kalil - a-hole.  Always thinking he's the smartest guy in the room

4) Peanut .  Actually is the smartest guy in the room.

5) Gross - cannot put this guy in a category.  Hard to believe he played left tackle in the NFL - he's just too small and not nasty enough.

 

 

It was good.  The skirt was pretty good to - she didn't have many football stories but never tried to make it about her.

Her name, dipshit, is Kristen Balboni. She seemed to have history with Tillman in Chicago; he called her KB. You forgot to list Coach Ruhle. 

[Smithers]

The focus on the players stories (rather than analyst babble) was nice.  Seeing the graphic on screen that listed a fact about the players mom and/or dad was pretty cool-reminded me of the older versions of Madden, which did the same thing when you would draft a player (ie. mother was college track star, father was HS basketball player, etc).

[Happy Panther]

I was getting frustrated with the coverage so I took a Valium. It was better after that.

When NASCAR coverage starts at 1:00 there is a green flag time you can google. 1:23? great I'll tune in then. The actual first person drafted was 8:27. 17 minutes of that was reminding us there was a pandemic and we should be sad or happy depending on the moment.

Then they would say pick is in and wait six minutes to tell you who it was. Then they would talk about a dead or dying relative for 5 minutes while the next pick was already in. Then some images of people in masks. Often sepia.

A bit of  hyperbole for sure but like I said the second hour flowed much better. Because of the Valium.