Kalyn Kahler reflects on Seahawks winning Super Bowl & we talk Bulls tank (Hour 4)
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What insights does Kalyn Kahler share about covering the Seahawks' Super Bowl win?
Trevion Henderson right against the sideline. Keeps going for the 29. And that will do it. Seattle reigns above the ball in the NFL. The Seahawks, Super Bowl champions for the second time.
Oh, I see what you did there, Mike Tirico. That courtesy of NBC. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And we go to our Circa resort and casino hotline, CircaLasVegas.com. That is where we find Kaylin Kaler, reporter for ESPN, the senior writer. She was also the pool reporter for the Super Bowl. Very exciting. And she was on the Bad Bunny beat for a while. So Kaylin basically did it all. Kaylin, how are you?
How does being a pool reporter during Super Bowl week differ from regular reporting?
I'm doing well, Layla. How are you? Good. Out of your reporting assignments, what was the most compelling for you?
Yeah, being a pool reporter was actually really interesting. I had never done it before, so for those who don't know how it works, because I don't think a lot of us do know who are just general NFL fans, but you get to actually watch practice during Super Bowl week. So during the regular season, reporters at most teams are not able to watch literally any part of practice. You can watch them stretch, so you can take attendance. And, you know, make sure nobody's injured that you don't know about, but then you're ushered out of practice like very quickly afterwards. And so training camp is like the only time of year where you can see a full practice. I actually think Mike Tomlin with the Steelers, he would let reporters watch the whole practice, but that was like the only place in the NFL that you can do that.
So during Super Bowl week, the team's practice is open to just one reporter per team. And so the pro football writers, of America that group basically, you know, people who are members of that, you know, rotate with that assignment. So I got to do it this year, which was my first time doing it.
What unique practices did the Seahawks exhibit during Super Bowl week?
And it's really cool. I was very stressed because obviously Sam Darnold came in with an oblique injury. And then on Wednesday, the first day of practice, rookie safety Nick Imanwari, who's a huge part of that Seattle defense, he went down with an ankle injury during practice. So I'm like, oh my God, I'm like sweating. Like I'm the lone representative who has to like deliver this information to everyone. And so it actually was pretty stressful, but it was a really cool experience because you just don't get to see practice like at all during the year. So I got to see how they run their practice. I got to, You know, take a bunch of notes that I'll probably never be able to use because you're really not supposed to use anything that didn't make it into the actual pool report that was sent to all the other reporters.
So it's a little bit tricky, but it was really interesting to be around them. And I will say I wrote this in the I think the Saturday report on the Seahawks were just like. So they kept saying they kept calling themselves loose and focused is like their identity, which, you know, a lot of times when I, when I hear those sort of terms, I'm like, all right, that doesn't really mean anything. Like, you know, it's like, What does any of this culture stuff really mean? But I will say the Seahawks on Saturday, Friday and Saturday, they have this thing where they shadow box all the time.
What challenges did Kalyn face while reporting on the Seahawks' practice?
And they did it actually during one of the media availabilities. A few of their defensive players like literally were at the podium, like shadow boxing each other. And then another one from across the room was like narrating it. And so on Saturday and Friday at practice, once they got into kind of the back half of the week and things were, like, less serious, they were doing more walk-through pace, they were shadowboxing like crazy on the sideline. Like, the players who weren't involved in the plays that were going on on the field were just nonstop shadowboxing each other. And I was like, okay, these guys are in, like, a really good mood. They seemed very confident. Like, there was no, I don't know, it just seemed like a very normal week for them.
They were very relaxed.
Kaylin, that's what I was actually going to ask you about because I read about the shadow boxing and this whole loose and focused idea that Mike McDonald brought to the table.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Kalyn Kahler share about covering the Seahawks' Super Bowl win?
0:02–0:50
2
How does being a pool reporter during Super Bowl week differ from regular reporting?
0:50–1:59
3
What unique practices did the Seahawks exhibit during Super Bowl week?
1:59–3:13
4
What challenges did Kalyn face while reporting on the Seahawks' practice?
3:13–4:13
5
How did the Seahawks' team culture influence their performance?
4:13–5:03
6
What are the implications of the Bulls' current performance on their future strategy?
5:03–5:59
7
Are the Bulls truly committed to tanking for a better draft position?
5:59–6:54
8
What strategies could the Bulls adopt to improve their chances in the draft?
6:54–38:45
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