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For this edition of the Monday Mailbag, Jonah Krell writes in:
I remember you saying in one of your podcasts that the demo reel you used to get the Clemson job featured an end of a game in which you used time and score effectively. For updating my basketball reel, I actually found an end-of-game situation that I thought I executed well. However, there were a few timeouts used in the final 90 seconds of the game in which we stayed on-air instead of going to break. From where I would start the sample to the end of the game, it is roughly 12-13 minutes. Would you suggest cutting out the discussion between me and my analyst during the timeouts, or should I just include everything?
My general thinking was that hiring managers don't want to listen to a 12-minute demo reel, especially for basketball. Let me know your thoughts on the best way to execute this. Thanks for your help.
