Jazz Bots Update

Ok......so here is the news. Last week I received an email telling me I was a finalist and scheduled an interview for earlier this morning. I just got back from the interview and here is what I can tell you. First of all, I was freaking nervous and may have blown the whole thing. I was fine until I was informed that over 800 entries were received before the deadline with hundreds more after the deadline and that mine made the final 35. At that point I started freaking out. Not even my lucky Stockton and Malone card could help at that point. I hope I didn't sound like too much of an idiot. So here is a break down of what happened.

I was downstairs in the bowels of the ESA. Met a very nice security guard and waited to be seen. Then Derek who was conducting the interview took me to a conference room where another man was waiting. Derek made some comment like, "We are interviewing for bloggers and looking for a new power forward." To which I replied, "I've got some great low post moves but may be a little bit short for the NBA." We then proceeded to the interview portion. Basically the interview consisted of two questions on their part. They wanted to learn more about me and find out why Jazz fans would be interested in my perspective. I answered to the best of my ability in my nervous state. I then asked them some questions about Jazzbots.com and what they hoped in would become. The interview then ended and that was it. On the ride home I kept thinking about everything I should have said. I'll get to that in a minute but first I want to tell you a little more about their vision for Jazzbots.com.

From my understanding, Jazzbots.com is going to be a very interactive fan site. It will consist of about 7 pages and launched in September. They have two professional sports writers to cover the basketball side of things and the co-authors (the position I interviewed for) will provide the human interest side to the site. This was a little different than I had understood from the emails they sent to me but now it makes a lot of sense. Co-authors will post twice a week. They can write about their own topics and/or will have topics provided to them from the Jazzbots' staff. All in all it should be really cool and I hope to be a part of it.

If I am chosen, here is a list of things I think I could write about:

Creative heckling
Upper-bowl fans vs. Lower-bowl fans
Game day superstions/rituals
Rocky Mountain Revue Flu (a sickness that effects me every July)
Is it ok to pray for the Jazz to win?
Top 10 Jazz fan favorites (Players, arena food, Jazz memories, ect.)

Also, if any of you readers have ideas, I would love to hear them. I want to be a true representation of Jazz fans on the Jazzbots site and with your help I think I can do that.