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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Scott Gordie. A lot of Kansas City Chiefs fans here
in the Omaha metro and there is a new six
episode docuseries about the history of the Chiefs, specifically all
the years since this pivotal moment we the Kansas City
Chiefs select Patrick Mahomes. The second we welcome on here
(00:24):
from ESPN. You'll find The Kingdom on ESPN Plus and
Disney Plus as well. Kristin Lapis joins us here on
News Radio eleven ten Kfab Kristin, good.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Morning, Hello there, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yeah, thanks a lot for being here. How important was
that moment when the Chiefs drafted Mahomes and how many
naysayers said he's the wrong guy?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I mean, it's arguably the biggest moment in the history
of the franchise. And you know, when we were making
this series, Brett veach Uh, the general manager for the Chiefs.
He's like an unsung hero and one of my favorite
characters to come out of this series because he was
the guy that had this maniacal obsession with Patrick Mahomes
(01:14):
when he was at Texas Tech. When you know, a
lot of people were saying, this guy plays an unconventional
style I don't know if I can take a chance
on him. And Brett Beach was in coach read there,
you know, every single day for nine months, saying this
is the future, this is the future. And I know,
I'm sure Chiefs fans are familiar with this story, but
I think a lot of people outside of Kansas City
do not know it. And that is the story about
(01:38):
on Draft Day, Brett Beach's daughter handed him a piece
of paper that said, Pat, no matter what, an owe
to you know the movie Draft Day, And you know
Brett has it trained in his office now and he says,
it's just the reminder that you know, he was the
future and I believed in him when no one else did.
And so, you know, we tell that story in the
(02:01):
in the documentary, hopefully shedding some new light on that
moment when Patrick was selected.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, and you look at the team that has was
either there or build up around him. You got everyone
from Travis Kelcey formerly Tyreek Hill, Chris Jones. I mean,
it's it's and of course Andy Reid is the coach,
but you also look at other teams that you think
have been built to maintain the same level of success
the Chiefs have had here recently, I'm looking at the
Baltimore Ravens and how they've just looked unbeatable the last
(02:29):
few years, but they've been beatable. What makes the Chiefs
be not just a great team, but in order to
get to the Super Bowl, having been previous Super Bowl winners,
they've had to go through the toughest schedule of anyone
and they get right back to the big game. What
makes them so good?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I think that the best teams in any sports have
a coach that doesn't take any thing for granted and
he does not let up. And that culture that Andy
Reid brings to the Chiefs, it trickles down to every player,
to every person that they draft, they sign. It is
(03:10):
a mentality that is expected from everyone in that building.
That distractions going for a three peet off the field,
things they just don't matter when they get to the building.
And I saw that firsthand. I mean, I lived in
Kansas City for eight months and I was in that
building day in and day out, and football was the
main thing, and there are no distractions, and the guys
(03:32):
get along well. And I just think that that culture,
it just brings winning, and it brings amazing culture and
chemistry to the.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Field when everyone else looks at the distraction of Taylor
Swift and a lot of people were saying, oh, this
is a huge distraction. I don't know about this. You're saying,
you were embedded with the team and that whole thing
wasn't a distraction for them, could not be less.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Of a distraction. It does not come up. It does
not come up. It's fascinating, like they. Brett Beach says
something in episode one that just really stuck with me
from his interview, and he said, you know Patrick, multiple
Super Bowl MVP, Travis Kelcey, future Hall of Famer, beating
the most famous person in the world, and both of
(04:22):
them would be at this training camp at Saint Joe's
even if they weren't getting paid, because that's how much
they love football. That is the absolute truth. And it's
every single player in that organization. You don't last long
within the Chiefs, you know infrastructure if you don't.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Feel that way, so you joined them. As we're talking
with Kristin Lapis, she is the documentary and the producer
behind a new six part series called The Kingdom, which
debuts tomorrow on ESBN Plus and Disney Plus. You joined
this team when they were at training camp in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Did you think, what have I done wrong in my
(04:58):
life to have me spend so much time in Saint Joe?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Oh my god, No, I loved it. It reminded me
of like, you know, going to summer camp as a kid,
and I just it set the tone that like these guys,
you know, they could be in five star hotels on
the Eras tour all summer and then they come back
to Saint Joe's and they're living in the dorms, and
it just it showed me how grounded and down to
(05:23):
earth these guys are. And they're just like everybody. I
don't know, they're just regular guys, really really endearing group
of people who just love the game of football.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, you talk about not having any distractions. Was there
any pushback to you getting whatever access you wanted with
whoever you wanted when you wanted it here or was
it like, look, we'll let you do this, Kristen, but
we want to have final say over everything you do.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
There was a lot of pushback. Andy Reid was definitely
concerned that it would be a distraction, and he was
a little bit apprehensive, and we had to prove to
him that, you know, taking baby steps from the beginning,
that we were going to be there, and we were
going to be invisible, and we weren't going to distract,
and we were going to know when to roll and
(06:15):
when to get out of the way and when to leave.
And I think over the course of the season, you know,
inch by inch by inch, we gained that trust in
that respect, and by the end, you know, we're in
the locker room with cameras after the Super Bowl loss,
and so I really pride I feel prideful about the
(06:37):
way that our team of filmmakers and camera operators they
conducted themselves and we were invisible. And he even said
at a press conference I heard last week that you know,
he was apprehensive, but in the end, we weren't a distraction.
And that's like the greatest compliment that he can pay us.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
What moment sticks out for you after the Chiefs didn't
have the opportunity to have that three pete the game
got out of control early, and for Chiefs fans it
was a major disappointment. Good for the Philadelphia Eagles, of course,
but you're in the locker room there after that Super Bowl.
What moment sticks out to you, Kristin.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
The moment that resonates with me, and I still get
chills thinking about it. Is you know, guys crying, you know,
holding their heads down, and Chris Jones gets up and
makes one of the most passionate, heartfelt speeches to his
(07:44):
teammates and kind of brings them all back up. And
it was a really really special moment, and I feel
so honored that we were able to capture it. And
for me, it's kind of like the emotional peak of
the series. I know that for Chiefs Fams it was
so devastating, especially in the way that it went down,
(08:05):
but I do think that there are lessons that are
learned out of loss and seeing your heroes fall can
also be a relatable thing. And I think these guys
they were humans and they let us capture that, and
I think it's a really powerful moment.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Wow, anyone who ever played football knows that the tears
in their eyes of them and their fellow players after
that last game, win or lose, in some instances, you're
never going to be around these guys again. And I
love Chris Jones, so I'm so glad that that moment
is featured in this we get a chance to see
that in The Kingdom, right.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yes, absolutely, he's a great guy. And to your point,
you know, Patrick says this in episode six of the
series that like win or Lose, it's like it's almost
like the last day of school, the day before the
Super Bowl. It's like, you're not going to be in
the same locker room with the same guys. People get traded,
people you know, retire and so oh. A lot of
(09:02):
the guys on this particular team said that this was
the most special group that they'd ever played with.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
If you've ever watched the thirty for thirty series on ESPN,
you've seen Kristen's work. And now It's The Kingdom, a
six episode docus series that starts tomorrow on ESPN and
all the episodes will stream on ESPN Plus and Disney Plus.
Kristin Lapis, thank you so much for bringing us into
the locker room here for the Chiefs. Thanks for telling
us about it here on eleven ten KFAB.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Appreciate you having me
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Scott Boyes Mornings nine to eleven our News Radio eleven
ten KFAB
Scott Gordie. A lot of Kansas City Chiefs fans here
in the Omaha metro and there is a new six
episode docuseries about the history of the Chiefs, specifically all
the years since this pivotal moment we the Kansas City
Chiefs select Patrick Mahomes. The second we welcome on here
(00:24):
from ESPN. You'll find The Kingdom on ESPN Plus and
Disney Plus as well. Kristin Lapis joins us here on
News Radio eleven ten Kfab Kristin, good.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Morning, Hello there, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yeah, thanks a lot for being here. How important was
that moment when the Chiefs drafted Mahomes and how many
naysayers said he's the wrong guy?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I mean, it's arguably the biggest moment in the history
of the franchise. And you know, when we were making
this series, Brett veach Uh, the general manager for the Chiefs.
He's like an unsung hero and one of my favorite
characters to come out of this series because he was
the guy that had this maniacal obsession with Patrick Mahomes
(01:14):
when he was at Texas Tech. When you know, a
lot of people were saying, this guy plays an unconventional
style I don't know if I can take a chance
on him. And Brett Beach was in coach read there,
you know, every single day for nine months, saying this
is the future, this is the future. And I know,
I'm sure Chiefs fans are familiar with this story, but
I think a lot of people outside of Kansas City
do not know it. And that is the story about
(01:38):
on Draft Day, Brett Beach's daughter handed him a piece
of paper that said, Pat, no matter what, an owe
to you know the movie Draft Day, And you know
Brett has it trained in his office now and he says,
it's just the reminder that you know, he was the
future and I believed in him when no one else did.
And so, you know, we tell that story in the
(02:01):
in the documentary, hopefully shedding some new light on that
moment when Patrick was selected.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, and you look at the team that has was
either there or build up around him. You got everyone
from Travis Kelcey formerly Tyreek Hill, Chris Jones. I mean,
it's it's and of course Andy Reid is the coach,
but you also look at other teams that you think
have been built to maintain the same level of success
the Chiefs have had here recently, I'm looking at the
Baltimore Ravens and how they've just looked unbeatable the last
(02:29):
few years, but they've been beatable. What makes the Chiefs
be not just a great team, but in order to
get to the Super Bowl, having been previous Super Bowl winners,
they've had to go through the toughest schedule of anyone
and they get right back to the big game. What
makes them so good?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I think that the best teams in any sports have
a coach that doesn't take any thing for granted and
he does not let up. And that culture that Andy
Reid brings to the Chiefs, it trickles down to every player,
to every person that they draft, they sign. It is
(03:10):
a mentality that is expected from everyone in that building.
That distractions going for a three peet off the field,
things they just don't matter when they get to the building.
And I saw that firsthand. I mean, I lived in
Kansas City for eight months and I was in that
building day in and day out, and football was the
main thing, and there are no distractions, and the guys
(03:32):
get along well. And I just think that that culture,
it just brings winning, and it brings amazing culture and
chemistry to the.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Field when everyone else looks at the distraction of Taylor
Swift and a lot of people were saying, oh, this
is a huge distraction. I don't know about this. You're saying,
you were embedded with the team and that whole thing
wasn't a distraction for them, could not be less.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Of a distraction. It does not come up. It does
not come up. It's fascinating, like they. Brett Beach says
something in episode one that just really stuck with me
from his interview, and he said, you know Patrick, multiple
Super Bowl MVP, Travis Kelcey, future Hall of Famer, beating
the most famous person in the world, and both of
(04:22):
them would be at this training camp at Saint Joe's
even if they weren't getting paid, because that's how much
they love football. That is the absolute truth. And it's
every single player in that organization. You don't last long
within the Chiefs, you know infrastructure if you don't.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Feel that way, so you joined them. As we're talking
with Kristin Lapis, she is the documentary and the producer
behind a new six part series called The Kingdom, which
debuts tomorrow on ESBN Plus and Disney Plus. You joined
this team when they were at training camp in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Did you think, what have I done wrong in my
(04:58):
life to have me spend so much time in Saint Joe?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Oh my god, No, I loved it. It reminded me
of like, you know, going to summer camp as a kid,
and I just it set the tone that like these guys,
you know, they could be in five star hotels on
the Eras tour all summer and then they come back
to Saint Joe's and they're living in the dorms, and
it just it showed me how grounded and down to
(05:23):
earth these guys are. And they're just like everybody. I
don't know, they're just regular guys, really really endearing group
of people who just love the game of football.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, you talk about not having any distractions. Was there
any pushback to you getting whatever access you wanted with
whoever you wanted when you wanted it here or was
it like, look, we'll let you do this, Kristen, but
we want to have final say over everything you do.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
There was a lot of pushback. Andy Reid was definitely
concerned that it would be a distraction, and he was
a little bit apprehensive, and we had to prove to
him that, you know, taking baby steps from the beginning,
that we were going to be there, and we were
going to be invisible, and we weren't going to distract,
and we were going to know when to roll and
(06:15):
when to get out of the way and when to leave.
And I think over the course of the season, you know,
inch by inch by inch, we gained that trust in
that respect, and by the end, you know, we're in
the locker room with cameras after the Super Bowl loss,
and so I really pride I feel prideful about the
(06:37):
way that our team of filmmakers and camera operators they
conducted themselves and we were invisible. And he even said
at a press conference I heard last week that you know,
he was apprehensive, but in the end, we weren't a distraction.
And that's like the greatest compliment that he can pay us.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
What moment sticks out for you after the Chiefs didn't
have the opportunity to have that three pete the game
got out of control early, and for Chiefs fans it
was a major disappointment. Good for the Philadelphia Eagles, of course,
but you're in the locker room there after that Super Bowl.
What moment sticks out to you, Kristin.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
The moment that resonates with me, and I still get
chills thinking about it. Is you know, guys crying, you know,
holding their heads down, and Chris Jones gets up and
makes one of the most passionate, heartfelt speeches to his
(07:44):
teammates and kind of brings them all back up. And
it was a really really special moment, and I feel
so honored that we were able to capture it. And
for me, it's kind of like the emotional peak of
the series. I know that for Chiefs Fams it was
so devastating, especially in the way that it went down,
(08:05):
but I do think that there are lessons that are
learned out of loss and seeing your heroes fall can
also be a relatable thing. And I think these guys
they were humans and they let us capture that, and
I think it's a really powerful moment.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Wow, anyone who ever played football knows that the tears
in their eyes of them and their fellow players after
that last game, win or lose, in some instances, you're
never going to be around these guys again. And I
love Chris Jones, so I'm so glad that that moment
is featured in this we get a chance to see
that in The Kingdom, right.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yes, absolutely, he's a great guy. And to your point,
you know, Patrick says this in episode six of the
series that like win or Lose, it's like it's almost
like the last day of school, the day before the
Super Bowl. It's like, you're not going to be in
the same locker room with the same guys. People get traded,
people you know, retire and so oh. A lot of
(09:02):
the guys on this particular team said that this was
the most special group that they'd ever played with.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
If you've ever watched the thirty for thirty series on ESPN,
you've seen Kristen's work. And now It's The Kingdom, a
six episode docus series that starts tomorrow on ESPN and
all the episodes will stream on ESPN Plus and Disney Plus.
Kristin Lapis, thank you so much for bringing us into
the locker room here for the Chiefs. Thanks for telling
us about it here on eleven ten KFAB.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Appreciate you having me
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Scott Boyes Mornings nine to eleven our News Radio eleven
ten KFAB
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