Anish Shroff, Panthers play by play joins the Adam Gold show and tells us what it's like to do what he does for the Panthers.

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Visit us at CapitalFinancialUSA.com. This is the Adam Gold Show. We've got to talk to a guy coming off his first game. It is our good friend from ESPN, but more importantly, the Panthers play-by-play guy for radio, Anish Sharaf. Anish, how you doing, sir? What's going on? How are you doing?

Doing very well. I got to ask, obviously we want to talk about the Panthers, but on this show we like to talk real life, and it's a real life thing to start a new gig. So what was it like on your first call for the Carolina Panthers? It was a lot of fun.

You know, I think once you settle in for about a quarter, you sort of realize, all right, I've been doing some version of this my entire life. And things kind of take over and Jim Zocchi and Kurt Coleman, man, they were wonderful. You know, I think the thing that helps probably more than anything was the fact that we had sort of done a mock broadcast during FanFest. And so you're trying to build chemistry with these guys. You know, it's not going to be overnight, but those guys were so welcoming and we had some fun on the air and it was preseason. So there was a lighter tone to it, which probably helped, but I had a lot of fun doing it, man. It was exciting to get going. And just to be sure, I heard some of the broadcast, but not the whole thing. So let me check.

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So hopefully that doesn't happen. The other thing I did hear you were congratulating the the broadcast crew a little bit early about not miss saying the Washington commanders, because obviously there's been some name changes there. And then they got on you about possibly an early jinx.

Did you end up with a with a perfect game there? We sure did. We sure did.

I just wanted to keep that on everybody's radar. So Bram Weinstein, who's the Washington commanders play by play voice and bless him. Now, this is his third year. He took over when they changed their name to the Washington football team.

And now here they are as the commanders. He was telling me pregame that they had a jar in the booth last year or the last two years. And anytime somebody said the the old team name, you know, the original team name, you had to put a 20 in the jar.

Nobody had said it. And, you know, as you kind of go again, this is one of the, you know, old guards of the NFL. And so it's sort of imprinted in your mind, not even so much Washington football team, the other name.

And so you're sort of conscious about that. So I probably call them Washington quite a bit. Oh, yeah. They lean on Washington and made the twenty dollar. I thought you could say how to put a quarter in the jar. The twenty dollar bill.

They roll big up there in Washington. All right. The the big question coming in is quarterback situation for the Panthers. The each guy got one series.

They both did pretty good things with it. Is there a takeaway at all from you in the quarterback department or is that one of those we may not know until week one who the starter is? I think we'll know before that. I think these next few days coming up here with the joint practices against New England could potentially reveal who the starting quarterback is.

But, you know, you do have to apply context, right? Christian McCaffrey didn't play. Sure. D.J. Morden play. Ian Thomas was out there. Then it tight end.

I'm sure you add those guys to the mix. Whoever the quarterback is probably looks a little bit better. But I thought each of them did some, some pretty good things. Baker, especially on third down. But then he also had the fumbled exchange between he and the center, Sam Darnold short field. I thought he made a great throw to Higgins in the corner of the end zone. The next drive though, three and out.

So, you know, there was sort of good and bad both ways. One preseason game, really small sample size. I would expect a decision again, and I'm about to go to practice and I'll see what Matt rule has to say afterwards. But I would be probably expecting maybe a decision after the second preseason game.

Maybe it doesn't happen that way. I think they're going to give it the two full practices. Then give each of the guys, you know, the preseason game and then make a decision. But that's just pure speculation on my end.

Going off what you said, because you're exactly right. Like they're playing in a preseason game and they're doing quarterback things. But it's not like they're actually running the Panthers offense as it will be in the regular season. With that being the case, like how, how much of it is based on what's happening in practice? Or how much is happening in the game when it's such a pared down game?

Like, is it, what do you think are the things that are most driving what will be the ultimate decision for the starter is? Yeah, honestly, I think it's going to be these next two days, Tuesday and Wednesday to join practices with New England. You know, because that again, it's a little more closed circuits. Yes, there's television cameras there, but you can start to simulate a lot of things. There's, you know, a lot of cross pollination with both coaching staff saying, we want to see this out of our quarterback. Okay, we'll show you some blitz packages.

Well, we'll show you some pressure. We'll show you some zone blitzes and you can kind of get a better read of, you know, hey, can this quarterback make changes the line of scrimmage? Can they pick up certain things the defense is trying to do? Can they use some of these advanced complex intricacies that are in Ben McAdoo's offense? So I think these next two practices will, will dictate a lot. I think they're going to be weighed heavily. I would say almost it's, you know, not a midterm and a final, but it's probably midterm and a midterm. And then, you know, the preseason game on Friday, more like a pop quiz.

But I think it'll be more weighted toward these practices Tuesday, Wednesday. All right, so big week for Panthers quarterback situation. Aneesh Sharaf joining us, the Panthers radio play by play guy.

Love saying that, love having you down there in Charlotte. Outside of quarterback, what are the things that you thought were, stood out the most in week one? Either questions that you had coming in that you were looking for or things that just popped out in the course of the game?

Yeah, a couple of things. One, I thought the offensive line, especially the ones and twos, looked vastly improved. You know, Icky Ikhwan who did not start with the ones, but he got a lot of reps with the ones in training camp. But just that new look offensive line with Austin Corbett, Bradley Bozeman who ran mostly with the twos. Brady Christensen, you know, seeing his ability to play tackle and guard. This is going to be a vastly improved offensive line, which helps McCaffrey and it helps the quarterback eventually.

And then some of the young players they took later in the draft. So much is made of Icky and Matt Corral who's the quarterback. But I thought Amari Barno played really well. Speed rusher out of Virginia Tech. You know, he ran a sub 4, 4, 40 at the combine. Exploded off the edge to get pressure on the quarterback early in the first half. That led to a turnover, recovered a fumble. Also in the first quarter. That led to a touchdown from Darnold to Higgins. And then Brandon Smith, the rookie linebacker out of Penn State.

Again, quick twitch guy, really athletic. Made some plays in the middle of the field, had some big hits. So, you know, those were some bright spots. Special teams. I think it's going to be a huge bright spot with Johnny Hecker, Zangen Dolls and Andre Roberts in the kick game. Also the coverage game. So, you know, those were a couple things that I took away.

Anis Shroff joining us. I started with a question, sort of personal. I'm going to end with one kind of personal too. Well, here, you can hear him on Panther Talk across the state. Well, probably multiple states there. But we're in North Carolina. We're here all season long.

What was it about? And I don't know your full career. I know we've been very familiar with your work because you do a lot of ACC games.

And so we've seen you in ACC country. And I don't know if you've ever been a play-by-play announcer for a specific team at another point in your career. But what was it about this time in your life or your career where you wanted to make that move and be associated with a team? Because I know that comes with a little bit different role than, you know, showing up and calling a game. Showing up someone there and calling two new teams the next night. Now you're, you know, part of the face of the franchise. You'll be doing these radio spots. I'm sure you're, you know, talking to Josh Graham and Joe Gillio and odd guys all across the state all week, you know, and every week.

What was it that sort of wanted you to move in that direction and sort of be part of a team? Well, you know, first, I just want to clarify for everybody. I'll still be doing three SPS. Yes. Sorry. I did not mean to suggest that was over. Sorry. Oh, yeah, no, no, no.

I think that that's kind of been the one misconception. So I am. I still plan on continuing doing the stuff with ESPN, love college sports, love college football, college basketball. But for me and my family, more than anything, Charlotte has become home. We've been here now more than a decade.

It's going to be 11 years for me in September since I first moved to Charlotte. And when I found out Mick was retiring, you know, the idea of potentially succeeding him and having an opportunity not just to be, you know, the voice of a team and try to connect the players and the coaches to our fans, but really a chance to be more in the community. You know, that meant something to me. Hey, this is home. And when you have this local platform to impact your community in a positive way, that meant a lot to me and meant a lot to my family. And, you know, had the same opportunity been afforded in Cincinnati or Dallas or Kansas City.

I'm not moving. You know, this made sense because it was Charlotte. I wanted to be here and I wanted to be here because Charlotte's my home and we've embraced the city.

And it just really gave us an opportunity as a family. And for me personally, just to really further entrench yourselves in this area, in the Carolinas, be a part of the community, get to know more people in the community and try to impact it in a positive way. Knowing that, you know, we have the platform now of the Panthers, which is arguably the biggest platform in the Carolinas.

Yep. Man, I love your words. We have good natured rivalry between Raleigh and Charlotte, but I know exactly what you mean about supporting your community. And as a native North Carolinian, I couldn't be happier. And I love hearing you describe it that way.

I think there's a lot of people who work in professional sports in North Carolina who say the exact same thing of like, it's not just about the job I'm in, but it's about the community I'm in. So I get chills hearing you talk like that. I love you being the radio play by play voice. I hope you're in that role for the rest of my life.

I mean that as long as you want to do that. It'd be an awesome run. But we will still catch you on ACC games because you'll see them on ESPN and you'll see them tweeting about lacrosse and all that stuff too. So awesome to see you in that role. It's been great hearing you on Panther Talks. It's been great hearing you on the Panthers games. I always catch some of every broadcast on the radio.

Usually it's a combo of radio and TV for me. So keep up the great work. Panthers fans and Panthers Nation behind you 100 percent. And we're excited about the season, man. Well, I appreciate that and it's funny that you mentioned the ACC stuff because week one for college football.

I've got NC State at ECU. Oh, wow. It's all in the liners. Here we go. Dude, you might have to like just come do an hour of radio.

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Find Cane's 25th anniversary wherever you get your podcasts. I've done a couple of games. Yeah, I think I want to say I had a, it was ECU, maybe UConn. And then I had somebody else that ECU was playing out of Dowdy Ficklin. So I've done, I want to say one or two games out there. And it's been a minute.

It's been a minute. But I've been to the Boneyard. I've been there. And I mean, you know, you guys cover NC State all the time.

I have so many friends in Charlotte who are NC State fans. And I'm kind of like going through a couple of things with them. And they said, what do you think? I said, I think you guys have a chance to be pretty good. And the reaction is, don't say that!

Don't say that! Yeah, that's a typical NC State fan. But man, let me tell you something. ECU NC State, the first weekend of the college football season, where State is a number 13 team in the country, is going to be a little bit different than ECU UConn. You are going to, you're going to love it down there, man. And I don't know who's going to win the game, but I know it is going to be hype at kickoff. So I'm very excited now to know that you're on the call. And I'm very excited for you to be able to witness that. So enjoy that along with a great Panther season, man. I appreciate the time today. Appreciate you guys here. This is the Adam Gold Show.

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