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Adnan Virk, Mt Rushmore of Average Things, and Guys on Chicks

Wednesday, July 24, 201916 takes

Training camps are starting to open and we can smell football ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including millennials and  the earth ( - ). Mt Rushmore of perfectly average things ( - ). DAZN host Adnan Virk joins the show to talk about his new gig, his firing from ESPN, baseball and movies ( - ). Segments include bachelorette talk for guys that don't watch the bachelorette, Kings stay Kings Andy Reid, thoughts and prayer USA basketball, PMT sports biz minute and Guys on Chicks

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Roger Goodell should suspend Tom Brady for cliff diving with his daughter

It would be the ultimate troll move by Roger Goodell to suspend Tom Brady for one game after Tyreek Hill gets zero and just be like, hey, there's videotape... wouldn't be right, but it would be fucking funny.

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Tom Brady was not suspended for this vacation video.

Mount Rushmore

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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019·Mt. Rushmore
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kirk Cousins is the most average quarterback of all time

Kirk Cousins, probably the most average quarterback that these two eyes have ever seen. He will beat every team that is less than 8-8, and he will lose to every team that is better than 8-8... you never expect him to do anything great, and guess what? He never does.

While Cousins has remained consistently productive, he won a major playoff game against the 13-3 Saints in the 2019 playoffs, slightly complicating the 'loses to winning teams' narrative.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

NC State is the most average college football team in history

North Carolina State football... they are five-ten overall for their entire history. Five hundred and ten winning percentage. They have twenty-three of the last 40 years they've gone to a bowl game. All the bowl games are like the exact same... the Gator Bowl, the Sun Bowl, the Independence Bowl... Every year is basically 7, 8, 9 [wins].

Historical data supports NC State being remarkably consistent in the 7-9 win range for decades.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
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Adnan VirkAdnan Virk

You cannot fire Joe Maddon unless there is a clear replacement like David Ross

Whenever you fire a guy, you have to be able to say, hey, we've got the next man up. Like, who is the one lurking in the wings? I think people think it's David Ross... if it's Rossi, then I'm all in.

The Cubs did not renew Joe Maddon's contract after the 2019 season and immediately hired David Ross to replace him.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

David Ross would be a great manager because modern baseball is about clubhouse management over X's and O's

I think the way that the manager position in baseball has moved to now, it's less about the X's and O's... It's a lot more about keeping a clubhouse together... and I think David Ross would be great at that aspect.

Ross was hired for exactly this reason. Whether he was 'great' is subjective, as he was eventually fired for Craig Counsell after four seasons.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Adnan Syed probably killed Hae Min Lee

The point of that podcast [Serial] is to just inundate you with both sides of everything... The show would not be interesting if it was just very clear that he was railroaded... I think he probably did it. Yeah. All things being equal.

Syed's conviction was vacated in 2022 and charges were dropped, though legal proceedings continued. The actual guilt remains a point of massive public debate.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5838
Adnan VirkAdnan Virk

In The Sopranos finale, David Chase whacked the audience

I believe that David Chase actually whacked us. He whacked the audience because we're watching him and we go to black. We can't see any more of the story. So I think that we get killed.

This is a prominent but subjective theory on the finale's meaning.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5839
Adnan VirkAdnan Virk

Breaking Bad had the greatest TV show ending of all time

Breaking Bad would be like the best. I don't think it can get any better than that... Everything felt clear. His kids still get the money. Jesse gets away. He's the moral conscious. Hank does die, which I think at that point, he doesn't want to die. He needed to die.

This is a widely held critical opinion.
Win
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5840
Big CatBig Cat

Novak Djokovic is the Tennis GOAT

Djokovic is the GOAT. [Adnan: No, you're brutal.] How much does it suck to root for a guy [Federer] who keeps losing to Djokovic?

Djokovic went on to set the record for most Grand Slams and weeks at Number 1, making this take increasingly correct.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5841
Big CatBig Cat

Watching Monday Night Raw for a Stone Cold appearance is better than watching The Bachelorette

It's so lame that people watch that show [The Bachelorette]. Be a real man and watch three hours of Monday Night Raw just so that Stone Cold [Steve Austin] can come out for the last five seconds... I did that last night.

This is a subjective preference of entertainment.

Sports Biz Minute

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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019·Sports Biz Minute
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

College football coaches should wear helmets and full pads on the sideline

Why the heck do baseball managers wear full uniforms?... Imagine if other sports did this. Give me Coach O [Ed Orgeron] in a helmet and full pads, parlayed with Greg Popovich.

Coaches have not yet adopted protective gear on the sidelines.

Other

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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jake Butt will suffer another torn ACL in the next 36 to 48 hours

We're about to, I'd say, like in the next 36 to 48 hours for Jake Butt, [torn] ACL. I hope not... the NFL is a much better place when there is a guy named Butt on the back of his jersey running around making plays.

Jake Butt did not tear his ACL in this specific 48-hour window in July 2019, though he was already dealing with complications from a previous tear.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5828
Big CatBig Cat

Matthew Stafford is an elite sucky quarterback who cannot win a Super Bowl

There's the really good sucky quarterback. [Matthew] Stafford is a perfect... he is an elite sucky quarterback. But you're like, if you had to ask yourself, could Matt Stafford win a Super Bowl? Answers probably no. He's right on the edge of suck. That's why he's an elite sucky quarterback. Because it's like, if you put him in the right spot, everything could go perfectly.

Stafford was traded to the Rams and immediately won Super Bowl LVI in 2022, proving he could indeed win the big one.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5829
Big CatBig Cat

Matthew Stafford is a Hall of Famer

Matt Stafford, by the way, still a Hall of Famer.

Stafford's Hall of Fame case is strong given his volume stats and Super Bowl ring, but he is not yet eligible/inducted.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5830
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Browns are definitely winning the Super Bowl this year

Well, the good news is the Browns are going to win the Super Bowl this year. 100%. Hammer the Browns this year.

The 2019 Browns were a disappointment, finishing 6-10 and missing the playoffs entirely.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0724-5831
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No list should ever last 100 places

100 is way too many for anything. There should be no list that lasts 100 places.

This is a purely subjective opinion on media formats.