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Charissa Thompson And Erin Andrews Plus Post Vacation Recap Of Everything We Missed

Wednesday, February 23, 202216 takes

We're back from vacation and tanned as fuck. We talk Juwan Howard, Lebron, All Star Weekend, Aaron Rodgers and tons more ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Hank the Tank the Bear, Drunk Ideas, and Stefon Diggs Valentines Day ( - ). We welcome on Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson to talk about their careers, podcasting, hardest parts of their job and more ( - ). We finish with a special edition of Vacation FAQ's.

Recap

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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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Juwan Howard has a legitimate anger problem

This is he's a repeat offender. He is. So he had that. He also claimed last year that Mark Turgeon... was coming at him and he had to defend himself... He's gotten some weird technical fouls where he's like yelled at people.

Juwan Howard was suspended for the remainder of the regular season following this incident and eventually fired in 2024 after several more altercations and poor performance.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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The Juwan Howard incident was great for college basketball

I'm smashing the good for college basketball button. Of course it is awesome for college basketball... Rivalries in college sports where it's always on the cusp of turning violent. That's just good for the sport and nothing bad happened.

The clip dominated sports media for weeks, confirming it was a major engagement driver, though its 'goodness' for the sport's integrity is subjective.
Win
Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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LeBron James is a shitty general manager

I don't think that people give enough credit to LeBron for being such a shitty general manager. He's actually not good at it. And, but in another way, he's very good at it. And, that Russell Westbrook was the perfect guy for LeBron to get on the team to be like, this is why we're bad because of him.

The Westbrook era in LA is widely regarded as a failure, eventually resulting in him being traded away to rebuild the roster.
Loss
Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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LeBron James is intentionally sabotaging the Lakers so they can draft Bronny

He's trying to fuck up the Lakers roster so badly that they will be in a position to draft Bronny. So then he goes back to Cleveland and then he comes back to LA to play with Bronny.

While LeBron did eventually play with Bronny on the Lakers (2024), there is no evidence he intentionally sabotaged the 2022 roster to achieve this.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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LeBron forcing his way onto Bronny's team will stunt Bronny's growth

Bronny Jr. is probably going to not even want that dude... if you see any of the draft projections or watch him play, it's like, he's good. He's not lottery pick good. But someone's going to spend a first round pick on him cause they can then get LeBron... there's a chance it could really suck for Bronny.

Bronny was drafted 55th overall in 2024 and faced immense scrutiny as the son of LeBron, with early performance struggling in Summer League and G-League assignments.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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Aaron Rodgers macro-doses mushrooms and LSD in the offseason

If you don't believe my take that Aaron Rodgers is straight up macro doses mushrooms and LSD in the off season, go listen to his most recent interview... he's doing some really freaky shit.

Rodgers later admitted to using Ayahuasca, a psychedelic, in several offseasons, though the exact 'mushrooms and LSD' claim is technically unverified.
Win
Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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Aaron Rodgers will never leave the Packers because the NFC North is too easy

He probably did the Panchakarma cleanse and was like, wait, I played the Vikings, the lions and the bears. Why would I leave that? Like you get kick our ass... I think he, he, he clearly wants back with his ex.

Rodgers did sign an extension with the Packers shortly after this episode in March 2022, staying for one more season before being traded to the Jets in 2023.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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Phil Mickelson is naive and selfish for his Saudi comments

I love what a dumb ass Bryson is... Phil Mickelson, oopsie... I thought Phil Mickelson was naive, selfish, egotistical, and ignorant because he, you need to kick him when he was down... he actually wrapped all the contexts in the world around that quote.

The fallout from these comments led to Mickelson's hiatus and eventually his departure to LIV Golf.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

The Winter Olympics ratings decline is due to a lack of NHL pros in hockey

The average total audience was 11.4 million viewers for the 2022. And that's a sharp decline... I'm convinced it's the hockey like it's, it's it's hockey, not having the pros and not having it as like a tentpole.

While viewership was at an all-time low, several factors contributed (timezone, Peacock streaming, COVID), making the NHL absence only one of many factors.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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I want to invent soundproof 'fart pants' for airplanes

My idea was to get fart pants, to invent fart pants. And it would just consist of pants that were soundproof. So you could wear them... when I fart on an airplane, it's never smelly. It doesn't stink. It's just air. And it's just super loud.

The idea is physically impractical due to the need for airflow and pressure regulation, though sound-dampening fabrics exist.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Restaurants should offer oversized sweatshirts for customers who want to keep eating

A restaurant should offer an oversized sweatshirt or even a blanket so that you can keep eating through that... somewhere between like appetizers maybe right after appetite is like, sir, are you, are you planning on eating past full well, yeah, always. Can we offer you this three XL sweatshirt?

A few novelty restaurants actually do this, but it is not a standard industry practice.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Hank the Tank the bear cannot be relocated and will die if forced into the wilderness

Hank the tank is a 500 pound black bear... He doesn't know how to hunt because he's so dependent on humans. He cannot be relocated to the wilderness or he would die of starvation because he's completely has zero motivation... Plus he's fat as fuck.

Wildlife officials initially considered euthanasia because relocation often fails with habituated bears, but 'Hank the Tank' was later found to be three different bears, and 'Hank' was eventually moved to a sanctuary in Colorado in 2023.

Interview

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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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The best sideline reporting happens when I act as a 'spy' for the broadcast

I like to think I'm a spy on the field... get a camera to Aaron Donald, he's just going off on the sideline... or Antonio Brown kind of, you know, doing something with his leg... The important thing is... the shit you don't hear from me, but I can get the camera and tell our producer and director. I love it. I got off on it.

This is a subjective professional philosophy.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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Producing live events with athletes is like 'corralling cats'

I have a producer in my ear yelling at me... I have a little bit of a like corralling cats and kindergarten teacher. Like, you need to sit down, you need to be quiet... I'm trying to keep this live event moving and mind you there's like alcohol involved.

Subjective professional experience.
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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022
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Erin AndrewsErin Andrews

Tom Brady's conference calls are unbelievable

Brady's conference calls with us were un-fucking-believable. I will miss those so much. He did a lot on them, which I thought was great.

This is a subjective opinion from a media professional.

Faq

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Take Slip·Feb 23, 2022·FAQ
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Traveling with kids is a 'trip', not a 'vacation'

It's vacation when you don't have children with you. And it's a trip when you do, because you're not, it's not a vacation when you bring your kids... Away game parenting is so much harder than a home game.

This is a popular subjective sentiment among parents.