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Chicago Bears GM Ryan Pace

Monday, March 5, 201810 takes

The Oscars happened and they were boring. College basketball is awesome and March is our favorite month and this isn't recency bias. Tom Izzo back on the hot seat? (-) Whos back of the week in honor of Phil Mickelson including Lane Kiffin and B words(-). Chicago Bears GM Ryan Pace joins the show to talk about the combine, the draft, Bear Weather, is his hair too nice, and what does "the process" mean in Football (-). Segments include PR 101 for Josh Allen/Sam Darnold (-) Talking Soccer (-), Trouble in Paradise for JR Smith and the Cavs (-), Sabermetrics how many times would you punch yourself in the balls to draft Saquon Barkley (-), the debut of Hashtag Hyphy, and Hanks hot in the streets (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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October is the best sports month, but March is a close second

I think October is probably my favorite month in terms of sports because you have football and baseball playoffs. But March is pretty close because there is nothing like wall-to-wall college basketball and championship week.

Subjective ranking of calendar months based on sports volume.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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Championship week is better than the NCAA Tournament

Hot take championship week might be better than the tournament. Because you actually know the teams, unlike in the March Madness, when you're like, I don't know how these teams are going to match up.

Subjective sports preference, but it's a common contrarian view among hardcore college basketball fans and gamblers.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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Tom Izzo is on the hot seat if Michigan State doesn't reach the Sweet 16

Final Four or bust, is Tom Izzo on the hot seat? You've got to say, if he gets bounced before the Sweet 16, he's on that hot seat.

Michigan State (a 3-seed) was upset by 11-seed Syracuse in the Round of 32 on March 18, 2018. While Izzo didn't get fired, the prediction of him 'getting bounced' and the subsequent pressure was correct.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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Josh Allen pushing the revolving door proves he is an alpha leader, while Sam Darnold is a beta

I'm going to say that it was probably Josh Allen who pushed because guess what? He's a leader. And when he sees a problem, he fixes it. So Sam Darnold, way to be a beta, bro. Hey, Sam Darnold, you're just going to let robots run your life?

Absurd satirical take that cannot be verified for correctness in a meaningful way.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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Chili is not a soup

Is chowder a soup? Is chili a soup? Chili's not a soup. Chili is a chili. You eat it with a spoon, it's soupy. No, but you don't call clam chowder soup. Just trust me. Chili's not a soup. If I say that chili's a soup, do you know how many chili fans there are on the internet? They're the fucking worst.

Categorization of food is inherently subjective and culturally dependent.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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I would punch myself in the balls 12 times to get Saquon Barkley on the Bears

I would punch myself in the balls 12 times for Saquon Barkley to magically just be on the Bears. Just magically. You just compile, you know, you trust the process, like Ryan Pace told us.

A hypothetical sacrifice for a player acquisition that didn't happen.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018·Who's Back
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Scouts will reasonably drop Shaquem Griffin in the draft because he only has one hand

I can't wait for people to get mad when he falls in the draft a little bit. Look, I think he's a good player, and he did well at the Combine, but he does not have one hand. So, like, I think... That's a fair criticism to throw out there. That doesn't mean that he's not going to be a good NFL player, but I think most scouts would probably say, I'd prefer two hands than one.

Shaquem Griffin was drafted in the 5th round (141st overall) by the Seahawks. Given his high combine performance (4.38 40-yard dash), he did 'fall' compared to his athletic testing, validating the take.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018·Who's Back
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Kobe Bryant is the GOAT over LeBron and Jordan because he won an Oscar

Kobe Bryant, our supporter, just won an Oscar. MJ and LeBron trash. He's our GOAT. And this proves it. How many Oscars has LeBron and MJ won? That's right. Zero.

Kobe did win an Oscar for 'Dear Basketball'. LeBron and Jordan have not won Oscars, though they have won Emmys/other awards. The GOAT logic is obviously satirical.

Interview

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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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The Chicago Bears have the best fans in the NFL

Who has the best fans in the NFL? Chicago. That's an easy one. I'm positive.

Purely subjective opinion from a team GM.
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Take Slip·Mar 5, 2018
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Success for the 2018 Bears means beating the Green Bay Packers

What's success look like in 2018? Beat the Packers. There we go.

The Bears went 1-1 against the Packers in 2018. They also won the NFC North, which is generally considered success.