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Dan Patrick

Wednesday, October 25, 201710 takes

The death of Barstool Van Talk. The guys talk about what went wrong with their ESPN2 show that was cancelled on Monday night. What they would have done differently and what the future holds ( - ). NBC Sports Dan Patrick joined the show as the second and last guest of Barstool Van Talk. We talked about his career at ESPN and pitched him bad Adam Sandler movies that we think should be greenlit ( - ). Segments include Talking Baseball, Uhh Ya Think for Markelle Fultz's injury, bad sports town for Austin Texas, and Guys on Chicks.

Barstool Van Talk Demise

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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017·Barstool Van Talk Demise
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The TV show should have remained titled Pardon My Take rather than changing it to Barstool Van Talk

I was against the name change. I thought [Pardon My Take] made sense from a branding standpoint from what we've built right here to bring our audience over to television. I thought it made all the sense in the world to keep the show's name as [Pardon My Take].

The show was canceled after one episode, making the branding argument somewhat moot, but the name change did lead to the specific targeting by critics that ended the show.
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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017·Barstool Van Talk Demise
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Big CatBig Cat

I stand by the totality of my work despite previous offensive comments used to cancel the show

I've said many things that I'm sure if you showed to me today, I'd be like, eh, probably not the best. But I think more than anything, more than like one tweet or one word you said, you should be judged by the totality of everything you've done. And I will stand by everything I've done at Barstool. I'll stand by the platform that it's given me. I'll stand by the audience that I've built.

This is an internal moral and professional stance that cannot be factually proven true or false.
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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017·Barstool Van Talk Demise
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Big CatBig Cat

ESPN mismanaged the Barstool deal by putting the show on the air when they knew they couldn't handle the internal pressure

I really wish ESPN had stood tall on it because I think it was shitty that they put us on, and then they basically took us off. When they knew that this all could come brewing, they should have just never put us on to begin with. It was mismanaged from the beginning.

It is widely accepted in sports media analysis that the partnership was doomed by a lack of internal consensus at ESPN.

Interview

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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017
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Dan PatrickDan Patrick

Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a player

As a baseball player, put him in the Hall of Fame. Don't let him hold a job. That's it. If you cheat in grad school, I don't take away from your undergrad degree. And that's the way I look at it with Pete. He did something wrong as a manager. Now, if you can prove he bet as a player, then I wouldn't put him in the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose remains banned from the Hall of Fame as of 2024, despite widespread public support for his induction.
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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017
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Dan PatrickDan Patrick

I would have easily beaten Skip Bayless in a game of one-on-one basketball

[Skip Bayless] is in good shape. But if we're shooting, then I would steal his lunch money. I would have lit up Skip Bayless.

This matchup never happened and likely never will, making it impossible to verify.
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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017
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Dan PatrickDan Patrick

I will likely retire from the radio show in five or six years

Three or four. Five, maybe. Maybe five. I don't know. Maybe six. No more than five more years.

Dan Patrick signed a contract extension in 2023 to keep him on the air through 2027, surpassing his 2017 prediction.

Recap

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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Playoff Kershaw is no longer a real thing and I was wrong to mock him

Clayton Kershaw, Playoff Kershaw is no longer a thing. It sucks. I love to laugh at Clayton Kershaw every October when someone would put a moonshot three rows up. It sucks that we can't make fun of Clayton Kershaw anymore.

Kershaw's playoff struggles returned in later years, notably in Game 5 of this very World Series and several future postseasons, meaning the 'Playoff Kershaw' narrative was far from dead.
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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Carson Wentz is actually a good quarterback and I was wrong about him

And my other one is Carson Wentz. He's fucking good. And I, for a long time, said he sucked.

In 2017, this was very correct as Wentz led the Eagles to an 11-2 start before getting injured. However, his career took a significant downturn after 2019.

Uhhh Ya Think

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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017·Uhhh Ya Think
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Pardon My Take broke the news that the Sixers' first pick would be injured before the draft even happened

I think we reported this news first. We broke this news the day before the NBA draft saying that the Philadelphia 76ers' first pick was going to be injured at some point this season. Credit to us. First reported by [Pardon My Take].

The 76ers did indeed have a long history of high draft picks getting injured (Embiid, Simmons, Noel), and Markelle Fultz did miss most of his rookie season with a mysterious shoulder injury.

Bad Sports Town

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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2017·Bad Sports Town
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Austin, Texas is a bad sports town for trying to steal the Columbus Crew

Austin, Texas. Bad sports town... they are currently in the midst of cucking the Columbus Crew. They're trying to steal the Crew, which is a Talking Soccer. They're trying to steal an MLS team and bring them down to Austin, Texas.

The Crew was eventually saved and Austin was granted an expansion team (Austin FC), which satisfied both fanbases.