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LSU Head Football Coach Ed Orgeron

Monday, May 21, 201817 takes

Grit Week is here and we're live from an Georgia RV Park. We talk about what we have planned for the week, what happened to Vanny Woodhead and how much we love Coach O ( - ). NBA Playoffs, the Rockets are dead again, Steph is healthy, and James Harden is back on his designer drugs (allegedly) ( - ). The Cavs blew out the Celtics and JR Smith is the litmus test for how this series is going ( - ). We're not worried about the Caps so don't even ask ( - ). Who's Back of the week including Love because two strangers in England got married ( - ). LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron joins the show to talk about Grit, his career as a Coach, the time he recruited even though he didn't have a job, and when he put a worm in his mouth to motivate his team ( - ). Segments include As a White Guy Stephen A Smith said the N word on air. Respect the Biz Us for calling into Brad Stevens press conference, PR 101 for Terrance Williams crashing his Lambo and running away, and Problematic did Lebron diss a guy in a MAGA hat during Game 3 but more importantly who really cares?

Recap

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Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

James Harden looks like he is on designer drugs every playoffs

I don't understand how this is supposed to be different, and then [James Harden] goes to another playoffs and looks like he's taking some weird designer drug the entire playoffs... he looks like he's playing in quicksand.

Harden's playoff performance is a permanent debate, but he has historically seen efficiency drops in the postseason compared to his MVP regular seasons.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cavaliers and Warriors series features the weirdest bodies in peak sports

If you had [the Warriors and Rockets] all take off their shirts you'd be like i don't know are these guys peak athletes... Eric Gordon has a full on gut and it, he has like the under armpit fat... Kevin Durant's got that body where you can't even press 135 pounds.

Purely subjective aesthetic evaluation of athletes.
Win
Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

Charles Barkley would get his ass kicked by Draymond Green

Charles Barkley would get his ass kicked so bad by Draymond. Oh, so bad. So bad. He's not, like, so bad.

Barkley was 55 at the time; Draymond was in his prime. Physically, this is almost certainly correct.
Win
Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cavs will win Game 4 against the Celtics

I fully expect the Cavs to win game four as well. I think this series is gonna go seven because I do really think that like Kyle Korver and J.R. Smith and Tristan Thompson they just need to be... sleeping in their own bed and then they can make shots.

The Cavs won Game 4 (111-102) and the series indeed went to seven games.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge are better than LeBron at coaching and management

Brad Stevens is so much better of a coach than LeBron. But at the end of the day, LeBron, like, you don't want to get into Game 7 against LeBron. But Danny Ainge is a better GM than LeBron... Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge are better than LeBron coach and GM.

Subjective comparison of actual front office staff vs. an active player's perceived influence.
Win
Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm putting money on the Cavs to win the series now

I would say that if I'm a betting man, I'm putting money on the Cavs for the series now.

The Cavaliers came back to win the series 4-3.
Win
Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No one is beating the Golden State Warriors

The Celtics aren't going to be able to beat the Warriors. No one's beating the Warriors.

The Warriors swept the Cavs in the 2018 Finals to win the championship.
Push
Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

If the Warriors and Cavs play, I'm putting all my money on the Warriors in five

If the Warriors and the Cavs play, I'm going to put all my money on Warriors to win in five. Because I feel like that's exactly what's going to happen. LeBron will win one game, game three or four, and then that will be it.

The Warriors won in four, not five.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Capitals will win Game 6 and then lose Game 7 in heartbreaking fashion

I'm not worried because it is our destiny to win this game [Game 6] and then go to a game seven and then lose that in heartbreaking fashion.

The Capitals won Game 6, won Game 7, and then won the Stanley Cup. PFT's reverse jinx was defeated by reality.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·May 21, 2018·Who's Back
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HankHank

Johnny Manziel is in it for the long haul in the CFL

[Johnny Manziel] signed with the CFL. He's going to the Canadian Hamilton Tiger-Cats... I think he's in it for the long haul.

Manziel was traded by Hamilton, played 8 games for Montreal, and was barred from the CFL in early 2019 for violating his contract.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Predicts Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will get divorced

I saw a lot of people tweeting like, oh, my God... they love each other. I can't wait for them to get divorced. It's going to be awesome. I hope she takes them for all of Sussex.

As of 2024, they are still married.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

A Chrissy Teigen and John Legend divorce would melt down Twitter

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. It would be incredible. It's like sometimes I sit up at night being like, if they got divorced, I think I'd stay up for a week straight on a meth binge just looking at Twitter and getting high off that.

Hypothetical social media reaction.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Riley Curry is a fraud for not facing the media after a loss

My problem with Riley [Curry] is she's always the first one to show up after a big win, and she never steps to the podium and faces the music after a loss... Like a fucking coward. Like a fraud. Riley Curry's a fraud.

She is a child; judging her based on professional athlete media obligations is satirical.

Interview

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Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Ed OrgeronEd Orgeron

Sack fumble is the best play in football

You know sack fumble is the best playing football, right?

Subjective opinion on the aesthetic or strategic value of a play.
Win
Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Ed OrgeronEd Orgeron

My dream is a National Championship for the state of Louisiana

I want national championship for the state of Louisiana, for these players. They yearn for it. They work for it. And I want to win a national championship.

Ed Orgeron led LSU to a 15-0 season and a National Championship in 2019.
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Take Slip·May 21, 2018
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Ed OrgeronEd Orgeron

There is nothing better than the deep touchdown bomb

I want to be physical, but there ain't nothing like the deep pass, man... I like the touchdown pass. I like the bomb. I like it, you know, like the Oakland Raiders go deep.

Subjective preference for football play styles.

As A White Guy

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Take Slip·May 21, 2018·As A White Guy
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Stephen A. Smith is using the N-word on air to get ESPN to fire him so he can reunite with Skip Bayless

I also have a theory that Stephen A. Smith is just trying to get broken up with at ESPN because he misses Skip Bayless so much... God bless the broken road that will eventually lead Stephen A. Smith back to skip. And if he has to drop the in-bomb a couple times on the air, so be it.

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They eventually did reunite on First Take (Skip as guest) and social media, but not because Stephen A. was fired for this reason.