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Masters Recap 04/11/2016

Monday, April 11, 201610 takes

Fresh off Jordan Spieth's meltdown at Augusta the guys discuss the 2016 Masters winners and losers(-). Discussion about Bruce Arians and his love for football and the 72 win Warriors against all time great opponents(-). Segments include "PR 101" for Tyler Summit, "Big Cat's Spinzone" for Johnny Manziel, "Fan of the Day", and an all time Masters tweet off between Rick Reilly and Darren Rovell

Recap

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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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I would much rather see an all-time meltdown than an all-time comeback

I don't know if you agree with me on this one, I would so much rather see an all-time meltdown than an all-time comeback. An all-time meltdown, especially in golf, when it's just you out there... you're just stuck there sucking worse than anyone has ever sucked.

This is a purely subjective aesthetic preference for sports viewership.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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Jordan Spieth is a classier person than Cam Newton because he handled his loss like a professional

Something about Jordan Spieth makes him more likable to me and classier of a person than Cam Newton. ... To be a true professional, you have to be able to face the music. How long do you think postgame press conferences after a loss get compared to Cam Newton?

Whether one athlete is 'classier' than another is entirely a matter of opinion, though the hosts are using it here for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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Jordan Spieth threw his caddy under the bus by referring to his mistakes as 'we'

Spieth did kind of throw his caddy under the bus in his post-game press conference. ... So he kept saying we, which is kind of weird, right? Because you're a golfer, and you're the guy out there hitting the shots. He's like, we had a tough time on 12. We made some bad shots.

The interpretation of intent behind the pronoun 'we' is subjective.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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Tiger Woods will never win another major championship

I'm firmly in the Tiger will never win another Masters or major championship in his life. And I've said that for like four or five years now. I just don't, your body can only take so many steroids before you become immune to them.

Tiger Woods famously won the Masters in 2019, proving this prediction wrong.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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The 2016 Warriors will win the NBA title

The Golden State Warriors won their 72nd game last night against the Spurs. So now they are an all-time team. Unless they don't win the title. If they don't win the title, then it really doesn't matter. But we all kind of assume they will win the title.

The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead to the Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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The 1996 Bulls would beat the 2016 Warriors because modern NBA rules don't allow defense

I got to take the bulls because when the bulls played, I don't know if you know this or not, but nowadays you're not allowed to play defense in the NBA. I've heard a lot of people say that recently and they've said it so much that I'm starting to agree with it.

Fantasy matchups between eras are inherently subjective and impossible to resolve.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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The 2016 Warriors would lose a land war in Russia

I got to take Russia, man. ... That's where empires go to die, baby. You cannot take West Russia in the winter. Napoleon knows it. Hitler knows it. ... So Russia's undefeated. I'm taking them.

As a satirical hypothetical, it cannot be factually proven, though historically Russia's defense against winter invasions is well-documented.

Spin Zone

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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016·Spin Zone
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Johnny Manziel going to the Denver Broncos makes sense

We're the first people that we heard say Johnny Manziel would make sense in Denver. And I think we're now proving it. Von Miller and Johnny Manziel getting their act together together.

Johnny Manziel never played for the Denver Broncos; his NFL career ended after the 2015 season with the Browns.

Other

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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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Concussions might not be real because the science isn't definitive

I don't know if they just all knew magically that concussions were like a real thing, which science is still out on that, by the way. ... And I'm not going to say that concussions are harmful until the NFL tells me. And Roger Goodell is not going to do that.

Medical science has definitively proven the existence and harmful effects of concussions and their link to CTE.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
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Rick Reilly does not understand how the internet works

I don't think anyone has understood the internet less than Rick Reilly. He said, Willett's hug of his caddy on the couch in the butler cabin has got to be a vine, doesn't it? So I don't even know if Rick really understands what a vine is. I think he thinks a vine is a meme.

While subjective, Reilly's public social media record often supported the hosts' claims of him being out of touch with internet culture.