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Ross Tucker

Friday, June 30, 201710 takes

4th of July weekend is here and Knicks fans are officially free. Chris Paul traded and is it time for Cubs fans to hit the panic button (-). Former NFL lineman Ross Tucker joins the show to talk football, media, and Mt Rushmore of Patriots (New England and American)(-):. Segments include PR 101 for Jim Irsay(-). Respect the Biz for Lou Williams(-). NASA Update. Stay Woke are we Russian Spies?(-) And our newest segment "Higher Education"(-)

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Phil Jackson's master plan was to get paid for screwing up the Knicks

Phil's master plan was to get paid for screwing up a franchise and he's getting paid. He's just like [fucking] the ground, having a good time, getting paid for it. He played James Dolan like a fiddle.

Jackson was fired with two years left on his $60 million contract, effectively getting paid a massive sum not to work for the team.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Chris Paul hated Doc Rivers because of the preferential treatment given to Austin Rivers

Chris Paul hated Doc Rivers ever since he brought Austin Rivers on and basically didn't yell at Austin Rivers and treated him exactly like his child.

Reports at the time from ESPN and others heavily suggested that the relationship between CP3 and Doc soured due to Doc's handling of his son Austin.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2017 Cubs are fine and will win the NL Central

The Cubs are fine until they finish 81-81 and probably win the Central. I have decided I'm going to keep telling myself the Cubs are fine.

The Cubs did win the NL Central in 2017 with a 92-70 record, surpassing Big Cat's 81-81 floor prediction.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Bryce Harper will sign with the Cubs

Bryce Harper wants to play in pinstripes. He's going to look good in pinstripes. As first reported by Pardon My Take. And his dog's name is Wrigley, so just connect a few dots.

Bryce Harper eventually signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2019, not the Cubs.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'All-Joe Team' is just a list of mediocre white NFL players

It just means you're really shitty and white. For the most part, I believe. I don't know.

While the official criteria were about hard workers who don't get Pro Bowl nods, PMT's characterization of the archetype is a common comedic observation.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Ketosis causes the body to literally excrete fat through urine

When you're in ketosis, you're just pissing out fat. Fat, pissing out fat. Just fat's coming out of your pee hole.

Ketosis involves the body burning fat for energy, producing ketones which are excreted in urine, but it is not literally 'pissing out fat' in its raw form.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

Attending an Ivy League school like Princeton hurts a player's NFL draft stock

I think [going to Princeton] hurts. In fact, we had another guy my year at Princeton that got drafted. Ryan Grigson... said, 'I'll never make that mistake again.' You know, I just didn't believe that Princeton could have two dudes the same year. And the other guy was like a total freak show... they didn't even look at me because of that.

This is a subjective observation from a former player, though undrafted Ivy Leaguers succeeding is rare, supporting his claim of being overlooked.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

Tom Brady can chug beer faster than anyone

Dude, he, you could not have poured the beer out faster if you just poured it out. And he crushed it and slammed the cup down like Gronk scoring a touchdown. His intensity, it was unbelievable. And I remember thinking, like, this dude has every positive male quality known to man.

Multiple teammates have confirmed this specific story, and Brady famously chugged a beer on Stephen Colbert's show in record time.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

The Patriots' winning culture is actually miserable and based on negative reinforcement

Terrible culture. So terrible. When I was there, 05 and 06, most of the guys were pretty miserable. You always feel like you're kind of being watched... It's 100% negative reinforcement. They start every meeting with the five worst plays from the day before. So your whole motivation is to not be on the low light tape and have Belichick cussing you out.

While subjective, this sentiment has been echoed by several former Patriots like Cassius Marsh and Asante Samuel.

Nasaholes

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Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017·Nasaholes
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NASA is creating neon clouds to distract Donald Trump and maintain their funding

The fake nerds at NASA are just doing anything that they can to stay in front of Donald Trump, like distracting him like a laser pointer on the wall that says NASA so they can keep getting funding. They're back on their bullshit. They're making fake colored clouds. Shooting rockets up and just shooting out neon colored clouds.

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NASA did launch a rocket to create colorful clouds for atmospheric study in June 2017, but PFT's reasoning is satirical.