Kevin O’Leary on WeWork, Aura Reading, and Hand Size Season
It is officially the most wonderful time of the year: NFL Combine season. While the rest of the world is preparing for a global pandemic, Big Cat and PFT are focused on the only thing that actually matters, which is the exact measurement of Joe Burrow’s hands. Burrow’s hands clocked in at nine inches, sparking the annual tradition of everyone on the internet pretending that physical traits don’t matter for professional athletes. Big Cat isn't having it.
The mockery of NFL Combine hand size measurements has gone too far; it actually matters for quarterback performance.
I think the pendulum has swung so far into mocking combine season. I actually hate it now... It might not directly correlate, but would you not rather have a guy with a bigger hand than a smaller hand? There is absolutely a benefit to having a big hand if you're trying to grip a football in the rain or cold.
Speaking of Burrow, he finally confirmed he would play for the Bengals if they draft him, but PFT is skeptical of the Heisman winner’s intentions. He thinks Burrow might be playing a high-stakes game of chess to avoid ending up in Cincinnati.
Joe Burrow is using 'Galaxy Brain' reverse psychology on the Bengals by saying he would play for them.
I think that this is Galaxy brain [Joe] Burrow because I think that he is showing intentionally such poor vision making process that he says that he will play for the Bengals that the Bengals be like, 'oh fuck. We don't we don't want them.' Why would anyone play for us? That's not our kind.
Indy also featured Dave Gettleman and new Giants coach Joe Judge giving press conferences that sounded like they were ripped straight from a 1950s leatherhead manual. Gettleman is still banging the drum for defense winning championships despite the league being dominated by high-flying air attacks. Big Cat thinks the Giants' front office is stuck in a time warp.
In the modern NFL, having a transcendental offense is better than having a very good defense.
I'd say that having a transcendental offense is probably better usually than having a very good defense because it's extremely hard to put together all the pieces on defense... just one of those easy things to just be like, 'Hey, we want to have an explosive offense.'
Joe Judge, meanwhile, seems to have figured out exactly how to play his new boss. PFT noticed a very specific strategy in how Judge presents himself to the media and the front office.
Joe Judge is pulling an 'Andy Bernard' routine by mirroring everything Dave Gettleman wants to hear to keep his job.
I have a theory about Joe Judge, the coach of the New York football Giants. I think that he is very good at pulling like an Andy Bernard... I think he just saw [Dave] Gettleman and he was like, 'This is a mark right here. I can say everything that Gettleman wants to hear and I'll get hired.' So I think that Joe Judge is going to live out the next couple years of his life just basically trying to be Gettleman's wet dream of head coach.
Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, joined the show to discuss the new season of Shark Tank and his ruthless approach to business. He didn't hold back on the current state of the market, specifically targeting the catastrophic failure of WeWork. According to O'Leary, the writing was on the wall from the very beginning.
WeWork is a disaster that will inevitably go to zero.
You are a zero and you're going to zero with a bullet... It always goes to zero because what you're basically doing is taking long-term debt obligations to either lease or buy a building and then you're providing short-term leases to some really shitty companies that don't make any money... It is a disaster on wheels.
Beyond just balance sheets, O'Leary claims he has a supernatural ability to judge entrepreneurs the second they walk into the tank. He calls it 'aura reading,' and he even put it to the test on the cast, immediately identifying Hank as a loser based on his Mardi Gras-stained t-shirt.
I can sense the 'aura of success' or failure in a person before they even speak.
I can actually tell now when they step out on that carpet... and at that moment I can sense their aura. And I know exactly whether we have winners or losers. They don't even have to say anything. I'm right a hundred percent. I can now at this point sense the aura of success or losers.
Mr. Wonderful also shared his thoughts on current world leaders and their business acumen, or lack thereof. As a proud North American investor, he had some choice words for the management of his home country and its impact on capital flight.
Justin Trudeau is a poor leader who should not be managing Canada because he has never run a business.
Justin Trudeau is that he's never run a business yet has no idea what he's doing when it comes to being competitive... Trump slaughtered him on energy just yesterday. Another seven billion dollars left Canada in the energy space and it's moving to the US... I like Justin as a person. I would never let him manage my money. He shouldn't be managing a country and he will lose his job soon because Canadians are just howling at the moon there.
Before letting him go, the conversation turned to sports, where O'Leary revealed himself to be a disgruntled Patriots fan who isn't quite ready to buy into the Jimmy Garoppolo hype after the Super Bowl.
Jimmy Garoppolo is not a championship-caliber quarterback because he missed the throw to Emmanuel Sanders.
I'm taking 20 percent off retail on [Jimmy Garoppolo]. He did not perform. He had a minute and a half, I said, 'this is his moment to shine.' He did nothing... he missed that throw to Emmanuel Sanders. That was it. You can't be forgiven for that.
In a packed Hot Seat/Cool Throne, the Olympics are officially on the hot seat due to the coronavirus, though the guys found a silver lining in the name of the IOC member delivering the news. Big Cat is worried about the games being cancelled but finds the messenger's name to be a perfect distraction.
The Tokyo Olympics will likely be cancelled if the coronavirus isn't under control by late May.
Ioc member Dick Pound says Tokyo Olympic organizers have until late May to see if the [coronavirus] is under control. If not, you're probably looking at a cancellation. You can't cancel the Olympics... I think Dick Pound is someone, he Dick Pound is obviously now trending, so it's fun that you know when we can talk about a deadly disease that no one can get control of at least we can get the right thing trending here with Dick Pound.
On the Cool Throne, Zion Williamson continues to defy the laws of physics. Reports are surfacing that the Pelicans rookie is tipping the scales at over 300 pounds, which only makes his vertical leap and bullying style of play more terrifying for the rest of the NBA.
If Zion Williamson is truly 300 pounds, he is the most impressive athlete of all time.
If Zion is 300 pounds, he's the most impressive athlete of all time. He's doing this as a 300-pounder... Better numbers than rookie LeBron. It's incredible watching him.
Closing out the show with Guys on Chicks, a listener asked for the final verdict on the greatest Campbell's Chunky Soup mom of all time. It was a heated debate between Mrs. McNabb and Mrs. Davis, but Big Cat stood firm on the legacy of the McNabb household.
Mrs. McNabb is the greatest Campbell's Chunky Soup mom of all time.
Who was the best Campbell's Chunky Soup Mom? Mrs. McNabb or Mrs. Davis? Oh, I think it's Mrs. McNabb all the way. I don't even know... it's gotta be Mrs. McNabb. The great part about Mrs. McNabb was that when she was doing the commercials, that was like right when all the drama with [Donovan] McNabb and T.O. was going down.
Never forget that every inch matters, whether it's on a quarterback's hand or a rounder bum.

