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Stanford Steve, Coach Tom Crean, QB Carousel & Guys on Chicks

Wednesday, March 23, 202214 takes

The NFL QB carousel hasn’t stopped and we talk about recent moves and who’s left out. (-) Billy updates us on the spreadsheet.(-) Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Urban Meyer’s monthly article.(-:10) Stanford Steve joins the show to talk Sweet 16, picks, and wings in New Orleans. (-) Coach Tom Crean joins to talk about what’s next for him, what it takes to win in the tournament, and which coach is mostly likely to bust out the vampire bats. (-) We finish with guys on chicks (-)

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Matt Ryan is still an above-average quarterback

I like the move. I don't know. I know Matt Ryan gets shit on. I think he's an above-average quarterback. He probably doesn't have many years left.

Matt Ryan was arguably a bottom-tier starter for the 2022 season, leading to his benching and eventual retirement from playing.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Matt Ryan is the most Indiana-looking person in history

He's the most Indiana looking person maybe ever. There's perfect. Like you created a video game character and you stopped halfway through because you didn't really care how much detail you wanted to put on his face.

Subjective opinion on aesthetics and regional vibes.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The middle class of NFL quarterbacks is being wiped out

To be a quarterback, never a better time to be a quarterback. If you're an elite quarterback kind of a shitty time to be a quarterback. If you're a 'yeah, but' guy... like Baker Mayfield, where does he go? Does Jordan Love ever get a starting shot? Like Jimmy G... th that second, third, fourth tier of guys, it feels like they basically get a couple shots. And then it's like, all right, we're moving on.

The league has moved toward a model where if you aren't the guy, teams will churn through options (e.g., Colts, Panthers, Saints).
Win
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL quarterbacks should beg to be traded to the NFC to avoid the AFC gauntlet

This realignment to me also feels like when the west, for the first time in a long time, got really good in the NBA... The AFC just continues to stack up quarterbacks. If I were an NFL player, I would want to play in the NFC right now. I'm a quarterback. It's like, send me to the NFC. I've got Aaron Rodgers, who's got probably a couple more years, and then he's done... but as far as the NFC goes, it's like wide open.

The AFC indeed became a gauntlet of elite QBs (Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Herbert, Watson, Wilson, Jackson) while the NFC was top-heavy with aging stars.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Malik Willis' pro day throw was 10 yards further than Zach Wilson's famous throw

Malik Willis to the same throw that Zach Wilson did, but just 10 yards farther. Just wanted to add that as a little note at the end.

While both had impressive off-platform pro day throws, the exact distance difference is hard to quantify without tape measure, but Willis did show elite arm strength.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Win
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Ken Griffey Jr. is still the sixth highest paid player on the Reds

The reds are on my cool throne, because they're, if you look at their salary this year, they have a hall of Famer as their six highest played player... Ken Griffey Jr. So yeah, the reds are, anytime you get a guy who's been in the hall of fame and retired for like 15 years as your sixth highest paid player, he's getting paid like $4 million till 2024.

Griffey's deferred payments from his 2000 contract did indeed make him one of the highest-paid 'Reds' for several seasons post-retirement.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Every pro athlete should be allowed to beat up one fan per year

If we just had my rule of every single player in every sport gets to pick out one fan a year and peat every living shit out of him, sports would be more fun.

This is a satirical policy proposal and cannot be factually evaluated.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Urban Meyer's health issues during coaching stints are an ego-driven defense mechanism

I really think that the worst punishment that they could have had for him is not firing them, but just making him continue to coach and lose on the Jaguars... those the the mental issues and like the the fake sicknesses that he would have... his entire ego is built around him being successful and beating people that when there's even just like a small crack in that foundation of him starting to think, maybe you're not as big a winner... he just crumbles.

Subjective psychological analysis of a public figure's behavior.

Interview

Loss
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

Texas Tech will beat Duke because of their toughness and experience

Really like Texas Tech in this situation because of the experience toughness. And I think they could just make Mike [Krzyzewski] crumble of being with the youth in in in inexperienced... it really reminds me of 2009, when Villanova finally broke through and beat Duke... because they just, just crushed them defensively.

Duke defeated Texas Tech 78-73 on March 24, 2022.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

Villanova is the most dependable team in the tournament

I just think Villanova, like they're the most dependable tournament team year in and year out... they make all their free throws. They never ever wavered. They're so, so dependable... we have the best free-throw shooting team in Villanova.

Villanova reached the Final Four in 2022, proving their dependability.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

St. Peter's will cover the double-digit spread against Purdue

I saw a stat... the last two 15 seeds to go to the sweet 16... Florida Gulf Coast and Oral Roberts... they both covered double digits. Lean St Peter's.

St. Peter's beat Purdue 67-64, easily covering the spread and winning outright.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Tom CreanTom Crean

Kansas is the most dangerous team left because they can win in many ways

I'll go with Kansas because I think they have so many guys that can beat you and, and, and they can defend. I mean, they can really defend... they've got some real spurtability that where they can knock you out, because they've got such quickness, they've got such speed. They don't have to rely on any one aspect of the game to beat you.

Kansas won the 2022 NCAA National Championship.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Tom CreanTom Crean

Eric Musselman is the most innovative coach in the Sweet 16

There's no question. It's Eric Musselman and it's Eric Musselman versus the field. I mean, he he's, he he's very unique... he's going to find different ways to guard you and they don't panic. That's the thing about Arkansas.

Subjective assessment of coaching innovation, though Arkansas's success as an underdog supports this.
Push
Take Slip·Mar 23, 2022
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Tom CreanTom Crean

Purdue's size and foul-drawing ability makes them a nightmare matchup

Purdue is such a dangerous team because they score from two, they score from three... Zach Edey is the number one offensive rebound percentage guy in the country... those two and [Jaden] Ivey get fouled an amazing amount, so they can beat you at the foul line.

While factually true about their stats, their 'dangerous' nature failed to prevent an upset by St. Peter's.