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UConn's Dan Hurley on Duke, Nuzzling Refs, and the Power of Toughness
April Fools’ Day is usually a minefield on this show, but Big Cat and PFT Commenter decided to flip the script on our good friend Jerry O’Connell. Jerry spent his entire morning trying to prep a Geno Smith impression to prank the show, but the guys saw it coming a mile away. It resulted in Jerry doing a bizarre, southern-accented Geno voice that sounded more like Big Dom than an NFL quarterback. Max, meanwhile, spent the entire segment in a state of high alert, traumatized by previous years where he ended up at the White House for no reason.
Pretty Boys and Patterned Shirts
The NFL Owners Meetings are underway in Arizona, which means we got the annual coaches' and GMs' photos. Big Cat noticed a disturbing trend in the league: everyone is starting to look like a carbon copy of a certain Rams head coach.
Big CatThe NFL has a 'pretty boy' coaching problem where everyone looks like Sean McVay
The McVay tree has made offensive football fantastic in the NFL, but it's also made a bunch of pretty boys who all wear the same shade of blue. And thank God Mike McCarthy, Big Mike, is back because we needed someone like that, an old school football guy who forgot to button one of his buttons. But this is what the new NFL is: pretty boys.
While Mike McCarthy provides some much-needed "big guy who forgot to button his shirt" energy, the rest of the league is getting a bit too polished. PFT Commenter was particularly struck by the Bills' offensive coordinator and his potential high school extracurriculars.
Big CatJoe Brady looks like the guy in high school who sells you a shitty bag of weed
I said in my blog, Joe Brady looks like a guy who, the first guy in high school who buys a white Jetta and is gonna sell you a shitty bag of weed.
Beyond the fashion choices, the guys looked ahead to the future of the league schedule. With 18 games feeling like an inevitability, Big Cat has a theory on how the NFL will handle that extra week of inventory.
Big CatThe NFL's 18th game will eventually become an automatic international game
It actually sounds like the 18th game will be automatic international.
The NBA's "Embiid Rule"
Things got heated in the studio when the conversation turned to the NBA MVP race. Max is convinced that the league's new 65-game minimum for awards is a personal attack on the Sixers' big man.
MaxThe NBA's 65-game award rule was specifically created because of Joel Embiid
It's a thousand percent... it's literally the Joel Embiid rule. No, this rule was made because of Joel Embiid. They made the rule because of Joel Embiid because people were upset that he won the MVP and they didn't think that he played enough games.
While Max was seeding about the "Joel Embiid Rule," PFT Commenter made his stance clear on the rookie sensation in San Antonio.
PFT CommenterVictor Wembanyama should win the NBA MVP
I think we should become a pro Wemby for MVP podcast. Oh, I mean we are... I really like Wemby for MVP because he has played enough games.
Big Cat and Max also looked at the potential playoff seeding, which led to a grim realization for Max's upcoming bachelor party. If the standings hold, we are looking at a collision course between the Sixers and the Celtics.
Big CatThe Celtics will play the Sixers in the first round of the playoffs
It right now it would be Knicks Celtics second round, right. You know who's gonna be first round Celtics? Possibly Sixers. It will be Celtics Sixers.
Dan Hurley: The Master of the Nuzzle
Fresh off a legendary win over Duke to reach the Final Four, UConn Head Coach Dan Hurley joined the show to explain exactly what happened between him and official Roger Ayers. While it looked like a headbutt to some, Hurley clarified it was an "affectionate nuzzle" or a "head hug."
Dan HurleyReferee Roger Ayers is one of the greatest officials of all time
Roger's like very playful. I mean, listen, the guy is, he's one of the greatest refs ever. You know, like the guy don't, he don't mess up a lot of calls.
Coach Hurley also opened up about his pregame rituals, which include a full-on shrine in the locker room featuring essential oils, holy water, and a very specific pair of lucky dragon underwear that he's currently 18-1 in. He's also not afraid to lean into the "tough love" philosophy that has defined his career, arguing that a lack of pressure is hurting the younger generation.
Dan HurleySociety has gotten too soft — kids need dodgeball, the SAT, and pressure to build real toughness
The fact that we're not playing dodgeball in gym class, and even there should be some type of standardized tests. What happened to the SAT? Like we've gotten so soft on young people that you don't even have to go through like the pressure and stress of having to prepare for that test, take that test, have to get some type of a number. Or dodgeball in gym class. You don't think that this is gonna make people tougher and more resilient? Greater fortitude, be prepared to handle the things that come up in life, the ability to compete, have to respond from failure, deal with pressure.
When it comes to his roster, Hurley isn't just coaching for now; he's looking at the long-term potential of his stars. He has zero doubt that Alex Karaban is a future pro with a massive ceiling.
Dan HurleyAlex Karaban will play in the NBA for 15 years
You know, the guy [Alex Karaban] just had such a magical career... you know, the guy's a two-time national champion... guy's gonna play in the NBA for 15 years, you know, he was the guy to go to at the moment.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne and Guys on Chicks
Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a wild update on Tiger Woods' arrest report, which included a "vicious case of the hiccups" and loose pills in his pockets. PFT has some radical ideas for Tiger's future on the road.
PFT CommenterTiger Woods should just never drive again
He should just never drive again.
We wrapped up with a card rip where Big Cat pulled a Jaden Daniels redemption card and a very insightful Guys on Chicks about the design of golf courses for the average player.
Big CatEvery golf course should make the 18th hole a short par five to give casual players hope
Every golf course should have the 18th hole be a short par five for the casual shitty golfer. It gives them the life and hope that they enjoy the round. If they can make it on and two and have an eagle birdie chance. I love this.
Good luck to everyone's brackets, unless you're a Duke fan who thinks that nuzzle was a technical foul.
