Good Name,Bad Name, You Name, Who Name, HUH?

is crap.

I mean, just today, the Pirates announcer (wrong sport, but it works) just called Jason Michaels “J-Mich” (pronounced Mike). Um… no.
That shouldn’t even count as a nickname.

I am anti-nicknames when they are manufactured. I’ll never forget Hot Rod Hundley trying to foist the moniker “Slick” on Deron Williams. Slick Willy. Really now. This is a family show.

I’d prefer to stick with calling members of the team the same things that other members of the team call them. Like “Ronnie B” for Brewer, or ‘Sap for Millsap—simple but effective.

The exception to this, of course, is when using derogatory nicknames like No Knees (Harpring) or Flop (Collins). Those I have picked up from UtesFan, and I think they’re funny. But even those I prefer to use when the occasion is relevant, and not necessarily exclusively.

That’s just me.

(oh, and “Midnight Marauder” sounds like a nickname for a heavyweight boxer.)

but I’m all for calling Booze “Polar Express”.

The whole nickname thing is out of control. There aren’t as many cool nicknames as there once was. Everyone’s kind of gotten lazy with the whole first initial, first few letters of the last name thing.

It seems like everyone is trying to force a nickname on someone, ala Hot Rod. I know Deron didn’t like Slick at all. He had an interview with Nike and he despised it when it was brought up.

I think if you don’t have a nickname by the time you reach the pros, it’s too late for the most part.

but i really liked “the Don”, I think that fits him perfectly.