Kolek planning to go pro
The Wino? What does that even mea....ohhhhh.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Right. That's exactly what people posted about Harry Froling after a couple of games and look how well that turned out.
So easy to be negative ... and for what purpose?You do know that Lockett, Reinhardt and Chartouny are all grad transfers with considerable experience and accomplishments, while Froling was a freshman who hardly played in his half-season at SMU, right?
I also know that lot of folks, particularly Dodds, who had a huge picture of Harry heading his site for about 9 months, told us that Harry was the second coming of Bill Walton. Done Deal. For what purpose? - to remind the Pollyanna types not to count their chickens before they're hatched.
Second, the next time I pay attention to any of Dodds' opinions on players will be my first.
I pay attention and then I assume the opposite. Sort of like the opposite George Costanza. It works out pretty well.
"My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents."
I like "The French Connection" as a nickname for a point guard distributor hailing from Quebec.If Chartouny is as good on defense as his reputation suggests, a nickname along the lines of "The Glove" (Gary Payton) would also be a good fit.Maybe "The Flash" for his instincts and quick jump to intercept passes? "The Tornado" for causing chaos with the other team's offense? "The Shadow" for guarding players close?Any of those would be miles better than "The Wino."
Being negative for the sake of it is silly and wasted energy.
I've found it takes very little energy to post.........
The flash, shadow, or tornado would be 1000x worse and indescribaly gaer than the wino
You've now said the same thing twice- want to go for the triple crown? I realize there are folks here who can't handle the slightest bit of criticism of the program or the Scooper crowd, but repetition is not very convincing. And how we choose to spend our energy is nobody's business but our own. 9,000 posts on a college basketball site seems like a weird use of energy to me, but hey- its a free country. You can have the last word.
There's zero need to use a slur on sexual orientation to make your objection clear. To each his own.
IMO, "The Wino" is both lazy and dumb. "Chartouny" only vaguely resembles "chardonnay." And I can think of no universe in which "wino" (defined as a person addicted to wine, especially a derelict) is a nickname anyone would want. Would "The Heroin Junkie" be a good nickname for Tyler Herro?
Oh, boy...the collective sensitivity of Scoop. "The Wino" has its origins back to his recruitment when few posters could, and then became would as a board joke, be able to spell Joe's name correctly, so then it became "Chardonnay". This is similar to "O'Tule" or "Dewayne" or "Davonte" or "O'Neal" or "Heyward". Frankly, this board has a spelling problem.Yes, calling him "Wino" it is both lazy and dumb, but so is continually misspelling our multi year player's or coach's names. Thanks for setting me straight, though. One simple ask: change your handle. It is spelled "Markus", not "Marcus".
Oh, boy...the collective sensitivity of Scoop. "The Wino" has its origins back to his recruitment when few posters could, and then became would as a board joke, be able to spell Joe's name correctly, so then it became "Chardonnay". This is similar to "O'Tule" or "Dewayne" or "Davonte" or "O'Neal" or "Heyward". Frankly, this board has a spelling problem.Yes, calling him "Wino" it is both lazy and dumb, but so is continually misspelling our multi year player's or coach's names.
Thanks for setting me straight, though. One simple ask: change your handle. It is spelled "Markus", not "Marcus".
To me, it's less about sensitivity than the fact that it's a terrible nickname. Apologies if I've overanalyzed things. I'd simply hate for "The Wino" to stick as a nickname.I've been Marcus92 on MUScoop since 2012. Didn't change it for Markus Howard, Quentin Grimes, Joseph Chartouny or any other player. Not changing it now.
I should probably then brace myself for the "JC isn't as good as I thought he was" - type posts when he has a couple off games to start the year.