Who's the real Prince of Pool? Larry Lisciotti or Corey Deuel?

Island Drive said:
Yep, I hope they don't come up with nicknames for baseball, football and basketball players, then everything would be out of balance too. :cool:
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btoneill said:
Yeah, would really suck if we started calling people the "Iron Man", or ARod, or The Big Unit, or any of the names listed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_athletes_by_nickname
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Players in various sports have been tagged with nicknames for as long as there has been sports, that won't change. Those players typically earned their name because of their performance, demeanor, appearance or it is a play on their name itself. I see no problem with the idea of nicknames, I have an issue with trying to give every swinging dick a nickname for the sake of giving them a nickname.

Some players embrace their nicknames as part of their persona, the ones that do not shouldn't be saddled with some stupid moniker they did not want, earn or deserve. There is a huge difference between nicknames in major televised sports and pool. Chris Berman labeled many unsuspecting players with names that stuck that they probably didn't want but it was part of the show, it was entertainment. Introducing a pool player by a silly nickname they don't like or recognize at a tournament is a different thing altogether IMO.

Ktown "Thundercock" D
 
I think if a person has friends, or knows people, or even is generally disliked, they will end up with a nickname at some point in their life. I've had a few, some that I liked, some that I didn't much care for.

When I played football, everyone called me by my last name, Schultz. Then it progressed to Schultzy, because people do that when your last name ends in a hard consonant sound.

For a period of time in my late teens I bleached what little hair I had, and my friends started giving me nicknames like Slim Shady (because I was white with blond hair like Eminem), then that morphed into Slim Shifty for some reason, then it finally settled on Slim. I like that one, although never in my life have I been anywhere near what could be classified as "slim".

Then as my group of friends changed around and I got older people just started calling me johnny. Since I shake a lot (not Muhammad Ali shakes, but noticeable) I decided to be JohnnyShakes on here. Some ex-girlfriends have had various nicknames for me, but those shouldn't be posted on here. I've also given myself various nicknames based on how I'm shooting at the time (1 and stop, 2 and stop, etc. Still waiting to dub myself "Run-Out"). I was also dubbed Ring King during a ring game because I seem to shoot better under those circumstances.

There have been plenty of others, but I still prefer Johnny.

Johnny
 
Island Drive said:
What really sucks, your from twin cities and I'm from wisconsin....:thumbup:
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Come on, MN and WI people get along great! The best pool cues are made in Wisconsin and purchased by people in Minnesota who actually know how to use them properly :) It's like Ying and Yang!
 
btoneill said:
Come on, MN and WI people get along great! The best pool cues are made in Wisconsin and purchased by people in Minnesota who actually know how to use them properly :) It's like Ying and Yang!
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LOL good one. Yep your humor is def from the NORT....don't ya know:) Is it true, MN people cut the trees down and then WI cuts the cues after the trees arrive.
I used to as a kid every winter, I think Jan. every year, in St Paul, Lake Placid?? skate in the outdoor nationals, it was during their winter carnival which I enjoyed. Also I saw my first REAL pool room old school with 50 some tables for the first time, probably 1963-64, it was a beautiful sight inside, nothing but green, old men, hunchback brushing tables with just a island type counter to ck balls out. This bldg was probably 10 stories tall and pool was on the bottom floor. They sure have, and had great, canadian style pool rooms in MN. Also, love the summers up there. Happy New Year
 
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sfleinen said:
Ktown -- yup, all tongue-in-cheek aside, you're right! I'm sure that when Dennis Orcullo first heard he got tagged with the nickname, "RoboCop" (most likely, again, it *had* to be from some American), he had to do research to find out what the heck this even means. I can just picture him, with upturned eyebrow, in his best (but broken) English, "What is RoboCop? What it do? Is fishing lure?"

A more appropriate moniker might be, "Dennis 'Deadliest Catch' Orcullo". That, at least, has some propriety to it. Considering Dennis' background, it fits. You "catch" Dennis Orcullo as an opponent in the bracket charts, and you know you're facing death.

But alas, the gheyness prevails! :(


-Sean
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Don't forget Toupee Jay....he hates it, but it stuck, too long ago one would guess. Happy New Year
 
sfleinen said:
So, in that dumb culture-neutered vein, because he's French, should we start calling Stephan Cohen, "Stephan 'Eiffel Tower' Cohen"? <smacks forehead with palm>
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And just like that, a new moniker is Christened.

Fred <~~~ doesn't want to be neutered.
 
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