coolhandluke
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Any questions?
The Bench Mob
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My favorite social media follow, and noted Charlotte Hornets fan Rod Morrow:
We can't call em that.
Is it like where you've got to win multiple championships before you can say you have a Big Three™?
I have always been under the impression it was specific to that era team. Like a Dream Team or Redeem Team, it's a trademark of that single entity. If other teams have used it I was unaware.
For better or worse, language evolves. Just like there used to be a time where every public scandal/controversy was not a [insert controversy here]-gate. Definitions become diluted/distorted over time.
In pro wrasslin' terms, they Young Bucks'd the term Big Three.
Are they calling themselves that? Didn't the original Bench Mob coin the name for themselves? Why not let this crew forge their own rather than forcing the old on them?
I guess that's all I'm asking here.
I am generally in favor of nicknames being unique. I am not generally in favor of entities giving themselves nicknames (a somewhat contradictory opinion within the framework of a mostly anonymous internet message board, but it is what it is).
I also think you might be being slightly gatekeeper-y about this, mileage may vary.
am I? There were some obvious parallels to Adelman's first year early in the season but I think this team is worthy of being it's own thing. It's less about preserving the old than wanting this team to be the new. I really think Brown could be building something that rivals if not eclipses the golden era, so I just hate to see it recycled instead of forging something new.
I think you're overthinking it.
KingsFanSince85
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IIRC it was Jon Barry that came up with the “bench mob” monicker. At least that’s how I remember it.
Am I misremembering? Just curious.
That is what I remember.
Shump came up with Scores IIRC.
I would just like something to happen organically. I'm not trying to be a crabapple.
I'm with you on this one. For instance, if University of Michigan basketball were to sign a really good freshman class and some fans started calling them "The Fab Five" I think that wouldn't go over well. "The Sultan Of Swat" would have been a perfectly good nickname for Barry Bonds, but it was already taken.
I don't have any suggestions for what to call this year's bench crew (nor am I convinced they need a moniker at all), but "Bench Mob" feels taken to me.
macadocious
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that guy is there, he’s jogging during timeouts.
Löwenherz
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Too right. When Douglas, Raisman, Maroney, Ross, and Wieber dubbed themselves The Fab Five during the London Olympics, they got so much crap from fans and press because it was “already taken” they immediately backtracked and changed it to The Fierce Five.
… which I do like better anyway.
Royal Fight Club.
not remotely serious.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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D-Generation Next
Just imagine the postgame promos some of the players could cut, pretending to be Triple H....LOL!!!!
Oh, and if you aint down with that, I got three words for ya!!!!
LIGHT THE BEAM!!!
